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Capital:	Pretoria
Population:	60.142.978
Current Currency:	South African rand (ZAR)
Continent:	Africa
Demonym:	South African
Official Languages:	English, Zulu, Swazi, Afrikaans
Ethnic Groups:	Black, Coloured, White, Asian
Religions:	Christianity, Irreligious, Traditional faiths, Islam, Hinduism
Borders:	Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
Country Calling Code:	+27
Top Level Domain:	.za
ISO Alpha-2 Country Code:	ZA
ISO Alpha-3 Country Code:	ZAF

Current weather in
Pretoria, South Africa
Local time is 13:37, 12 May 2026
Clear Sky
20.44 °C Feels like 19.45 °C
Sunrise at 07:36
Sunset at 18:31
1017 hpa
Temperature is from 19.2 °C to 21.44 °C
Wind is 5.14 m/s
Clouds: 0 %

Exchange Rates on May 12, 2026 at 09:00
USD/ZAR
1 USD = 16,5507 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0604 USD
EUR/ZAR
1 EUR = 19,4475 ZAR
1 ZAR = 0,0514 EUR
rates are updated every 12h
these rates are for information purposes only

2 rand 2013