South Africa

E3669

country in Africa sovereign state

South Africa is a country at the southern tip of the African continent, known for its cultural and linguistic diversity, complex history of apartheid and democratic transition, and significant economic and political influence in the region.

Aliases (5)

Republic of South Africa ×42
Union of South Africa ×17
South Africa zone ×1
Union of South Africa (after 1910, as Province of Natal) ×1
ZAF ×1

Statements (135)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Africa → sovereign state →
bordersCountry	Botswana → Eswatini → Mozambique → Namibia → Zimbabwe →
callingCode	+27 →
capital	Pretoria →
climateType	varied →
continent	Africa →
countryCode	ZA →
currency	South African rand →
currencyCode	ZAR →
drivesOn	left →
drivingLawSystem	mixed legal system →
drivingSide	left →
enclosesCountry	Lesotho →
endOfApartheidApproxDate	1994-04-27 →
executiveCapital	Pretoria →
firstBlackPresident	Nelson Mandela →
firstDemocraticElectionDate	1994-04-27 →
governmentType	constitutional democracy → parliamentary republic →
hasAdministrativeDivisionType	province →
hasCoastlineOn	Atlantic Ocean → Indian Ocean →
hasNotableIndustry	agriculture → manufacturing → mining → tourism →
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Cape Floral Region Protected Areas → Cradle of Humankind → Khomanani Cultural Landscape → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape → Robben Island → Vredefort Dome → iSimangaliso Wetland Park → uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park →
headOfGovernmentTitle	President of South Africa →
headOfStateTitle	President of South Africa →
historicalEvent	apartheid → transition to democracy →
hostedEvent	1995 Rugby World Cup → 2003 Cricket World Cup → 2010 FIFA World Cup →
independenceDate	1931-12-11 →
independenceEvent	Republic declared → Statute of Westminster 1931 →
independenceFrom	United Kingdom →
internetTLD	.za →
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code	ZA →
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code	ZAF →
judicialBody	Constitutional Court of South Africa →
judicialCapital	Bloemfontein →
largestCity	Johannesburg →
legalSystemComponents	English common law → Roman-Dutch law → customary law →
legislativeCapital	Cape Town →
legislature	Parliament of South Africa →
locatedIn	Southern Africa →
lowerHouse	National Assembly of South Africa →
majorCity	Bloemfontein → Cape Town → Durban → Port Elizabeth → Pretoria →
majorEthnicGroup	Black African → Coloured → Indian or Asian → White →
majorExport	automobiles → coal → diamonds → gold → platinum →
majorReligion	Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → traditional African religions →
memberOf	African Union → BRICS → Commonwealth of Nations → G20 → Southern African Development Community → United Nations → World Trade Organization →
motto	!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke →
mottoLanguage	ǀXam →
nationalAnthem	Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (part) → National anthem of South Africa → Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part) →
nationalHoliday	Christmas Day → Day of Goodwill → Day of Reconciliation → Freedom Day → Heritage Day → Human Rights Day → Workers' Day → Youth Day →
nationalSports	cricket → rugby union → soccer →
numberOfProvinces	9 →
officialLanguage	Afrikaans → English → Sesotho → Setswana → Siswati → Tshivenda → Xitsonga → isiNdebele → isiXhosa → isiZulu →
partOfRegion	Global South → Sub-Saharan Africa →
province	Eastern Cape → Free State → Gauteng → KwaZulu-Natal → Limpopo → Mpumalanga → North West → Northern Cape → Western Cape →
recognizedFor	cultural diversity → linguistic diversity →
republicProclaimedDate	1961-05-31 →
timeZone	UTC+02:00 →
UNM49Code	710 →
upperHouse	National Council of Provinces →
usesDaylightSavingTime	false →
usesElectoralSystem	proportional representation →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 846)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
