Aforika Borwa
Republic of South Africa | |
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 Folaga
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| Mošate | Pretoria (executive)[lower-alpha 1][2] Cape Town (legislative)[lower-alpha 2][2] Bloemfontein (judicial)[lower-alpha 3][2] |
| city-Kgolo | Johannesburg[3] |
| Diteme tsa semmusô | 12 languages[4][5]Tempolete:Idp
Languages with special status[4]
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| Merafe ya Batho (2022[6]) | |
| Sedumedi (2022)[7] |
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| Demonym(s) | |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic with an executive presidency |
| Cyril Ramaphosa | |
| Paul Mashatile | |
| Thoko Didiza | |
| Refilwe Mtsweni-Tsipane | |
| Mandisa Maya | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| National Council of Provinces | |
| National Assembly | |
| Independence from the United Kingdom | |
• Union | 31 May 1910 |
| 11 December 1931 | |
• Republic | 31 May 1961 |
| 4 February 1997 | |
| Fatshe | |
• Total | 1,221,037 km2 (471,445 sq mi) (24th) |
• Water (%) | 0.380 |
| Batho | |
• 2024 estimate | Tempolete:IncreaseNeutral 63,015,904[7] (23rd) |
| Tempolete:IncreaseNeutral 62,027,503[7] (23rd) | |
• Bokete | 50.8/km2 (131.6/sq mi) (169th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2026 estimate |
• Total |  $1.071 trillion[8] (33rd) |
• Per capita | $16,740[8] (107th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2026 estimate |
• Total | $479.964 billion[8] (39th) |
• Per capita | $7,503[8] (107th) |
| Gini (2023) |  63.0[9]very high |
| HDI (2023) | 0.741[10] high · 106th |
| Madi | South African rand (ZAR) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Date format | Short formats: |
| Calling code | +27 |
| ISO 3166 code | ZA |
| Internet TLD | .za |
- ↑ Pretoria serves as the executive capital of South Africa, hosting the Union Buildings and the offices of the President and Cabinet.[1]
- ↑ Cape Town is the legislative capital, home to the Parliament of South Africa, including the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.[1]
- ↑ Bloemfontein serves as the judicial capital, hosting the Supreme Court of Appeal, the highest court for non-constitutional matters in South Africa.[1]
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- 1 2 3 "South Africa's Three Capital Cities". gov.za. Government of South Africa. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
- 1 2 3 "South Africa at a glance". South African Government. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ↑ "Principal Agglomerations of the World". City Population. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- 1 2 The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (PDF) (2013 English version ed.). Constitutional Court of South Africa. 2013. ch. 1, s. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named "parliament.gov.za". - ↑ Mitchley, Alex. "SA's population swells to 62 million - 2022 census at a glance". News24 (in American English). Archived from the original on 11 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- 1 2 3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named "Census-2022". - 1 2 3 4 "World Economic Outlook Database (April 2026 Edition)". www.imf.org. International Monetary Fund. 14 April 2026. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) (6 May 2025). Human Development Report 2025: A matter of choice: People and possibilities in the age of AI (PDF) (Report). UNDP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2025" (PDF) (in Sekgoa). United Nations Development Programme. 6 May 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2025. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ↑ "Data Source Comparison for en-ZA". www.localeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Data Source Comparison for af-ZA". www.localeplanet.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.