South Africa

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Government: Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic

Current President: Jacob Zuma

Economy:

• Emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that is the 18th largest in the world; and modern infrastructure supporting a relative efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region.

Population: 54,956,900 (2015)

Land Size: 1.22 million sq km (470,693 sq miles)

Major Ethic Groups:

• African: 80.2%
  • Zulu
  • Xhosa
  • Sotho
  • Tswana
  • Venda
  • Tsonga
• Coloured: 8.8%
• White: 8.4%
• Indian/Asian: 2.5%

• Protestant: 36.6% (Zionist Christian: 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic: 8.2%, Methodist: 6.8%, Dutch Reformed: 6.7%, Anglican: 3.8%)
• Catholic: 7.1%
• Muslim: 1.5%
• Other Christian: 36%
• Other: 2.3%
  • Indigenous African Religions
  • Hinduism
  • Judaism
• Unspecified: 1.4%
• None: 15.1%

Language(s):

• IsiZulu (official): 23.82%
• IsiXhosa (official): 17.64%
• Afrikaans (official): 13.35%
• Sepedi (official): 9.39%
• English (official): 8.2%
• Setswana (official): 8.2%
• Sesotho (official): 7.93%
• Xitsonga (official): 4.44%
• siSwati (official): 2.66%
• Tshivenda (official): 2.28%
• isiNdebele (official): 1.59%
• Other: 0.5%

Links:

• CIA World Fact Book: South Africa
• U.S. Department of State: South Africa
• BBC News: South Africa
• South African Embassy in the U.S.
• Business Day
• City Press
• Mail & Guardian 
• Sowetan
• The Times