GeoByte1:South Africa is the world's leading gold producer.
GeoByte2:South Africa is the world's most important source of diamonds.
GeoByte3:South Africa occupies only 4% of Africa's land area but produces two-fifths of the continent's manufactured goods and nearly half of its minerals.
GeoByte4:South Africa is the wealthiest and most highly industrialized nation in Africa, but the country's great wealth is unevenly distributed between blacks and whites.