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What time is it?
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| It is %T:%M %A in Pretoria and Johannesburg |
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What is the language?
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There are 11 Official languages in South Africa.
Besides Afrikaans and English, spoken languages are Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Venda.
Business language: English, spoken by 40% of white population.
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What is the local currency?
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The currency is the Rand (SAR). It is issued in bills of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200 rands.
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What is the climate?
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The region of the Eastern plateau (Johannesburg) benefits from a dry and sunny climate over the winter (20?C in the daytime, 5?C at night) with thunderstorms in late afternoons between October and April. The Cap province, in the West, benefits from warm and dry summers (26?C), the wind often blows there causing violent storms. Winters can be cold (from 5 to 17?C) with occasional snowfalls on high summits. Along the Southern coast, the climate is temperate then tropical on the east coast when heading up North. For the same latitude, in Durban ( west coast), the climate is 6?C warmer than in Port Nolloth and it is sixteen times as rainy over there.
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