About South Africa

About South Africa

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  Location:- Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa.
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  Geographicdescription:-South Africa onthe continent's southern tip, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east. Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast.languages :- First we will talking about languages there are a lot of languages They are Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
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  BiggestMountains In South AfricaNjesuthiCompassbergEmlembe
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  Rivers in South AfricaMaputo RiverApiesRiverAmanzimtotiRiver
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  South Africa's mostpopular sports are soccer, rugby and cricket .SoccerRugbyCricket
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  Design OF FlagRectangularwhite flag, in the proportions of two to three; with a dark green cross that extends to the edge of the flag; and having in the upper hoist canton the national flag, with a white fimbriation
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  Capital ofSouth Africa:-Pretoria(executive)Bloemfontein (judicial)Cape Town(legislative) Johannesburg(2006) [Othercities of South Africa:-City of Cape Town.EThekwini.
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  Independence:-31 May 1910(Union of South Africa formed from four British coloniesCape Colony Natal, Transvaal, and Orange Free State 31 May 1961 republic declared.
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  Judicial branch :- Constitutional Court; Supreme Court of Appeals High Courts; Magistrate Courts.Head of government:- President Thabo MBEKI since 16 June 1999 Executive Deputy President Phumzile MLAMBO-NGCUKA since 23 June 2005.Chief of state President:- Thabo MBEKI (since 16 June 1999); Executive Deputy President Phumzile MLAMBO-NGCUKA since 23 June 2005 note the president is both the chief of state and head of government.