!ke e: ǀxarra ǁke → 1947 Dadoo-Naicker-Xuma Pact → Addo Elephant National Park → African National Congress → African Rainbow Minerals → Afrikaner nationalism → Alexandra → Allied air forces → Amathole Mountains → Anglican Church of Southern Africa → Apartheid Museum → Archbishop of Cape Town → Armed Forces of South Africa → Augrabies Falls National Park → Bantu Education Act → Battle of Magersfontein → Baviaanskloof Wilderness Area → Benoni → Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa → Bhaca polity → Bhisho → Big Hole → Bloemfontein → Bloemfontein → Bonnievale → CNA Literary Award → Cape Flats → Cape Floral Region Protected Areas → Cape Province → Cape Town → Cape Town metropolitan area coastline → Cape of Good Hope → Centurion → Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape → Church Square, Pretoria → Church Street Cemetery, Pretoria → City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality → City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality → Commander-in-Chief Allied Armies in Italy → Constitutional Court of South Africa → Cradle of Humankind → Crocodile River (Limpopo) → Crossing of the Drakensberg → Day of Goodwill → Day of Reconciliation → Day of the Vow → Defiance Campaign → Dertigers → Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (part) → Die Transvaler → Durban → East London → Eastern Cape → Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature → Egoli → Ekurhuleni → Estcourt → FNB Stadium → Franschhoek → Free State → Freedom Park → Garden Route → Gariep Dam → Gauteng → Gcaleka polity → George → Germiston → Government of National Unity (South Africa) → Government of South Africa ("Republic of South Africa") → Great Trek → Greytown → Group Areas Act → Hall of Heroes frieze → Healdtown, Fort Beaufort → Hector Pieterson Museum → Heilbron → Heritage Day → Hermanus → Hertzog Prize for Drama → Hertzog Prize for Poetry → Hertzogville → Highveld → Houghton Estate, Johannesburg → Human Rights Day → Indians in South Africa → Jacaranda City → Jewish Guild → Johannesburg → Johannesburg → Johannesburg Stock Exchange → Jukskei River → Kalahari Basin → Kalahari Desert → Karoo → Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park → Khoikhoi → Khoisan peoples → Khomanani Cultural Landscape → Kimberley → Kimberley Mine → Klerksdorp → Knysna → Kruger House, Pretoria → Krugersdorp → KwaZulu-Natal → Ladysmith → Lanseria International Airport → Lichtenburg, Transvaal → Limpopo → Limpopo Province → Loftus Versfeld Stadium → Mamelodi Sundowns F.C. → Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape → Midrand → Milnerton → Minister of the Interior of South Africa → Mossel Bay → Motsepe Foundation → Mpumalanga → Mthatha → Murder of Piet Retief → Murray & Roberts → Mvezo → N1 highway → Nama people → Namaqualand → Natal → Natal Indian Congress → National Council of Provinces → National Heritage Site of South Africa → National Party → National Party (South Africa) → Nelson Mandela Foundation → Newcastle, Natal → Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part) → North West → Northern Cape → Northern Cape Provincial Government → Northern Cape Provincial Legislature → Northern Sotho → Notwane River → O. R. Tambo International Airport → Olifants River (Lepelle) → Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls → Orange Free State → Orange River → Order of Mapungubwe → Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo → Oudtshoorn → Paarl → Pan Africanist Congress → Pan South African Language Board → Parliament of South Africa → Paul Kruger Statue, Church Square, Pretoria → Phoenix Settlement → Pietermaritzburg → Pollsmoor Prison → Population Registration Act → Port Elizabeth → Port Shepstone → Premier of the Northern Cape → Premier of the Western Cape → President of South Africa → Pretoria → Provincial Synod (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) → Qunu → Randburg → Richmond, Natal → Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape → Rivonia Trial → Robben Island → Roodepoort → Saldanha Bay → Sanlam → Sedibeng District Municipality → South Africa national football team → South Africa national rugby union team → South African Air Force → South African Airways → South African Army → South African Communist Party → South African History Online → South African Indian Congress → South African Reserve Bank → South African Union for Progressive Judaism → South African general election, 1989 → South African general election, 1994 → South African pound → South African rand → Soweto → Springs → St Peter’s Theological College, Rosettenville → Stellenbosch → Stellenbosch University → Sunnyside (South African parliamentary constituency) → Sunshine Coast (Eastern Cape) → Super Rugby → Sutherland → Synod of Bishops (Anglican Church of Southern Africa) ("Republic