South Africa

Population: 43,586,097

Languages: 11 official languages, including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu

Background: After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the...

Currency: South African Rand (ZAR, ZAR (14.84 = US$1))

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.

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South African Font Foundries

 · Ben Grib
 · Callie Sharp
 · CyberGraphics
 · E-Fect Promotion
 · Jo Rowe
 · Mildah's
 · Nicky Laatz
 · Ochre Fonts
 · Pieter Nel
 · RainBomb Studio
 · Reghardt
 · Scholtz Fonts
 · Susan Brand Design
 · Tondi Republk

South African Typographic People

 · Susan Brand
 · Stuart Brown
 · Lizl Burger
 · Herman Coetzee
 · Jan Erasmus
 · Andrew Footit
 · Reghardt Grobbelaar
 · Nicky Laatz
 · Fhumulani Nemulodi
 · Glen Nyundu
 · Caitlin Rose Paige
 · Jo-Ann Rowe
 · Jo-Ann E Rowe
 · Anton Scholtz
 · Merle Scholtz
 · Callie Sharp

Related Links

 · CIA World Factbook: South Africa
 · Ethnologue: Languages of South Africa
 · BBC Country profile: South Africa