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