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South Africa

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

SOUTH AFRICA

BY DUNCAN BERGER
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STATS

  • There are 50,000,000 people in South Africa
  • 79.2% Black African 8.9% Coloured 8.9% White 2.5% Indian or Asian 0.5% other
  • Unemployment rate is 24.1%
  • Exports- 77586.73 ZAR MIL Imports- 74806 ZAR MIL
  • Density-42.4/km2 (169th) 109.8/sq mi

STATS

  • Life expectancy- 52.1 years
  • Birth rate- 2.42 births per woman (2011)
  • Infant mortality- 42.15 deaths/1,000 live births
  • Doctors- 6,314 Nurses- 24,181
  • Currency- ZAR
Photo by Werner Kunz

POLITICS

  • South Africa is a parliamentary republic
  • The president, Jacob Zuma,is both head of state and head of government
  • There are 13 political parties in South Africa's government
  • African National Congress, Democratic Alliance, Congress of the People are the top 3
  • The ANC have dominated politics and have improved South Africa's economy.
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ECONOMY

  • South Africa's economy is the largest in Africa
  • Since 1996, South Africa's GDP has tripled to 400 billion because of the ANC
  • South Africa is a developing country, 65% services, 9% agriculture , 31% industry
  • The top individual income tax rate is 40 percent, and the top corporate tax rate is 28 percent.
  • South Africa is mixed socialism but is closer to being a free market than being communist
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CULTURE

  • The culture of South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity
  • Most ethnic groups believe that women are less important than men.
  • The oldest art objects in the world were discovered in a South African cave.
  • As blacks have become increasingly urbanised and Westernised, aspects of traditional culture have declined.
  • No religion, Other Apostolic, Zion Christian, Pentecostal/Charismatic, Catholic

LANGUAGES

  • Afrikaans Language, English Language, Zulu Language, Xhosa Language, Swati Language, Tswana Language
  • Tsonga Language, Sotho language, Venda Language, Northern Sotho language, Southern Ndebele language
  • The main 4 are Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and English
Photo by Jeremy Brooks