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SA Sign Language. 0.5%. At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all ...
South Africa is one of the world's leading cricket-playing nations and is one of the 12 countries sanctioned by the International Cricket Council to play Test Cricket. In 2012, South Africa became the first team to top the ICC rankings in all three formats of the game. In 2003, the country hosted the Cricket World Cup, and in 2007, the ...
The following is a list of stadiums in South Africa, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums in South Africa with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included.
Orania ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʊəˈrɑːnia]) is a white separatist [3] [4] South African town founded by Afrikaners. [5] It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. [6] The town is split in two halves by the R369 road, and is 871 kilometres (541 mi) from Cape Town and approximately 680 ...
Geography Topography of South Africa. South Africa is located in subtropical southern Africa, lying between 22°S and 35°S.It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland) to the northeast, by the Indian Ocean to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the coastline extending for more than 2,500 km (1,600 mi).
Transnet Freight Rail is the largest division of Transnet, a State-Owned Company (SOC) wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the custodian of rail, ports, and pipelines. The commuters' network is divided into urban and long-distance routes. Metrorail, the urban commuter transport service present in Gauteng, Western ...
November. 21 – Daniel Jacobus Erasmus becomes acting State President of the South African Republic. [2] Unknown date. Gold is discovered at Pilgrim's Creek in the Pilgrim's Rest area. When an 83.50 carats (16.700 g) diamond is discovered, a diamond rush results and the town of New Rush springs up.
152 m (499 ft) 32. 1973. Johannesburg. For a brief period in 1973, this was the tallest building in Africa. Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). South African Reserve Bank Building.