INingizimu Afrika iyizwe eliseningizimu elisechosheni eliseningizimu yezwekazi lase-Afrika. Yizwe eliseningizimu kakhulu e-Afrika futhi lizungezwe yiNamibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, eMozambique, Eswatini (eSwazini), kanye neLesotho. Izwe linabantu abahlukahlukene abangaphezulu 59 abantu abayizigidi, ehlanganisa izizwe ezahlukene, kubalwa nabaNsundu base-Afrika, Amakhaladi, AmaNdiya, nabaMhlophe.
INingizimu Afrika inomlando onzima, okuhlanganisa nenkathi yobandlululo, lapho ukucwasana ngokobuhlanga kanye nokucwasa kwenziwa izikhungo. Nokho, phakathi 1994, INingizimu Afrika ibe nenguquko enokuthula eya entandweni yeningi, futhi uNelson Mandela waba ngumongameli wokuqala wezwe wentando yeningi. Kusuka lapho, INingizimu Afrika ibe nenqubekelaphambili ebonakalayo ekubhekaneni nokungabi nabulungiswa kwesikhathi esedlule kodwa isabhekene nezinselelo ezihlobene nobubha, ukungalingani, kanye nobugebengu.
Izwe linomnotho ohlukahlukene, ngengxube yezimboni zesimanje, njengezezimali, ubuchwepheshe, nezokuvakasha, kanye nezimboni zendabuko, njengezezimayini nezolimo. INingizimu Afrika yaziwa nangobuhle bayo bemvelo, kuhlanganise neziqiwi zezilwane zasendle, amabhishi, nezintaba, futhi iyindawo ethandwa izivakashi.