All Amazing Facts about South Africa

The rand was the finest performing forex towards the US greenback between 2002 and 2005 (Bloomberg Forex Scoreboard).
South Africa has 55,000 excessive net-wealth people holding at the very least a million US in monetary belongings (World Wealth Report 2008).
South Africa has the 27^th largest economic system on the earth, with a Gross Home Product of 254 billion US (World Financial institution).
South Africa accounts for nearly 25% of the GDP of the complete African continent, with an economic system greater than twice the scale of the second largest – Algeria (World Financial institution).
Gauteng is South Africa’s smallest province however produces 34% of our GDP (Stats SA).
The JSE Securities Alternate is the 14^th largest equities trade on the earth, with a complete market capitalization of some R2.three trillion (JSE).
Greater than 12,000 ‘Black Diamond’ households (South Africa’s new black center class) – or 50,000 individuals – are shifting from the townships into the suburbs of SA’s metro areas each month (UCT Unilever Institute).
The black center class grew by 30% in 2005, including one other 421,000 black adults to SA’s middle-income layer and ramping up the black inhabitants’s share of SA’s complete center class to nearly a 3rd. Between 2001 and 2004, there have been 300’000 new black entrants to the center class (Monetary Mail).

South Africa generates two-thirds of Africa’s electrical energy(Eskom).
South Africa energy provider gives the fourth most cost-effective electrical energy on the earth.
Chris Hani-Baragwaneth Hospital in Soweto is the largest hospital on the earth.
Durban is the most important port in Africa and the ninth largest on the earth.
There are 39 million cellphone customers in South Africa (Worldwide Telecommunication Union).

The variety of vacationers visiting South Africa has grown by 200% since 1994: from three million to over 9 million in 2007 (Dept of Setting and Tourism).
The Singita recreation reserve, west of Kruger Nationwide Park, was voted the finest lodge on the earth by the readers of a number one journey journal (Conde Nast Traveler).
The world’s best land-based whale-watching spot is positioned in Hermanus within the Western Cape.
In 2002, South Africa was the world’s quickest rising vacationer vacation spot. In 2006, South Africa’s tourism grew at thrice the worldwide common.

South Africa hosts the most important timed cycle race in the world (the Cape Argus Cycle Tour), the world’s oldest and largest ultra-marathon (the Comrades Marathon) and the world’s largestopen water swimming occasion (the Midmar Mile).
South Africa will grow to be the primary African nation to host the Soccer World Cup in 2010…and solely the second nation on the earth to have hosted the Cricket, Rugby and Soccer World Cups.
Because the 1940s, South African golfers have gained extra golf majors than another nation, aside from the USA.
In 1994 we gained 11 medals within the Commonwealth Video games. In 2006 we gained 46.

South Africa homes one of many three largest telescopes on the earth at Sutherland within the Karroo.
South Africa is the primary, and to this point the one nation, to construct nuclear weapons after which voluntarily dismantle its total nuclear weapons program.
The South African oil firm, Sasol, has established the onecommercially viable oil-from-coal operations on the earth.
Two of the world’s most profoundly compassionate philosophies originated in South Africa – Ubuntu (the idea in a common bond of sharing that connects all of humanity) and Gandhi’s notion of “passive resistance” (Satyagraha), which he developed whereas dwelling in South Africa.

The College of South Africa (UNISA) is a pioneer of tertiary distance schooling and is the largest correspondence college on the earth, with 250,000 college students.
South Africa’s matric go price has improved from 49% in 1994 to 70% in 2004, however college students receiving college exemptions have remained at 18%.
The primary MBA program exterior of the US was began by the College of Pretoria in 1949.

Over 13 million South Africans (1 / 4 of the inhabitants) have entry to social grants (The Division of Social Growth).
Since 1994, 500 homes have been constructed every day for the poor and 1000 homes per day have obtained electrical energy.
Seventy per cent of South Africa’s inhabitants is urbanized.

The Kruger Nationwide Park helps the best number of wildlife species on the African continent.
The Cango Caves, close to Oudtshoorn, is the world’s longest underground cave sequence.
In 1991, South Africa turned the primary nation on the earth todefend the Nice White shark.
South Africa has the oldest meteor scar on the earth, on the Vredefort Dome, close to Parys. The scar is 222 million years outdated. Thanks Victor from Vanderbijlpark for the proper timeline!
South Africa has embraced the idea of trans-frontier ‘peace parks’, linking ecological reserves throughout nationwide borders.

The Western Deep Ranges is the world’s deepest mine at 3777 meters.
South Africa has the world’s largest deposits of gold, chrome, platinum and manganese.
The one avenue on the earth to deal with two Nobel Peace Prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu each have homes in Vilakazi Road in Orlano West.
South Africa has the world’s second oldest air power,established in 1920.
South African Breweries (SAB Miller) ranks because the second largest brewing firm on the earth. It provides as much as 50% of China’s beer.
South Africa has the second oldest film industry on the earth.