

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expects a busy year of deals for South Africa as the continent’s largest economy starts to benefit from structural reforms and rides a commodities-boom wave.
“We expect activity across the board, and our pipeline has broadened across sectors,” said Simon Denny, chief executive officer of the South Africa business.
“Mining will continue to be a big theme this year, and there are growing benefits to scale.”
Platinum prices have more than doubled in the…
State-Owned Media: The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is the
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Fun South African Fact: The only manufacturer of the Mercedes Benz C Class right hand drive cars is none other than South Africa.
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Fun South African Fact: Three different destinations make up South Africa’s capital cities. This is to represent the South African government being divided into three sections. Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria is the administrative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital. Interestingly, Parliament meetings take place for six months in Cape Town and six months in Pretoria.