DID YOU KNOW?
Publish date: 21 October 2024
Issue Number: 1099
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: general
South Africa has the most equal official languages in the world with 11 official languages. It is the only country in the world with three capital cities – Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Yown (legislative) and Pretoria (executive). SA was the first country to produce oil from the coal. It is one of just two countries to have hosted the football, cricket and rugby world cups. Rooibos Tea is the only tea in the world that cannot grow in other countries. SA’s drinking water is rated as the third best in the world. It is the only country that voluntary abandoned a nuclear weapons programme Nearly 90% of all the platinum metal on earth and about 41% of all world's gold comes from SA.