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Many flags were used in South Africa prior to political unification in 1910. The original Dutch East India Company colony at the Cape of Good Hope (1652–1795) flew the Dutch flag, with the VOC logo in the centre. This flag was also flown during the period of Batavian Republic rule (1803–06).
Rank Province Population (2022) [1] GDP (2013; ZAR millions) [2] GDP per capita (2013; ZAR) GDP per capita (2013; USD PPP) 1 Gauteng: 15,099,422 1,194,140 94,179 18,259 2 ...
The recorded economic history of South Africa began with the VOC period. The Dutch East India Company (in the Dutch of the day: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC) decided to establish a permanent settlement at the Cape in 1652.
Flag of South Africa since 1994. National Flag of the Union – authorised by the Union Flags and Nationality Act 1927, and introduced in 1928. Renamed the "National Flag of the Republic" in 1961, [7] it was used until 1994. National Flag – the current flag, introduced in 1994.
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 miles) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [15] [16] [17] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini ...
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 provincial flag of Mpumalanga was adopted in 1996, making the province the first of South Africa's nine provinces to make use of an official provincial flag. [1] The other provinces currently use the province's coat of arms on a white background (except for Western Cape which uses a banner of arms). The design also features in the province ...
The Union of South Africa was established in 1910 by combining four British colonies: Cape Colony; Natal Colony; Transvaal Colony; Orange River Colony.The last two were, before the Second Boer War, independent republics known as the South African Republic and the Orange Free State.