Country Profile Area: 1,219,912 sq km. Capital: Pretoria Population: 49,052,489 (CIA 2009 estimates) Language: Isizulu, Isixhosa, Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, Setswana and others Date of independence: 31 May 1910. Currency: Rand (ZAR) Religion: Christian (majority), Muslim, indigenous beliefs. National Day: Freedom Day; 27 April (1994) |