- Official languages: 11 languages: Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swazi, Venda, Southern Ndebele.
- Geographical location: it is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland); and it surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho.
- Administrative divisions: South Africa is divided into nine provinces.
- Capital: Pretoria.
- Governance: The Republic of South Africa is a parliamentary representative democratic republic. The President of South Africa serves both as head of state and as head of government. The President is elected by the National Assembly (the lower house of the South African Parliament) and must retain the confidence of the Assembly in order to remain in office.
- Population: 54.96 million.
- Currency: South African rand.
- GDP: $314.57 billion.
- Time zone: GMT +2.
- Telephone code: +27.
- Barcode: 600, 601.
Trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and South Africa
Belarus mainly exported BelaAZ mining dump trucks, potassic fertilizers, super giant tyres, instruments and apparatus, optical apparatus to RSA in 2013 and 2014, potassic fertilizers, tyres and spare parts — in 2015.
The Republic of South Africa exports fresh and canned fruits and vegetables, tobacco, wines, cosmetics and cane sugar to Belarus.
Dynamics of trade between Belarus and RSA (in thousand U.S. dollars)
|
Year |
Turnover |
Exports |
Imports |
Surplus |
|
2010 |
24917.1 |
16608.3 |
8308.8 |
8299.5 |
|
2011 |
20840.3 |
14722.1 |
6118.2 |
8603.9 |
|
2012 |
32604.1 |
24541.7 |
8062.4 |
16479.3 |
|
2013 |
42192.5 |
27634 |
14557 |
13077 |
|
2014 |
57973.7 |
40608 |
17365.7 |
23242.3 |
|
2015 |
129773.9 |
7028.9 |
122745 |
-115716.1 |
|
January — October 2016 |
8671.2 |
2991.8 |
5679.4 |
-2687.6 |
RSA's economic performance:
- GDP per capita: $6 618;
- Exports: $81.8 billion;
- Imports: $84.5 billion;
- Inflation: 4.6%;
- Unemployment: 25.9%.
RSA's most valuable export products:
- Mineral raw materials;
- Precious stones;
- Precious metals;
- Fruits.
RSA's most valuable import products:
- Machinery and equipment;
- Chemicals;
- Processed petroleum oils.
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