Other General Facts

South Africa is ruled by a Republican governent whose current president is Jacob Zuma.
The monetary unit is the rand (zar) which is divided into 100 cents. It's current exchange rate is 1€ = 11,90Z

The South African flag has 6 colours: black, gold, green, red, white and blue.

It became the national flag on 27th April 1994 coinciding with the first democratic elections in which Nelson Mandela was made president.
Green, black and gold are typical colours used by African people while the colours red, white and blue are common in colonial flags of Britain and Holland aswell as in historical flags of South Africa.
The design of the flag has different interpretations depending on the ethnic groups but the general interpretation is the idea of unification. The green "Y" which starts at the flag's post and comes together in the centre of the flag is seen as the coming together of the different people of South Africa who then take the road ahead together.

The time difference is UTC + 2 which means that now South Africa is one hour ahead of Spain. In summer, the time difference would be of two hours.