I'll start you off with:
1. More than 50% of paragliding records have been set in South Africa.
2. The Lost City Resort Hotel at Sun City is the largest theme resort hotel in the world.
3. The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street, Orlando West.
4. South Africa has the longest wine route in the world.
5. South Africa had the 5th highest number of physicians in the world per 100 000 people.
Can you add some fun facts to the more serious list I provided?
2007-02-05 21:37:09 · 9 answers · asked by Porgie 7 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ South Africa
South Africa has the longest bungy jump in the world
The biggest open-mine hole in Kimberly
The longest mine shaft in the world
The only mahor city without sea or river is Johannesburg
The host of the biggest world telescope
The meeting point of two oceans
The only country with eleven official languages
The first African country to host football world cup
The first African country to legalise same sex marriages
21st century's most famous political prisoner - Mandela
2007-02-06 00:53:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
lol the most fascinating fact about south africa for me is that its the country that potentially "has it all" - nowhere else in the world would be able to compete if we could sort out the politics... now that street you mentioned with the two "nobel peace prize winners" in it... maybe if we started a neighbourhood clean up starting there....
2007-02-06 08:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The London Borough of Wandsworth is host to the highest number of South African ex-pats of any of the 376 Boroughs in England and Wales.
2007-02-05 22:15:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
lol the most captivating reality about south africa for me is that its the country that probably "has all of it" - nowhere else contained in the international should be ready to compete if shall we address the politics... now that street you pronounced with both "nobel peace prize winners" in it... per chance if we began a neighbourhood clean up starting up there....
2016-12-03 19:11:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Johannesburg is registerd as a rain forest by sattelite because there are so many trees.
Country with one of the most BMW's in the world.
cant think of anymore right now:)
2007-02-06 23:30:37 · answer #5 · answered by $u$kin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the first heart transplant was by a south african in cape town
2007-02-06 09:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by andy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That I, the most famous person in the world, Live Here!!!
2007-02-06 21:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
first african in space.
its the best place to be
2007-02-07 06:20:18 · answer #8 · answered by bigboss 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we have about the highest crime rate in the world.
2007-02-06 06:03:05 · answer #9 · answered by STEVEN P 3 · 5⤊ 4⤋