CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DEFENCE POLICY COUNTRY PROFILE

In 1910, South Africa became the Union of South Africa as a coalition between the English and the Afrikaners. [...] The Republic of South Africa is located at the southern tip of continental Africa, in between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. [...] The Gauteng province (host of Johannesburg and Pretoria) experiences the most labour unrest due to the fact that it is the political and economic capital of the country. [...] • The Department of Mineral Resources is the legitimate custodian of the country’s mineral wealth and is thus responsible for the minerals and mining sector to ensure that all South Africans benefit from the country’s mineral wealth. [...] • Harmony is a gold mining and exploration company and was the third largest producer of gold in South Africa and eleventh in the world in 2014.