Mpumalanga, whose name means “the place where the sun rises”, is only slightly larger than the Czech Republic. Sitting on high plateaued grasslands, it borders Mozambique and Swaziland. The 4 million people that reside here speak mainly siSwati, the language of Swaziland. Though Mpumalanga may be the second smallest province, it does not lack in […]

Home to some of the most recognizably named cities in South Africa, Gauteng is the smallest of all provinces. Here you will find the cities of Pretoria and Johannesburg. These popular urban centers attribute to Gauteng having the largest population and highest per capita income.   Gauteng is the site of the Cradle of Humankind, […]

Limpopo is the northernmost province and is about the size of Pennsylvania. It’s nearly 5.4 million population speaks mainly Sesotho, but you’ll also hear Xitsonga and Tshivenda too. Limpopo contains one of South Africa’s eight Unesco World Heritage Sites, the Mapungbwe Cultural Landscape. Mapungubwe was South Africa’s first kingdom that developed into the subcontinent’s largest […]

Kwazulu-Natal is South Africa’s most populous province with 10 million people. The people speak mainly Zulu and prefer it when people greet in their native language.* Kwazulu-Natal contains 2 Unesco World Heritage sites, the greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park and the Ukhahlamba/Drakensberg Mountain Range. Nelson Mandela once said “The St Lucia Wetland Park must be […]