FIFA World Cup 2010 - page 1043

The young democracy of the Republic of South Africa is located at the southern region of the African continent which homes 46 million people. Zulu is one of their 11 official languages and is spoken by around 24 percent of the population. Aside from their native language, English is widely known by 80 percent of the population.

South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994 ended a century of black oppression and was ruled in majority by Apartheid who officially arrived in 1948. Their past has pushed the officials to progress their constitution to titanic levels to ensure the protection of all its citizens. South Africa is the biggest economy in Africa and known as the biggest exporter of gold and platinum. South Africa won the bid to host FIFA World Cup 2010 because of their advanced telecommunications systems and is tagged as the tenth largest stock exchange in the world using South African Rand as their monetary unit.

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