South Africa is a culturally diverse country, one nation made up of many peoples. With 11 different official languages, a multiplicity of traditions and skin tones ranging from ebony to sunburnt pink, we are, as Archbishop Desmond Tutu once put it, the rainbow nation of Africa.

An Indian woman in bridal regalia, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Photo by Roger De la Harpe. Copyright SA Tourism