I know a place in Africa ……. This is a place of wildness, struggle and freedom.
This is the place my heart is at home, my mind is at ease and my soul at peace!
January 31, 2008
Compassion
To often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life round.
For all Luso-South Africans! Love your origins ... a place for you to make a comment, a joke or just to inform other South Africans! Let’s have some fun! Send suggestions, opinions and ideas to:
Official name: Republic of South Africa Capital: Pretoria Total land area: 1 219 912 square kilometres (471 011 square miles) Total coastline: 2 798 kilometres (1 739 miles) Population (2006): 47.4-million Currency: The rand. R1 = 100 cents Total GDP* (actual, 2005): R1 539-billion (US$227.7-billion) Total GDP (purchasing power parity, 2005): US$540.8-billion Real GDP growth (2005): 5.1% Inflation (CPIX, 2005): 3.9% Official languages: Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga Provinces: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape
* Based on an average 2006 exchange rate of R1 = US$6.76.
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