South Africa has a population of approximately 60.6 million and features a flag with six colors: black, green, yellow, red, blue, and white. The country has three capitals—Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein—and its largest city is Johannesburg, with a population of about 4.5 million. South Africa recognizes eleven official languages and is known for its popular sport, rugby, and famous holidays including Family Day and Heritage Day.

1. A vibrant and diverse country

2. What’s the population?
South Africa has a population of
60.6 million (2023 estimate).

3. What are the coloursof its flag?
The flag of South Africa has six colors: black, green, yellow, red, blue and white.
The colors are arranged in horizontal stripes of equal width, from top to bottom:
black, green, yellow, red, blue and white.
The flag is made up of two horizontal bands of equal
width in red (top) and blue separated by a central
green band that divides into a horizontal Y shape.
The arms of this Y end at the corners of the left side.
The Y surrounds a black isosceles triangle, from
which the Y is separated by narrow yellow bands.
The red and blue zones are separated from the
green band and its arms by two narrow white bands.
The South African flag is one of three six-color flags
in the world.

4. Where is it?
South Africa is located at the southern tip of Africa. It
borders Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the
north; to the east with Mozambique and Eswatini; to
the south with the Indian Ocean; and to the west with
the Atlantic Ocean.

5. What’s the capital city? What’s the biggest
city?
South Africa has three capitals:
Pretoria: administrative capital.
Cape Town: legislative capital.
Bloemfontein: judicial capital.
The largest city in South Africa is
Johannesburg, with a population of
approximately 4.5 million.

6. What’s name of its highest
mountain?
The highest mountain in South Africa is
the Drakensberg, with an altitude of
3,482 meters above sea level.
What’s the name of its longest
river?
The longest river in South Africa is the
Orange, with a length of 2,200
kilometers.

7. What’s the name of its largest
lake?
The largest lake in South Africa is
Richard Shove, with a surface area of
322 square kilometers.

8. What languages do the people
speak?
The official languages of South Africa are eleven:
Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu,
Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga and
Xhosa.
South Africa has eleven official languages and also
recognizes eight unofficial languages as “national
languages”. Of the official languages, two are Indo-
European languages, English and Afrikaans, while
the other nine are languages of the Bantu family.

10. What’s the most popular sport?
The most popular sport in South Africa is
rugby.
What are the most famous holidays there?
Some of the most famous festivals in South Africa are:
Family Day: celebrated on August 16.
Heritage Day: celebrated on September 24.
Reconciliation Day: celebrated on December 16.
Christmas: celebrated on December 25.
New Year: celebrated on January 1.

11. This dish, one of the most common and
famous among the South African population,
is a sweet meat pie mixed with raisins, dried
fruits and covered with a baked egg.
What’s the most popular food?