South Africa is located at the southernmost tip of the African continent, the second largest economy in Africa, and the world's largest producer of gold and diamonds. Population 59 million.
1. South Africa has three capitals. The administrative capital (seat of the central government) is "Tswane", also called "Pretoria"; The legislative capital (seat of Parliament) is "Cape Town"; The capital of justice (seat of the Supreme Court) is "Bloemfontein".
2. South Africa has the most official languages in the world, with 11 languages.
3. The southernmost point of Africa is not the Cape of Good Hope, but Cape Agulhas, which is 147 kilometers from the Cape of Good Hope.
4, everyone knows that Antarctica is the home of penguins, in fact, there are penguins in Africa, located in Cape Town, South Africa. The penguins here have a donkey-like howl, so they are often called "donkey penguins", and their eyes are pink.
5. South Africa is quite rich in mineral resources and is the world's largest gold producer and exporter. The output of masonry, vanadium, manganese, chromium, antimony, uranium, asbestos, etc. ranks first in the world.
6. South Africa's Namarqualand Desert is very peculiar, it is an arid desert, but it is home to nearly 3,500 species of plants, 1,000 of which are unique to here, especially succulents. It is usually an arid desert, but from the end of July to the beginning of September, it becomes a sea of flowers.
7. Only South Africa in the world has a profession called "whale reporter". Hermanus, located in South Africa, is the world's best whale land observation place, thousands of whales come here to breed from May to November every year, and it also attracts many tourists to gather to watch, so there is a profession of "whale reporter", the job is to blow the horn when the whales are close to the coast to tell everyone the news of the whale infestation.
8. The flag of South Africa has 6 colors, red, white, blue, green, yellow and black, symbolizing the convergence of different South African peoples and common development.
9. There is only one country in the world that has voluntarily renounced nuclear weapons, and that is South Africa. The development of nuclear weapons began in the sixties and seventies, and by 1989 six nuclear bombs had been built, and the seventh was still unfinished. However, since 1991, all nuclear bombs have been dismantled and destroyed. The reason for giving up nuclear weapons was that at that time blacks were ready to take power, and whites were not worried about handing over nuclear weapons to blacks, afraid that they would be used to deal with them, and of course, due to pressure and sanctions from other countries.
10, South Africa can legally own guns, but a gun license is required, shootings often occur here.
11. South Africa's coal reserves are quite large, it is the world's seventh largest coal producer, the world's fifth largest coal exporter, and almost 90% of the entire African continent's coal is produced by South Africa.
12. Tencent's largest shareholder is a South African company called Naspers (South African Press Group), founded in 1915. However, although it is a major shareholder but has no decision-making power, the return is very high, investing 34 million US dollars in 2001, and now the income is 5,000 times, which can be said to be higher than its own market value.
13, Tesla's boss Musk is actually a white South African, he was born in South Africa, and later immigrated to Canada, and then immigrated to the United States, in fact, can be regarded as triple nationality.
14. South Africa has a lot of diamonds and is a famous diamond producer, and the world's largest diamond production company "De Beers Company" is in South Africa. One of the slogans, "Diamonds last forever, one lasts forever", is their hunger marketing to double the value of diamonds.
15. South Africa has policies specifically to revitalize blacks, such as companies listed in South Africa, black equity should account for more than a quarter, and a certain proportion of blacks must be hired, and the same is true for management positions, comprehensively improving the economic status of blacks.
16. South Africa is not as hot as we think of Africa, warm in winter and cool in summer, and sometimes snowfall.
17. South Africa is the "Land of the Rainbow" because of its diverse ethnicity and diverse natural landscapes. Blacks account for about 80 percent and whites for 8.9 percent, and whites are discriminated against, but half of the wealth is in the hands of these whites.
18. South Africa has 3 capitals, but the most prosperous city is not these 3 capitals, but "Johannesburg", which is located in the world's largest gold mining area and is known as the "City of Gold". It is also a diamond trading center.
19. In addition to gold and diamonds, coal mines, and platinum, South Africa is also very much platinum, is the world's largest producer of platinum, ranking second is Russia.
20, Kruger National Park is the largest wildlife reserve in South Africa, where you can see the "African five" that is, African lions, African leopards, African bison, African elephants and black rhinos, June ~ September every year is the best season to enter the park, but you need to sign a life and death certificate.
21, South Africans love to eat meat, and basically eat everything, more common to eat ostrich meat, as well as crocodile meat, antelope meat, zebra meat and so on.
22. There is a country within South Africa, that is, "Lesotho", which is the largest country within the world, surrounded by South Africa.
23.White people in South Africa consider themselves indigenous rather than immigrant, and consider themselves Africans rather than Europeans, speaking an Africanized Afrikanese language.
24. South Africa used to have a very developed economy, once approaching the level of developed countries, but later due to the intensification of internal ethnic contradictions and the impact of international sanctions, the economy declined seriously, and now it can only be regarded as a developing country.
25. All public hospitals in South Africa are free, and both locals and foreigners can see doctors for free, but the level of public hospitals is average. Rich people basically go to private hospitals.
26. The largest ethnic group in South Africa is the Zulu, with a population of almost 10 million, and once established the Zulu Kingdom. The people maintain a tradition of polygamy, with cattle being a necessary dowry for marriage, and a dozen cows to marry a wife.
27. Two-thirds of Africa's electricity is supplied by South Africa, which is the largest power country in Africa.
28, the origin of macadamia nuts is not Hawaii, but Australia, the scientific name "macadamia", but the world's largest macadamia nut producer is South Africa, the top three design are South Africa, Australia and Kenya.
29.Namibia is a country that became independent from South Africa and became independent in 1990, which is also the last country in Africa to gain national independence.
30. South Africa's national flower is the imperial flower, known as the "king of flowers", the flower is very large, noble, elegant, rich and auspicious.