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[[Image:South_africa.gif|right|250px]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|Republic of South Africa
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Sf-lgflag.gif|200px]]
Flag of South Africa
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|Capital
|[[Pretoria]] (administrative capital); [[Cape Town]] (legislative capital); [[Bloemfontein]] (judicial capital)
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|Government
|Republic
|-
|Languages
|IsiZulu 23.8%, IsiXhosa 17.6%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other
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|President
|[[Thabo Mbeki]] (since 16 June 1999); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
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|Executive Deputy President
|[[Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka]] (since 23 June 2005)
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|Area
|1,219,912 sq km
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|Population (2007 estimate)
|43,997,828
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|GDP (2007 estimate)
|$576.4 billion (2006 est.)
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|GDP per capita (2007 estimate)
|$13,000 (2006 est.)
|-
|}
'''South Africa''' located on the southern tip of Africa is the wealthiest, and one of the largest countries on the continent.
'''South Africa''' located on the southern tip of Africa is the wealthiest, and one of the largest countries on the continent.
South Africa was the most complex, and the most prosperous, of the African colonies. As early as the 1600s the Dutch established Cape Town as a city at the southern tip of Africa. But during the Napoleonic Wars the British captured Cape Town (in 1815) and drove the Dutch (the “Boers”) inland. The Dutch favored continuation of slavery; the British abolished slavery in its empire in 1833.
South Africa was the most complex, and the most prosperous, of the African colonies. As early as the 1600s the Dutch established Cape Town as a city at the southern tip of Africa. But during the Napoleonic Wars the British captured Cape Town (in 1815) and drove the Dutch (the “Boers”) inland. The Dutch favored continuation of slavery; the British abolished slavery in its empire in 1833.
[[Image:South_africa.gif|right|300px|thumb]]
The Boers fought the native Africans (Bantu tribes such as the Zulus) during the Great Trek of the Boers. The Boers founded two inland republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. But the British were more powerful, and controlled wealthy diamond mines. The Brit Cecil Rhodes acquired great wealth through his monopoly of the diamond production in 1889, and he served as prime minister of the British Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
The Boers fought the native Africans (Bantu tribes such as the Zulus) during the Great Trek of the Boers. The Boers founded two inland republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. But the British were more powerful, and controlled wealthy diamond mines. The Brit Cecil Rhodes acquired great wealth through his monopoly of the diamond production in 1889, and he served as prime minister of the British Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.
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*'''Taking the Bull out of Bullard''' Informal South African Media Response
*'''Taking the Bull out of Bullard''' Informal South African Media Response [http://southafricasucks.blogspot.com/2007/05/taking-bull-out-of-bullard.html]
[http://southafricasucks.blogspot.com/2007/05/taking-bull-out-of-bullard.html]