South Africa

On Sunday the 21st of March 2010, the Lutheran Church of South Africa installed their third bishop, Rev. Dr. Wilhelm Weber, who had been serving as the rector of the Lutheran

Name: South Africa

President: Jacob ZUMA

Population: 49,052,489

Independence: 1910, republic declared 1961

National Language: English

Other languages:

IsiZulu 23.8%, IsoXhosa 17.8%, Afrikaans 13.3%, Sepedi 9.4%, English 8.2%, Setswana 8.2%, Sesotho 7.9%, Xitsonga 4.4%, other 7.2%

Literacy rate: 86.4%

87% males, 85.7% females

School Life Expectancy:

male: 13 years

female: 13 years (2004)

Religions: Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%

Life Expectancy: 48.98 years

male: 49.81 years

female: 48.13 years

Avg. Daily Salary: $27.40