It has two capital cities and two languages. The capital cities are Capetown for legislation and Pretoria for administration, although Johannesburg, or Jo'burg as it is known, is the largest city. The two official languages are English and Afrikaans, and many African languages are also spoken in this multi-ethnic country. South Africa is famous for its fabulous diamond mines and gold mines, its wild animals, and its wild flowers. The gold mines were opened in 1880, and the sale of gold has been the major factor behind South Africa's prosperity.
Wild animals abound in the country.
In the Kruger National Park you will see elephants, leopards, lions and zebras, all in their natural habitat. The wild flowers, of uniform and variegated hue, can be seen stretching for miles in the wide expanses of their semi-desert areas. The first stations were established in Capetown and Durban. These spark transmitters were identified with the non-uniform callsigns CTN for Capetown and DBN for Durban. They operated on 300 and 600 metres, corresponding to 1,000 and 500 kHz in what is now the standard MW band.