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Economics: South Africa vs. New Zealand
Economics
South Africa Vs.
New Zealand
Mphumzi Duna T14031
Kayla Dunbar T14032
Cinga Dyantyisi T14033
Ezile Yandisa Fani T14034
Rafeeq Goliath T14039
Contents
1. Introduction:
South Africa
New Zealand
2. Economic Systems:
South Africa
New Zealand
3. Geographical Structure:
South Africa
New Zealand
4. Demographics and Social Structure:
South Africa
New Zealand
5. Economy:
South Africa
New Zealand
6. Conclusion
7. Bibliography
8. Division of tasks

Introduction
South Africa
There are many religions in south Africa that are being practised the most popular religion being Christianity, which is approximately 75% of the country’s population.15% have no religious attachments and the other 10% consists of Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism amongst others.
South Africa has eleven official languages, namely:
1. English
2. Afrikaans
3. Zulu
4. Xhosa
5. Swati
6. Northern Sotho
7. Tsonga
8. Tswana
9. Venda
10. Northern Sotho
11. Southern Ndebele
South Africa is known for its ethnic and cultural diversity. The majority of black South Africans still has a great number of rural in habitants who lead underprivileged lives. It is amongst these people that cultural traditions survive strongly, as blacks have become more and more urbanised and Westernised. Urban blacks speak mostly English and Afrikaans in addition to their native tongue. There are smaller groups that speak the Khoisan language, which is not included in the eleven official languages, but are one of the other eight officially recognised languages. Indian South Africans preserve their cultural heritage, languages and being Christian, Hindu or Muslim and speaks English, where as they speak the Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil or Guajarati as a second language and use it less frequently.
South African customs regulations accept visitors to the country and to bring in certain types of goods without incurring duties and Value Added Tax (VAT).



Bibliography: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html (Central Intelligence Agency, 2007) Central Intelligence Agency. (2007, April 12). library. Retrieved March 17, 2014, from www.cia.gov: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Africa

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