Joined Commonwealth: 1949(left in 1961, re-joined in 1994)
Population: 52,910,000 (2016)
Official Languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi,
Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
Time Zone: GMT plus 2hrs
Currency: Rand (R)
Capital City: Pretoria