Basic Info on South Africa

Doing business in South Africa requires good resources and an openness of different cultures. Known for its multiculturalism, several ethnicity are based in South Africa, white European, Indian, colored and black African making it hard to generalize business etiquette. South Africa is a land with great diversity. South Africa is located at southern tip of the continent of Africa. It borders the countries: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and Mozambique. The climate is mostly semiarid with subtropical temperatures along the east coast given it sunny days, cool nights. South Africa is big on its trade on natural resources, such as gold, platinum, and chromium.

The Republic of South Africa, the conventional long form, has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative capital), Cape Town (legislative capital) and Bloemfontein (judicial capital). Having once ruled by the British in an apartheid government, legal racial segregation enforced, South Africa has sprung up as a phoenix from the ashes.



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