The national animal of South Africa is the springbuck.

The most popular sports are soccer, rugby and cricket.

It is the only country that had three Nobel Peace Prize winners, President Nelson Mandela, President F.W. de Klerk and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

It produces the most diamonds in the world.

The Kruger National Park is 18 times bigger than Hong Kong.

South Africa hosts the world’s largest bicycle race.

Every year, South Africa moves about two inches farther away from South America because of the continental drift.

It has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.