South Africa
The Lord’s Testimony
Updated July 15, 2024
No. of localities: 10
No. of saints in church life: 500.
No. of saints attending the Table meeting: 350
Country Profile
Location: Southern Africa, at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Geographical
Size: land: 1,214,470 sq km, water: 4,620 sq km Climate: mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast; sunny days, cool nights
Population: 60,442,647 (2024 est.)
Population
Growth Rate: 1.07% (2024 est.)
Ethnic groups: Black African 80.9%, Colored 8.8%, White 7.8%, Indian/Asian 2.6% (2021 est.)
Languages: isiZulu (official) 24.7%, isiXhosa (official) 15.6%, Afrikaans (official) 12.1%, Sepedi (official) 9.8%, Setswana (official) 8.9%, English (official) 8.4%, Sesotho (official) 8%, Xitsonga
(official) 4%, siSwati (official) 2.6%, Tshivenda (official) 2.5%, isiNdebele (official) 1.6%, other (includes Khoi, Nama, and San languages) 1.9% (2017 est.)
Religions: Christian 86%, ancestral, tribal, animist, or other traditional African religions 5.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other 1.5%, nothing in particular 5.2% (2015 est.)
Capital
City: Pretoria (administrative capital); Cape Town (legislative capital); Bloemfontein (judicial capital)
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