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fiogf49gjkf0d CHRISTIANS REPRESENT 80 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.
THE MAJORITY OF 'WHITE' AFRIKAANS SPEAKING PEOPLE BELONG
TO THE DUTCH REFORM CHURCH, THE OFFICIAL STATE CHURCH.
ANGLICAN PROTESTANTISM AND CATHOLICISM ARE ALSO WIDELY
PRACTISED.
THERE ARE SIZEABLE JEWISH POPULATIONS ESPECIALLY IN
JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN.
THE MALAY PEOPLE WHO ARE MAINLY IN THE WESTERN CAPE AND
THE ETHNIC INDIAN COMMUNITIES ADHERE TO THE MUSLIM FAITH.
TRIBAL RELIGIONS ALSO OCCUR.
SOCIAL LIFE IS INFORMAL AND FORMAL SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OFTEN
CALL FOR A DINNER JACKET AND BLACK TIE FOR MEN AND FULL-LENGTH
DRESSES FOR WOMEN.
SOUTH AFRICANS APPRECIATE VISITORS' INTEREST IN THE
CURRENT SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, BUT TACT IS RECOMMENDED
WHEN DISCUSSING POLITICS.
ALCOHOL IS AVAILABLE IN MOST AREAS HOWEVER SMOKING
IS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN AREAS IN PUBLIC PLACES.
BUSINESS HINTS
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BUSINESS IS CONDUCTED IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND LIGHT-
WEIGHT SUITS ARE SUGGESTED. PUNCTUALITY IS THE RULE; IT IS
CONSIDERED BAD MANNERS TO BE LATE.
WHILST MOST SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS PEOPLE SPEAK AND CONDUCT
THEIR BUSINESS IN ENGLISH, A KNOWLEDGE OF A FEW BASIC PHRASES
IN AFRIKAANS IS APPRECIATED BY THOSE BELONGING TO THAT SECTOR
OF THE COMMUNITY (PRIMARILY GOVERNMENT AND QUASI-GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES.)
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