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South Africa
| South Africa is the developed world’s gateway into Africa. By far the strongest economy on the continent, boasting first-world infrastructure and roads, South Africa is poised for even stronger growth as the Host of the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Gauteng Province, adjacent to our site in Mpumalanga, is the wealthiest province in the country, and largest contributing region to the country’s GDP. The picturesque town of Dullstroom, Mpumalanga is a famous getaway for the affluent from Johannesburg and Pretoria, Gauteng’s two major cities. |
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| SOUTH AFRICA: |
Situated at the southern-most tip of Africa |
| BORDERS: |
Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland,
and Zimbabwe |
| CAPITAL: |
Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative) |
| PROVINCES: |
Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Free State, North-West,
Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal |
| CLIMATE: |
Mostly semi-arid; subtropical along the coast; sunny days,
cool nights |
| ECONOMY: |
South Africa is a well regarded, emerging market economy
with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed
financial, legal, communications, energy and transport sectors;
and a stock exchange that ranks among the largest in the world.
The country has been making waves in the last decade and is
fast becoming a major force in the international arena. As the
gateway into Africa, South Africa hosts the Head Offices of
many major multinational corporations. |
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