South Africa's geography
South Africa occupies the southern tip of Africa, its long coastline stretching more than 2 500km from the desert border with Namibia on the Atlantic coast southwards around the tip of Africa and then north to the border with subtropical Mozambique on the Indian Ocean.
The nine provinces of South Africa
South Africa has nine provinces, each with its own legislature, premier and executive council - and distinctive landscape, population, economy and climate.
Maps of South Africa
South Africa and its provinces, regions, cities and suburbs. Tourist accommodation and recreation venues. Get the big picture - then zoom in close and get the details - with a range of excellent mapping websites.
South Africa from outer space
Here's the big picture, and it's looking good. Get a new perspective on South Africa with our gallery of some of the best satellite images of the country, from the mouth of the magnificent Orange River in the west to the St Lucia wetlands in the east.
Where the two oceans really meet
Tourists flock to Cape Point every year to witness the beautiful scenery and the point where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. Residents of Cape Agulhas, however, argue that visitors wanting to see the confluence of the two oceans will have to travel a little further east and south ...
The world's biggest meteor crater
Two billion years ago a meteorite bigger than Table Mountain hit the earth 100km southwest of Johannesburg, causing a 1 000-megaton blast that vaporised 70 cubic kilometres of rock and may have changed the earth's climate to make multicellular life possible. Welcome to the Vredefort Dome.
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