South Africa
Situated at the southern tip of Africa, South Africa is 1 233 404km² in size and is fringed by 3 000km of coastline from the
Indian Ocean in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The country is bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and
Mozambique, and encloses two independent mountain kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. There are nine provinces in
South Africa namely: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West
and Western Cape.
Since the first post-apartheid elections in 1994, South Africa has enjoyed a democratic government. The dynamic
Constitution is an example to the world and enshrines a wide range of human rights, protected by an independent judiciary.
South Africa is a multilingual country with 11 official languages, namely: English, Afrikaans, isiN FV&V