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2024 National Elections Vote Out-of Country on 18 May 2024

IMMIGRATION & AFFAIRES CIVIQUES

For information regarding Immigration and Civic Matters, you can consult the website of the South African Department of Home Affairs: http://www.dha.gov.za/
South African Department of Home Affairs : http://www.dha.gov.za/

SOUTH AFRICA’S CANDIDATURE TO THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC)

 

 

 

Official Name: Republic of South Africa

 

Population: 60 million

 

Urbanisation: 67%

 

Area: 1,2 million km2

 

Political system: Constitutional Democracy; partly unitary and partly federal. The power is shared between the central Government and the nine Provinces. The Parliament has two Chambers (National Assembly and National Council of Provinces), with elections every five years. Each of the nine Provinces also has its own Provincial Government and Chamber.

 

Capital: Pretoria (the administrative capital, where the Central Government, the Ministries and the Embassies are located); Cape Town (the legislative capital, where the Parliament is located); and Bloemfontein (the judicial capital, where the Supreme Court is located).

 

The nine Provinces: Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West Province.

 

Time Zone: GMT + 2

 

Telephone indicator: + 27

 

Distances: Cape Town-Johannesburg (1 400 km), Johannesburg-Durban (600 km), Port-Elizabeth-Bloemfontein (700km).

 

Currency: Rand (ZAR) 1 Rand is divided into 100 cents.

 

Growth Rate: 2% (2022)

 

Chief exports: Gold, minerals, diamonds, metals and derivatives, agro foodstuffs.

 

Chief imports: Machinery, transportation equipment, manufactured products, chemicals, oil.

 

Languages: 11 official languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, SiSwati, Tshivenda, Ndebele, Xitsonga and English. Communication language: English

 

National Day: 27 April, in celebration of the first democratic elections held in South Africa (27 April 1994)