Lads and ladies, yous can all shout and moan amongst yourselves about your little countries but at the end of the day we are the holders of this little competition and we are not about to give it up
Full name: Republic of South Africa Population: 50.1 million (UN, 2009) Capitals: Pretoria (executive capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital) Largest city: Johannesburg Area: 1.22 million sq km (470,693 sq miles) Major languages: 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu Major religion: Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs Life expectancy: 50 years (men), 53 years (women) Monetary unit: 1 Rand = 100 cents Main exports: Gold, diamonds, metals and minerals, cars, machinery GNI per capita: US $5,820 (World Bank, 2008) Internet domain: .za International dialling code: +27