South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa, covering an area of 1¼ million square kilometres, with a population of around 60 million people. Bounded to the south by 2,800 kilometres of coastline along the South Atlantic and India Oceans, South Africa shares inland borders with five other nations (Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe) and it also surrounds the enclaved country of Lesotho in the north east part of the country.