South Africa: environment, people, places. Provinces and capital cities. Physical geography. Population. Settlements. The South African economy: primary economic activities. Agriculture. Maize. Cattle (Beef and dairy farming). Wool. Wheat. Sugar. Fruit. Fishing. Forestry. Chicken farming. Mining. Gold. Coal. Diamonds. The South African economy: secondary economic activities. Manufacturing. Iron and steel. Manufacturing regions of South Africa: the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal complex. Durban-Pinetown. Southwestern Cape. Eastern Cape. Minor manufacturing regions. Construction. South African economy: tertiary economic activities. Electricity, transport and informal sector. Tourism. South Africa's trade with the world. Development planning. SA' space economy. Development strategies up to 1994. Contemporary patterns of poverty. Building the future. Managing our resources. Drought. Floods. Soil erosion. Vegetation imbalance and desertification. Pollution. Wildlife extinction. Ecotourism. Coastal management.