South Africa is a nation of diversity, with 50.59-million
people and a variety of cultures, languages, and religious beliefs. Some 62% of
the population is urbanized.
The 11 official languages are Afrikaans, English,
isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho saLeboa, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati,
Tshivenda and Xitsonga.
Some 79.8% of South Africans are Christian, 15% have no
religion, and 1.4% are undecided. Islam is the religion of 1.5% of South
Africans, Hinduism that of 1.2%, African traditional belief 0.3%, Judaism 0.2%
and other beliefs 0.6%.
South Africa is the powerhouse of Africa with the most
advanced, broad-based economy on the continent; a thriving democracy; and
infrastructure to match any first world country.
It has an abundance of natural resources; well-developed
financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and the 26th
largest GDP in the world.
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