Robinson College of Business

South Africa by Numbers

Posted by on Jun 18, 2007 in South Africa | 0 comments

This post includes a part of the presentation I gave at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business on June 13, 2007.South Africa by Numbers:

  • 6: The number of time zones during day light savings that South Africa is ahead of ET. 7 time zones during the winter.
  • 11: The number of official languages in South Africa: Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho, Setswana, SiSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu
  • 45m: The South African population. 26th most populous country in the world.
  • 9: Number of states or provinces in South Africa.
  • +27: South African dial code.
  • 20%: 20% of the world’s gold is mined in South Africa.
  • $570bn: South Africa’s GDP (PPP). 18th in the world. Ahead of countries like Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden.
  • 5.3m: The number of South Africans infected by HIV/AIDS. Unfortunately, number one in the world. This is almost 12% of the population.
  • 2010: In 2010 South Africa will host the Soccer World Cup.

You may find more information on South Africa on these sites: South Africa Info, Wikipedia, and CIA Worldbook.

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Guest lecture @ GSU Robinson College of Business

Posted by on Jun 12, 2007 in Leadership, South Africa | 0 comments

I’m giving a guest lecture to MBA students at the Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University in Atlanta on June 13, 2007. The topic will be the difference between doing business in South Africa and America. I will add an outline of the presentation to this blog in the next couple of weeks.If you have any comments, suggestions and ideas please leave a comment.

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