The biggest city in South Africa is Johannesburg, with a population of about 4.4 million people. Johannesburg is located in Gauteng Province and is a major financial center in the country.

The currency used in South Africa is the South African Rand, commonly abbreviated as ZAR and symbolized as R. It is subdivided into 100 cents. The rand is issued by the South African Reserve Bank and is the legal tender throughout the country.