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This is a list of the heads of state of South Africa from the foundation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 to the present day. From 1910 to 1961 the head of state under the South Africa Act 1909 was the Monarch, who was the same person as the Monarch of the United Kingdom and of the other Dominions/Commonwealth realms.
In 2018, South Africa produced 19.3 million tonnes of sugarcane (14th largest producer in the world), 12.5 million tonnes of maize (12th largest producer in the world) 1.9 million tons of grape (11th largest producer in the world), 1.7 million tons of orange (11th largest producer in the world) and 397 thousand tons of pear (7th largest producer in the world).
The economy of South Africa is the largest economy in Africa, it is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [ 33 ]
Constant 2010 prices - millions of Rand [2]; Province 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Gauteng 918,747 905,976 937,178 971,893
The first evidence of pottery and agriculture in South Africa can be found in the period of 350-150 BCE, while metals date back to the 52-252 CE period. [4] The earliest occurrence of cattle farming was in the 5th century CE and the Iron Age reached modern-day Kwa-Zulu Natal around 700 CE.
This article lists the provinces of South Africa by their gross regional domestic product (GDP) per ... GDP per capita (2013; USD PPP) 1 Gauteng: 15,099,422 1,194,140 ...
Agri-Expo is a South African company that performs marketing services to promote the South African agricultural industry in the Western Cape. [1] The organisation was founded in the Cape Colony as the Cape of Good Hope Agricultural Society in 1831, making it the oldest agricultural society in South Africa and Africa.
The first multiracial election was held in 1994 and Nelson Madiba Mandela was elected President of the Republic of South Africa (62.6% of the vote). He became the first black head of state in South Africa. During his term of office, President Mandela attached great importance to the symbols of African culture.