South Africa’s data centre capacity has been growing steadily over the years as demand for cloud computing and storage services has expanded.
Seen as a window into the African continent, the South African industry attracts investment from global entities looking to use their local presence as an anchor and a proving ground for future builds in other parts of Africa.
This privileged position has led to South Africa boasting many of the largest data centres on the continent, but even these are dwarfed by the facilities being built elsewhere, including in the US, Europe and China.
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Literature: South African literature includes renowned authors like Nadine
Gordimer, J.M. Coetzee, and Zakes Mda, who explore themes of identity and social justice.
Vermilion
A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.
Contrary Mary
Fun South African Fact: South Africa has one of the world’s most luxurious trains.