INTRODUCTION

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POLITICAL SYSTEM

South Africa has a vibrant multiparty political system, with 13 parties represented in the National Assembly of Parliament.
The African National Congress (ANC) is the majority party, with 264 of the 400 National Assembly seats. The party controls eight of the country's nine provinces, with the exception of the Western Cape, where the Democratic Alliance won the majority in the 2009 elections. The ANC also controls five of the six metropolitan municipalities. Nonetheless, South Africa's opposition parties remain robust and vocal.
South Africa's Parliament is made up of two houses: the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. The National Assembly is the more influential, passing legislation and overseeing executive performance. Its members are elected for a term of five years.
All South African citizens over the age of 18 are eligible to vote, if they register to do so. So far, South Africa has had fully inclusive democratic elections in 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009. Before 1994, only white South Africans were allowed to vote for the national government.

President of South Africa

CURRENCY

FAUNA AND FLORA

South Africa's unique flora and fauna attract visitors from all over the world. Find out what to see and where to see it. Whether you plan a safari to see the "big five" in Kruger National Park, or a trip to the St Lucia wetlands to enjoy hundreds of species of birds, there are few places on earth that rival South Africa's rich bio-diversity. You can swim with sharks, watch whales from the shore and play with penguins off the Western Cape coast, the variety is endless.

MUSIC

The story of South African music is one of dialogue with imported forms, and varying degrees of hybridisation over the years.
From the earliest colonial days until the present time, South African music has created itself out of the mingling of local ideas and forms with those imported from outside the country, giving it all a special twist that carries with it the unmistakeable flavour of the country.

GEOGRAPHY

South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast, southwards around the tip of Africa, then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean.
The low-lying coastal zone is narrow for much of that distance, soon giving way to a mountainous escarpment that separates it from the high inland plateau. In some places, notably the province of KwaZulu-Natal in the east, a greater distance separates the coast from the escarpment.

POPULATION

South Africa is a nation of diversity, with nearly 52-million people and a wide variety of cultures, languages and religious beliefs.
According to Census 2011, the country's population stands at 51.77-million, up from the census 2001 count of 44.8-million.
Africans are in the majority, making up 79.2% of the population; coloured and white people each make up 8.9% of the total; and the Indian/Asian population 2.5%. "Other" population group makes up 0.5% of the total.