The country of South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa located at the southern tip of Africa. To the north of South Africa lie the countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. To the East stand Mozambique and Swaziland. It has 2,798 Kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. South Africa is unlike many other countries as it has 3 capital cities Cape Town, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. The reason for this is because right back when the Union of South Africa where conflicting views were held that led to this conclusion.