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The richest city in Africa by GDP and private wealth, Johannesburg functions as the economic capital of South Africa and is home to the continent's largest stock exchange, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. [17] Johannesburg was established in 1886, [18] following the discovery of gold, on what was once farmland.
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is a national agency of the South African government created in April 2005 to administer South Africa's social security system, including by distributing social grants, on behalf of the Department of Social Development (DSD).
The South African diaspora consists of South African emigrants and their descendants living outside South Africa. The largest concentrations of South African emigrants are to be found in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates.
The Free South Africa Movement (FSAM) was a coalition of individuals, organizations, students, and unions across the United States of America who sought to end Apartheid in South Africa. [1] With local branches throughout the country, it was the primary anti-Apartheid movement in the United States.
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The Population Registration Act required the classification of South Africans into racial groups based on physical and socio-economic characteristics. Since a person's racial heritage was not always clear, a variety of tests were devised to help authorities classify people. One such test was the pencil test. [1] The pencil test involved sliding a pencil or pen in the hair of a person whose ...
The South African Post Office (often referred to as SA Post Office, or simply SAPO) is the national postal service of South Africa. As a state owned enterprise, its only shareholder is the South African government. With the institution that eventually became the Post Office having opened in 1792, SAPO is the oldest institution in South Africa. [3] In terms of South African law, the Post Office ...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is a South African state-owned enterprise responsible for most passenger rail services in the country. It reports to the Department of Transport, headed by the Minister of Transport.