of South Africa") → Taalkommissie van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns → Table Bay → Table Mountain → The Rugby Championship → Thembu people → Transvaal → Transvaal Indian Congress → Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) → Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports → Tshwane University of Technology → Tsonga → Umkhonto we Sizwe → Union Buildings → United Democratic Front → United Party (South Africa) → University of Cape Town → University of Fort Hare → University of Johannesburg → University of Pretoria → University of the Orange Free State → University of the Western Cape → University of the Witwatersrand → Vaal River → Vaal Triangle → Vanderbijlpark → Vereeniging → Victor Verster Prison → Victoria College, Stellenbosch → Voortrekker Monument → Voortrekker Monument → Voortrekker Monument Company → Voortrekker woman with children → Vredefort Dome → West Coast District → West Rand District Municipality → Western Cape → Western Cape Provincial Government → Western Cape Provincial Parliament → Wild Coast → Witwatersrand → Wonderboom National Airport → Xhosa → Xhosa people → Youth Day → ZA-NC → Zulu people → iSimangaliso Wetland Park → uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park → ǀXam →	country
A. I. Kajee → Annie Botha → B. J. Vorster → Betsie Verwoerd → Bridgette Radebe → Charlize Theron → Charlize Theron → Christiaan de Wet ("Union of South Africa") → D. F. Malan ("Union of South Africa") → D. F. Malan → D. F. Malan → Daniel François Malan → Desmond Tutu → Desmond Tutu → Elon Musk → Errol Musk → Eugène Marais → Evelyn Ntoko Mase → F. W. de Klerk → Gavin Hood → Gerard Moerdijk → Heide-Mari Musk → Hendrik Schoeman → Hendrik Verwoerd → Hendrik Verwoerd ("Union of South Africa") → Hendrik Verwoerd → Hendrik Verwoerd → J. N. Singh → James Barry Munnik Hertzog → Kasha Kropinski → Kimbal Musk → Louis Botha ("Union of South Africa") → Louis Botha → M. D. Naidoo → Makaziwe Mandela → Makgatho Mandela → Maria Louw → Mark Thatcher → Maye Haldeman → Maye Musk → Maye Musk → Mpho Andrea Tutu → N. P. van Wyk Louw → Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw → Njongonkulu Ndungane → Nomalizo Leah Tutu → P. W. Botha → Patrice Motsepe → Precious Moloi-Motsepe → Robyn Slovo → Schalk Willem Burger → Seymour Papert → South African → Thabo Makgoba → Thabo Mbeki → Tosca Musk → Trevor Thamsanqa Tutu → Truida Pohl → Wilbur Smith → Wilhelm Verwoerd → Wilhelmina Jacoba Neethling → Winnie Mandela → Zenani Mandela-Dlamini → Zindzi Mandela →	countryOfCitizenship
A Season in Paradise → Afrikaners → Alleenspraak → Berigte te velde → Conversations with Myself → Crying in the Wilderness → Die Siel van die Mier → Die ysterkoei moet sweet → Elysium → Forbes Africa Person of the Year → Germanicus → God Has a Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time → Hope and Suffering → Invictus → Katastrofes → Long Walk to Freedom → Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom → Motsepe → My Octopus Teacher → Nelson Mandela International Day → Nelson Mandela: Favorite African Folktales → No Future Without Forgiveness → Raka → Sarafina! → The Rainbow People of God → The Soul of the Ape → The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist → United Democratic Front → Versamelde Gedigte → Winternag →	countryOfOrigin
Breyten Breytenbach → Denise Scott Brown → J. B. M. Hertzog → Jan Smuts → N. P. van Wyk Louw → Nelson Mandela → Noel Langley → Precious Moloi-Motsepe → Yusuf Dadoo → Zenani Mandela-Dlamini →	citizenship
Basil Rathbone → Gavin Hood → N. P. van Wyk Louw → Nelson Mandela → Noel Langley → Olie Kolzig → Patrice Motsepe → Yusuf Dadoo →	countryOfBirth
Botswana → Eswatini → Lesotho → Mozambique → Namibia → Zimbabwe →	borderCountry
Blood Diamond → Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom → My Octopus Teacher → Red Dust → The Salvation →	filmingLocation
Battle of Arras (1917) → Battle of El Alamein → Battle of Tobruk (1942) → Operation Crusader →	belligerent
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland → Cyrenaica campaign → Gothic Line offensive → Western Front (World War I) →	countryInvolved
Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 → Ottawa Agreements ("Union of South Africa") → Statute of Westminster 1931 ("Union of South Africa") →	appliesTo
Notwane River → Orange River → Vaal River →	basinCountry
