South-Africa南非英文介绍

RepublicofSouthAfricaWangHangZhouYudongCatalogueIntroductionCultureEconomyBusinessEtiquettes&Taboos1234IntroductionNationalFlagNationalEmblemNationalFlowerCapital:

Pretoria(executive)Bloemfontein(judicial)CapeTown(legislative)Population:

53millionOfficiallanguage:

11languagesincludingEnglishandAfrikaans.

Politicalsystem:ParliamentaryrepublicRaces:80%20%“RainbowNation”Globalstatus:“Anupper-middleincomeeconomy”SignificantregionalinfluenceRacialDiscriminationIn1948,thewhiteminoritycontrolledtheblackmajority“Apartheid”In1955,theFreedomCharternon-racialsocietyBeautifulSceneriesAnimals

CultureStevenPienaar,LucasRadebe,PhilemonMasinga,BenniMcCarthy,AaronMokoena,andDelronBuckley

Hostedthe2010FIFAWorldCupsuccessfully.EducationIn2011,

41.4%ofthetotalpopulationhascompleteaneducationofhighschoolorhigher8.6%aged20yearsandolderhasnotcompleteanyschooling.In2013,

thegovernmentwillspend21%ofthenationalbudgetoneducation.HealthHIVS/AIDSpatients

In2011,SouthAfricahas5.6millionpeoplelivingwithHIV,morethananyothercountriesintheworld.13.6%ofblacksareHIVpositive,whereasonly0.3%ofwhiteshavethedisease.Orphans

morethan1,200,000orphansinSouthAfricaEconomyIntroductionUpper-middleincomeeconomyThemostadvancedeconomyinSouthAfricaHighrateofpovertyandunemploymentManufacturingDominatedby:agroprocessing,automotive,chemicals,electronics,textiles,clothing,footwear,informationandcommunication.Contributed:16.2%(TheannualGDPin2008)MiningTheworld’sbiggestproducerofgoldandplatinum.OneoftheleadingproducersofbasemetalsandcoalDiamondindustryistheforth-largestintheworld.Contributed:8%(TheannualGDPin2008)Agriculture

Maincrops:corn,wheat,sugarcane,barley,etcTheSouthAfricawineisfamousallovertheworld.

Grazieryisalsodeveloped.Contributed:3%(oftheannualGDP)TourismOneofthemostfastestgrowingindustryTheforeigntouristsupto9.9million(In2009)Contributed:8%(OftheannualGDP)BusinessEtiquettes&TaboosMainlyfollowBritishetiquettesifinvitedtoadinner

Bringflowers,goodqualitychocolatesorabottleofSouthAfricanwineasgifts.Arriveontime.Shakehandswhilemaintainingeyecontactandsmiling.

Face-to-facemeetingsarepreferred.Blacksandwhitescomplieswithdifferentetiquettes.TaboosDonottakephotoswithoutpermitting.Donotgivecom