South Africa

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Capital Pretoria (name may change to Tshwane) Cape Town is legislative capital

Languages 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu

Currency Rand

South Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa, is the world's largest producer of platinum, gold and chromium as well as a major cultivator of marijuana. At the Western Cape is Robben Island a former prison (now a national monument) which was home to many of South Africa’s freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela.


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