SOUTH AFRICA

Country Information


Joined Commonwealth: 1949 (left in 1961, re-joined in 1994)

Population: 52,776,000 (2013)

Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.

Time Zone: GMT + 2 hours

Currency: Rand (R)

Capital City: Pretoria


For more information about South Africa: thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/south-africa