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South Africa

Legal system familyCommon law + Civil law + Customary law
How the law worksAn amalgam of Roman-Dutch civil law and English common law, as well as Customary Law.
Form of governmentparliamentary republic; representative democracy; apartheid
Constitution–
LegislatureParliament of South Africa
Highest courtConstitutional Court of South Africa
Head of stateCyril Ramaphosa
Head of governmentCyril Ramaphosa
Age of majority18
Minimum marriage age–
Retirement age–
Official languagesEnglish; Zulu; Xhosa; Afrikaans; Venda; Northern Sotho; Tswana; Tsonga; Swazi; Sesotho; South African Sign Language; Southern Ndebele
CapitalCape Town
ContinentAfrica
Population62,027,503

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