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STAT	South Africa	Venezuela
Full name	Republic of South Africa	Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Independence day date	December 11	July 5
Land border length	4,862 km Ranked 35th.	4,993 km Ranked 33th. 3% more than South Africa
National anthems	National anthem of South Africa	Gloria al Bravo Pueblo ( Glory to the Brave People )
National identity card	An Identity Document (ID) is issued at age 16 to all citizens; and permanent residents. Although passports and driver's licences are also acceptable forms of identification, banks only accept IDs. Your ID has a barcode, a photo, and your unique ID number. Information (including age and gender but excluding race) is referenced under your ID number: accounts, criminal record, voting history, driver's licence etc. You need an ID in order to apply for a passport, bank account, driver's licence or tertiary studies, as well as to register to vote. In most cases employers will also request a photocopy of your ID in order to process your appointment. Your voting history as well as any firearm licences are documented in your ID booklet. As one's ID may be required for some of the functions listed above, some SA permanent residents, may elect to keep their ID document on their person.	In Venezuela it is called C\u00e9dula de Identidad, it is mandatory at the age of 10 and is renewed every 10 years
National tree	Real yellowwood	Araguaney
Neighboring countries and territories	Botswana (L) Lesotho (L) Mozambique Namibia Swaziland (L) Zimbabwe (L)	Barbados (M) Brazil (L) Colombia Dominica (M) Dominican Republic (M) France (M) Guyana Netherlands (M) Saint Kitts and Nevis (M) Saint Lucia (M) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (M) Trinidad and Tobago (M) Aruba ( Netherlands ) (M) Curaçao ( Netherlands ) (M) Montserrat ( United Kingdom ) (M) Puerto Rico ( United States ) (M) United States Virgin Islands ( United States ) (M)
Overview	<p>Diversity is a key feature of South Africa, where 11 languages are recognised as official, where community leaders include rabbis and chieftains, rugby players and returned exiles, where traditional healers ply their trade around the corner from stockbrokers and where housing ranges from mud huts to palatial homes with swimming pools. </p> <p>The diverse communities, however, have not had much representation for long. </p> <p>Until 1994 South Africa was ruled by a white minority government which was so determined to hang onto power that it took activists most of the last century before they succeeded in their fight to get rid of apartheid and extend democracy to the rest of the population. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14094760">Full Article</a>	<p>Venezuela has some of the world&#039;s largest proven oil deposits as well as huge quantities of coal, iron ore, bauxite and gold.</p> <p>Yet most Venezuelans live in poverty, many of them in shanty towns, some of which sprawl over the hillsides around the capital, Caracas.</p> <p>Venezuela&#039;s economic fortunes are tied to world oil prices. A 1970s boom largely benefited the middle classes, but a subsequent price collapse condemned many of this class to poverty while eroding the living standards of the already impoverished. </p><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19649648">Full Article</a>

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