South Africa is a country located in Africa, with Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town as capital cities. It has an area of 471,443 square miles and a population of over 52 million people. The official currency is the South African Rand and the time zone is SAST (UTC+2). Key attractions on the Cape Peninsula include scenic beauty, beaches, Table Mountain, whale watching, shopping, and cuisine from award-winning wines along scenic wine routes. Gold Reef City in Johannesburg is an amusement park located on an old gold mine themed around the 1880s gold rush, with period costumes, buildings, and a museum about gold mining where visitors can see gold poured from ore.

2. Continent Africa
Capital Pretoria
Bloemfontein
Cape Town
Country Area 471,443 sq miles
(25th)
Population (2014) 52,981,991
(25th)
Currency South African
Rand
Time Zone SAST (UTC +2)
Drives Left Hand
Dialing Code +27

12. Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula up to Cape Point, are famous for scenic beauty; celebrity
beaches; Table Mountain; whale-watching; world-class shopping, nightlife, food & wine; and a laid-back
atmosphere.

13. Discover the joys of SA’s award-winning wines and cuisine along any of the beautiful Cape wine
routes, taking you through green valleys and historic towns.

14. Gold Reef City is a large amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an
old gold mine, the park is themed around the gold rush on the Witwatersrand. Park staff wear period
costumes of the 1880s, and the buildings on the park are designed to mimic the same period. There
is a museum dedicated to gold mining on the grounds where it is possible to see a gold-containing
ore vein and see how real gold is poured into barrels.