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  2. Postage stamps and postal history of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Republic of South Africa (1961-) The first set of the Republic was issued on 31 May 1961. [6] From 1961 to 1966, stamps were inscribed "REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA - REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA". [6] However, from 1967 stamps were simply inscribed "RSA". Modern issues are just inscribed "South Africa". South Africa issued many attractive and ...

  3. South African identity card - Wikipedia

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    The South African smart identity card – known as a Smart ID Card – replaces the old green bar-coded identity book. [1] Both are identity documents that serve as proof of a person's identity. This proof includes a person's photograph, their full name, their date of birth, their place of birth, and their unique identity number.

  4. List of tallest buildings in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Marble Towers. 152 m (499 ft) 32. 1973. Johannesburg. For a brief period in 1973, this was the tallest building in Africa. Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). South African Reserve Bank Building.

  5. South African National Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The National Lottery was introduced to South Africa on 11 March 2000. At the time it was run by Uthingo. [citation needed]After a marketing effort that aimed to reach 80 percent of South African homes directly [5] more than 800,000 tickets were sold in the first day of availability [6] Nearly R70 million worth of tickets were sold in the first three weeks of operation.

  6. History of Johannesburg - Wikipedia

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    Johannesburg is a large city in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It was established as a small village controlled by a Health Committee in 1886 with the discovery of an outcrop of a gold reef on the farm Langlaagte. The population of the city grew rapidly, becoming a municipality in 1898. In 1928 it became a city making Johannesburg the ...

  7. Capitec Bank - Wikipedia

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    Number of employees. 11,440 [ 1] (2016) Website. www .capitecbank .co .za. Capitec Bank is a South African retail bank and Financial services. [ 2] As of February 2024 the bank was the largest retail bank in South Africa, based on number of customers, with 120,000 customers opening new accounts per month. [ 3] [1]

  8. South Africa - Wikipedia

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    South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; [18] [19] [20] to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini.

  9. List of banks in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    RMB - Rand Merchant Bank. Grindrod Bank Limited. Imperial Bank South Africa. Investec Bank Limited. Ithala Bank. Mercantile Bank Limited. Nedbank Limited. Sasfin Bank Limited. Standard Bank of South Africa.