位於非洲最南端，為非洲前三大經濟體，僅次於奈及利亞和埃及。擁有全非洲最現代化的基礎建設，被聯合國列為高人類發展指數國家，更是G20當中唯一一個非洲國家。1948到1994年間實行嚴格的種族隔離制度，最後由第一任全面民選的總統曼德拉廢除，曼德拉也因此獲得諾貝爾和平獎，被譽為世界上最受尊重的政治家之一。因為擁有比其他非洲國家相較發達的都市，近年來吸引大量移民爭搶工作機會，反倒衍生激烈的族群衝突。是全球唯一自行發展核武器後自願摧毀核武器的國家。

Year Founded: 1961

South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa and the third-largest economy in Africa, second to Nigeria and Egypt. It has the most modernized infrastructure in Africa. It ranks high in the high human development category and is the only African member of the G20. Racial apartheid was imposed between 1948 and 1994 and abolished by Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected President of South Africa, who was thus awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was one of the world’s most revered statesmen. With relatively developed cities, South Africa attracts a sizable number of immigrants from other African countries, breeding ethnic conflict. South Africa is the only country to voluntarily give up its nuclear weapons.