• Population: 48.8 million (UN, 2008)
• Major languages: 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu
• Life expectancy: 49 years (men), 50 years (women)
• GNI per capita: US $5,760 (World Bank, 2007)

courtesy of BBC News at bbcnews.com



SERRV Partners in South Africa:

	Wupperthal Rooibos Tea Cooperative The red bush plant (rooibos in Afrikaans) is cultivated only in South Africa and the Wupperthal  Cooperative is one of only two organizations in the world who produce rooibos tea which is both organic and fair trade certified. Read more