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How many countries border South Africa?
a. 6
b. 4
c. 7
d. 5
6 - The countries bordering South Africa are Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho.
The largest stock exchange in Africa is located in which South African city?
a. Durban
b. Johannesburg
c. Pretoria
d. Cape Town
Johannesburg - JSE was founded in 1887 after the discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand.
What is the busiest port in South Africa?
a. Ngqura
b. Port Elizabeth
c. Cape Town
d. Durban
Durban - The third busiest container port in the Southern Hemisphere, the Port of Durban was formerly known as the Port of Natal.
Who was the second post-apartheid President of South Africa after Nelson Mandela, ruling from 1999-2008?
a. Thabo Mbeki
b. Jacob Zuma
c. Pieter Botha
d. Kgalema Motlanthe
Thabo Mbeki - Mbeki served from 1999-2008, when he resigned.
What is the largest city in South Africa?
a. Durban
b. Johannesburg
c. Pretoria
d. Cape Town
Johannesburg - Johannesburg is the world’s largest city not situated on a river, lake, or coastline.
Which city is the executive capital of South Africa?
a. Nelspruit
b. Pretoria
c. Bloemfontein
d. Cape Town
Pretoria - Within South Africa Pretoria is popularly known as the Jacaranda City due to the thousands of Jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens.
The internet country code top-level domain for South Africa is what?
a. .sf
b. .ca
c. .za
d. .sa
.za - .sa is the country code for Saudi Arabia.
What is the capital of the Eastern Cape province?
a. East London
b. Rustenburg
c. Port Elizabeth
d. Bhisho
Bhisho - Under its former name Bisho, the town was the capital of Ciskei, a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) as part of the policy of Apartheid.
Which is both the smallest and most populous province in South Africa?
a. Gauteng
b. The Northern Cape
c. KwaZulu-Natal
d. Limpopo
Gauteng - Gauteng contains the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, and its administrative capital, Pretoria.
The Constitutional Court of South Africa sits in which city?
a. East London
b. Cape Town
c. Bloemfontein
d. Johannesburg
Johannesburg - Since 2004 the court has occupied a purpose-built complex on Constitution Hill.
South Africa is made up of how many provinces?
a. 3
b. 7
c. 9
d. 5
9 - Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, North West, Free State, Kwazulu Natal, Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian oceans, approximately how long is South Africa's coast line?
a. 1,550 miles
b. 1,050 miles
c. 2,050 miles
d. 2,550 miles
1,550 miles - South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world.
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