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Capital: pretoria; note - cape town is the legislative center and bloemfontein the judicial center
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of south africa conventional short form: south africa former: union of south africa abbreviation: rsa
National holiday: freedom day. 27 april (1994)
Government type
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republic
Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; eastern cape. free state. gauteng. kwazulu-natal. limpopo. mpumalanga. north-west. northern cape. western cape |
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Independence:
31 may 1910 (from uk); note - south africa became a republic in 1961 following an october 1960 referendum
Political parties and leaders: african christian democratic party or acdp [kenneth meshoe. president]; african national congress or anc [thabo mbeki. president]; democratic alliance or da (formed from the merger of the democratic party or dp and the freedom alliance or fa) [anthony leon]; inkatha freedom party or ifp [mangosuthu buthelezi. president]; pan-africanist congress or pac [stanley mogoba. president]; united democratic movement or udm [bantu holomisa]
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
congress of south african trade unions or cosatu [zwelinzima vavi. general secretary]; south african communist party or sacp [blade nzimande. general secretary]; south african national civics organization or sanco [mlungisi hlongwane. national president]; note - cosatu and sacp are in a formal alliance with the anc
International organization participation
: acp. afdb. au. bis. c. fao. g-24. g-77. iaea. ibrd. icao. icc. icct. icftu. icrm. ida. ifad. ifc. ifrcs. iho. ilo. imf. imo. interpol. ioc. iom. iso. itu. miga. monuc. nam. nsg. onub. opcw. pca. sacu. sadc. un. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. unitar. unmee. unmil. upu. wcl. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto. zc
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