Focus on Cape Town 1. Essential Facts Population: 50 million Capitals: Pretoria (executive), Bloemfontein (judicial), Cape Town (legislative) Main Languages: English and Afrikaans Minority languages: Ndebele , Northern Sotho , Sotho , Swazi , Tswana , Tsonga , Venda , Xhosa and Zulu . Main Religion: Christian Currency: Rand (ZAR)