Nathan's Insights

Established: Union of South Africa 1910, Republic 1961
Population: 58,775,022 (estimate 2019)
Religion:  African Independent Church (25.4%), Pentecostal and Evangelical (15.2%), Roman Catholic (6.8%), Methodist (5.0%), Reformed (4.2%), Anglican (3.2%)
Language: English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda, Southern Ndebele
Capital: Pretoria
Order of Visit: Eigthth
First Visit: 29 March 2006
Last Visit: 21 January 2018
Duration: 31 Days
Must Do: Visit the Soweto township, attend a cricket Test Match, attend the Apartheid Museum (Johannesburg), the amazing wildlife of South Africa, visit Kruger National Park, attend a culture experience, exploring bushman caves (Drakensberg), Explore Karoo, do the highest Bungee Jump (216 metres – Knysna), hike the Sand Dunes of De Hoop Nature Reserve, witness the meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans (Cape Point), hike Table Top Mountain (Cape Town), Visit Robben Island, do a Wine Tasting in the Cederberg Mountain region.
Cities: Johannesburg, Cape Town, Cederberg Mountain, Gariep River, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Knysna, Karoo, Ladyband, Drakensberg, Durban, Dolphin Coast, Zululand, Kruger National Park, Hazyview, Ballule Nature Reserve
South Africa Entries

South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and to the north by Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe and the east by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland).

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