South Africa
Government and Economy

Government:
Country Name:
Conventional Long Form: Republic of South Africa
Government type: Republic
Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town
Independence: May 31, 1910
National Holiday: April 27 (established 1994)

Economy:
GDP: real growth rate - 0.6%
Population Below Poverty Line: NA%
Inflation Rate: 5.5%
Labor Force: 15 million economically active
Unemployment rate: 30%
Budget:
revenues: $30.5 billion
expedentures: $38 billion
Industries:
mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium) automobile assembly, metalworking, machenery, textile, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs
Exports: $28 billion
Imports: $26 billion
Currency: Rand
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