J. B. M. Hertzog → N. P. van Wyk Louw → Nelson Mandela →	countryOfDeath
Petit Verdot → Sauvignon Gris → Vitis vinifera →	cultivatedIn
National Party ("Republic of South Africa") → National Party (South Africa) ("Union of South Africa") → National Party (South Africa) ("Republic of South Africa") →	governed
Merlot → Sauvignon Blanc → Syrah →	grownInCountry
Armed Forces of South Africa ("Republic of South Africa") → South African Army ("Republic of South Africa") →	allegiance
Atlantic–Congo languages → Bantu languages →	areSpokenIn
Desmond → Statue of Jan Smuts, Parliament Square →	associatedWith
South African Communist Party → The Satanic Verses →	bannedIn
Easter Monday → Empire Day →	celebratedIn
Southern Ndebele → Venda →	countryOfficialStatus
Gujarati people → Tamil people →	diaspora
Natal Colony ("Union of South Africa") → Transvaal ("Union of South Africa") →	followedBy
Day of Goodwill → Jacaranda City →	hasCulturalSignificanceIn
J. N. Singh →	activeIn
nde →	alsoSpokenIn
Common Monetary Area →	anchorCountry
Roman-Dutch law →	appliedIn
Bureau of African Affairs ("Republic of South Africa") →	appliesPolicyTo
ZA-NC ("Republic of South Africa") →	appliesWithinJurisdiction
Henry Polak →	areaOfActivity
Somme River →	associatedWithCountry
South African Union for Progressive Judaism →	basedIn
Limpopo River →	basinCountries
Breyten Breytenbach →	birthCountry
Maseru →	borderCityWith
Atlantic Ocean →	borderedByCountry
Southeastern Zimbabwe →	borders
Matabeleland →	bordersCountry
Beitbridge →	bordersWith
Matabeleland South →	borderWith
Super Rugby →	broadcastIn
Mosotho →	canAlsoResideIn
Fernando Pessoa →	childhoodCountry
PopMart Tour →	closingShowCountry
Namibia →	colonialPower
British Empire →	coloniser
Patel →	commonInCountry
LLB →	commonRegion
Advisory Opinion on the International Status of South-West Africa →	concernsAdministeringPower
Harare–Beitbridge highway →	connectsTo
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Eastern Hemisphere →	containsCountry
Newton Fund →	cooperationWith
House of Assembly of the Union of South Africa ("Republic of South Africa") →	countryAfter1961
Olifants River (Lepelle) →	countryBasin
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality →	countryCapitalRegionOf
Freedom Cup →	countryContestedBy
Lichtenburg, Transvaal ("Republic of South Africa") →	countryDuringApartheidPeriod
J. B. M. Hertzog ("Union of South Africa") →	countryLed
Albert West →	countryOfActivity
Southwest Indian Ridge →	countryOffshoreFrom
South African Communist Party →	countryOfHeadquarters
Battle of Blood River →	countryOfHoliday
Verwoerd →	countryOfPrevalence
The Salvation →	countryOfProduction
Indian Opinion →	countryOfPublication
Rolihlahla →	countryOrRegionOfUsage
Zindzi Mandela →	countryRepresented
ECA Subregional Office for Southern Africa →	countryServed
Olifants River (Lepelle) →	countrySource
Sutherland ("Republic of South Africa") →	countrySubdivision
Limpopo River →	countryTraversed
First voyage of James Cook →	countryVisited
Weisser Clevner →	cultivationRegion
South African rand →	currencyOf
Indians →	diasporaPresence
Psammobates →	distribution
Widdringtonia →	distributionRegion
Poitou →	emigrationDestinations
Lesotho →	enclavedBy
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia →	exiledTo
Dassault Mirage III →	exportedTo
Namib Desert →	extendsInto
2003 Cricket World Cup →	finalCountry
Satyagraha →	firstFormulatedIn
South African Airways →	flagCarrierOf
Benguela Current →	flowsAlongCoastOf
Notwane River →	formsBorderBetween
Orange River →	formsPartOfBorderBetween
New Development Bank →	foundedBy
Contingent Reserve Arrangement →	foundingMember
CAF →	foundingMembers
South African Army →	garrisonCountry
Victorian architecture →	geographicDistribution
Walvis Bay →	governingCountryHistory
African National Congress ("Republic of South Africa") →	governingPartyOf
Shiraz →	grownIn
London Economic Conference →	hadParticipants
South African Air Force ("Republic of South Africa") →	hasAllegiance
Contingent Reserve Arrangement →	hasBeneficiary
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park →	hasBorderingCountry
Beitbridge →	hasBorderPostWith
Southern Africa →	hasCountry
Riebeek-Wes, Cape Colony →	hasCurrentCountry
Walloon diaspora →	hasDestinationCountry
Africa Rocks ("South Africa zone") →	hasExhibitZone
Day of Reconciliation ("Republic of South Africa") →	hasJurisdiction
South Africa ("ZAF") →	ISO3166-1Alpha3Code