South Africa

South Africa is situated at the southernmost point of Africa. Anciently known as Alkebu-lan which translates to “Mother of Mankind”. This name was used by the Moors, Nubians, Numidians, Khart- Haddans & Ethiopians. The name Africa was given by the Greek & Romans. South Africa has a population of 59.31 million & it has 3 capitals : Cape Town, Pretoria & Bloemfontein. It is a melting pot of cultures, with 11 officially recognized languages ; Sepedi, SeSotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa & IsiZulu.

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https://www.drivesouthafrica.com/blog/africas-true-name/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20following%20resource,only%20word%20of%20indigenous%20origin.

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