a list of south african mining companies

15 rows South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa.It is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 56 million people, is the worlds 24th-most populous nation.. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country. Its economy is the second-largest in Africa, and the 34th-largest in the world.