Profile of South Africa
CAPITAL: Pretoria
CURRENCY: Rand
CLIMATE: South Africa's climatic conditions range from Mediterranean in the south-western area to temperate in the interior plateau, and subtropical in the northeast. A small area in the northwest has a desert climate. Most of the country has warm, sunny days and cool nights. Rainfall generally occurs during summer (November through March), although in the southwest, rainfall occurs in winter (June to August). Temperatures are influenced by variations in elevation, terrain, and ocean currents more than latitude.
AIRPORTS: OR Tambo International Airport; Lanseria Airport; Cape Town International Airport; King Shaka International Airport; East London Airport; George Airport; Kimberley Airport; Mmabatho / Mafikeng International Airport; Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport; Pilanesberg International Airport; Bloemfontein Airport; Port Elizabeth International Airport; Upington Airport.
LANGUAGE: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burjina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep
Chad
Comores
Congo
Dem Rep. Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatoral Geuinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Ginea Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Reunion
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania and Zanzibar
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
