Nine provinces and eleven languages

South Africa has nine provinces; Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, and Western Cape. South Africa has eleven official languages of which IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, English, Afrikaans, and Sepedi are the most widely spoken.

Cradle of humankind

South Africa has the world heritage site, the cradle of humankind, where hominid fossils of over 1 million years were found. Also the site produced the earliest controlled use of fire dating back over a million years.

Table mountain

Table mountain is the main feature that greets visitors to cape town. It is being considered as one of the modern seven natural wonders of the world. Internet voting and phone text voting is taking place now. When the cloud cascade over the edges it is like a table cloth covering the 3000 foot table.

East London

East London has Nahoon footprints, oldest fossilised footprints in the world is dated at 200,000 years old.

Steve Biko put it on the modern map.

Durban

Durban is the thirdlargest city in South Africa nad the busiest port on the African continent.

Johannesburg

Johannesburg is the largest city in South Africa with almost 4 million people It helps to have Soweto nearby, since Soweto was a SouthWest Township with the largest population in a noncity. Johannesburg is called Egoli or "City of Gold" and reminds me of Dick Wittington who thought London was paved with Gold. Egoli is literally sitting on a goldmine where 40% of the world's gold has been mined.

Bloemfontein

Bloemforntein is the Judicial Capital of South Africa.

The city’s name means "fountain of flowers," and it is known for its parks and botanical gardens.