SOUTH AFRICA

ABHITABH OBEROI ID- 20110003

Geography
Location : southern tip of Africa Capital city : Pretoria (administrative), Bloemfontein(judicial) and Capetown(legislative) Population : 499 million Natural resources : gold, diamond, platinum, coal, iron & copper(minerals produced from 700 mines) Agriculture : maze, wheat, sugarcane, sunflowers .
Source: central intelligence agency(CIA)

Economy

Industry
Primary : Secondary : Territory : mining manufacturing transportation agriculture industry banking

GDP Size : 364 Billion dollars or .59% of world economy . Inflation rate: 5.3% Unemployment rate: 25.70 % Trade balance: -3.9 billion ZAR Exchange rate: 7.98 Country area: 1,219,912 sq km 7) Economy of two nation black & white .
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source- http://www.tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/indicators

Business
Major business sectors: iron & steal, gold, platinum, chromium, vermiculite, zirconium, diamond , mining & textiles 2) Top 5 companies: AP automotive consultants, gold fields, Telkom, Vodacom, pick N pay . 3) Interest rates : Short term(3months) : 5.58% Long term(10 years): 7.75% 4) Stock index JALSH
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SWOT Analysis
Strengths : 1) Significant tourist destination . 2) Good governance compared to peers 3) Economic benefits from hosting FIFA Opportunities world cup . 4) Endeavor to improve social welfare Weakness : 1) Huge rate of unemployment . 2) Violent crime . 3) Rampant corruption . 4) Low per capita income . 5) High tax rate . 6) Poor performance on governance indicators .

Opportunities: 1) Investment in infrastructure 2) Bilateral ties with the US and the United Arab Emirates . 3) Land reforms to address inequality . 4) Nationwide broadband access by 2019 .

Threats: 1) Increasing in public debt . 2) Increasing uncertainty in the mining sector 3) High immigration rate . 4) poverty and income inequality 5) Duplications on telecommunication infrastructure .

Recommendation
INVEST
Political and macro-economic stability Diversity of Sectors and Industries Large resource base of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labour

Competitive labour costs. For professional jobs, labour costs are less

than half of the cost of European countries. For manufacturing jobs, labour costs are around 1/3 cost of Europe. One of the most modern and extensive transport infrastructures in Africa .

A Short video on life in South Africa

CAPE TOWN
SOUTH AFRICA