The main resources of south Africa are minerals
South Africa has reserves of gold and diamond but also iron, magnesium, copper, uranium, and cobalt.
The GPD of South Africa has tripled itself (since 1996) to $400 trillion (American dollars). The South African free market is told to be in the top 100 most free country. South Africa has an traditional economy which means they earn their earnings by doing traditional traditions of hunting and gathering.
Foreign trade of South Africa has increased since the end of the apartheid. South Africa's major trade partners are USA, Germany, Japan, Zimbabwe, and China. The trade agreement South Africa is a part of is with Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, and Namibia since 2006.
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