South Africa is no longer the continent’s largest vehicle producer – a position it has held for almost a century.
This title now belongs to Morocco, which achieved a new annual production target of one million cars in December 2025, representing a staggering 79% year-on-year increase from the 559,645 units it manufactured across the whole of 2024.
In contrast, South Africa only managed to produce 554,614 cars in the first 11 months of 2025, meaning that…
Addo Elephant National Park: Established in 1931, it is the third-largest national
park in South Africa and home to over 600 elephants.
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Fun South African Fact: South Africa was once the world’s number one producer of gold
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Fun South African Fact: The waters surrounding the 2,500km long coastline are teeming with life. You’ll find great white sharks, African penguins, dolphins and much much more in South Africa’s oceans. Many travellers visit the coast to watch the annual whale migrations. In Hermanus, in the Western Cape, you can see hundreds of whales from June to late November. Simon’s Town, another coastal Western Cape town, is home to Boulder’s Beach. Here you can swim alongside colonies of African Penguins!