Study a Master/Doctorate in South Africa (Johannesburg)

Foreign Trade and Business in South Africa, Johannesburg

Study in South Africa (RSA), Johannesburg (Southern Africa, Master in Foreign Trade)

South Africa is the largest Southern African country

1. Johannesburg is the largest South African city
   1. Pretoria: seat of the executive power
   2. Cape Town: seat of the legislative power
   3. Bloemfontein: seat of the judicial power
2. The largest South African cities are Johannesburg, Cape Town, eThekwini (Durban), Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Nelson Mandela Bay, Buffalo City, Mangaung, Emfuleni and Polokwane
3. 25% of South Africans live on less than 1 USD a day
4. Policies for Black Economic Empowerment
5. The borders of South Africa are Botswana (1,840 kilometres), Mozambique (491 kilometres, Maputo - 120 kilometres), Namibia (967 kilometres), Lesotho (909 kilometres, Maseru), Swaziland (430 kilometres) and Zimbabwe (225 kilometres, Bulawayo)

South African Economy

South Africa has a very significant regional political and economic influence

1. The Rand monetary zone: Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and South Africa (the South African rand as common currency)

South Africa is:

1. The second largest African Economy, after Nigeria
2. A BRICS country (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa).
3. A medium-high income economy and one of the newly industrialised countries (World Bank)
4. The first African vehicle producer
   1. BMW, General Motors, Ford, Nissan, Volkswagen, Daimler-Chrysler and Toyota factories
5. One of the main mining countries (gold, diamonds, coal)
   1. Third global coal exporter
6. An important tourist destination

More information: Business in South Africa, at EENI Business School & HA University Website.

Patrice Motsepe (Soweto)

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1. South Africa is a unitary parliamentary constitutional Republic
2. 40,000 BC: the Khoisan (Khoikhois and Bushmen) were the first known inhabitants of South Africa
3. Bantu migration
4. South Africa gained its Independence from the United Kingdom in 1910
5. 1948-1991: Apartheid
6. Namibia obtained its independence from South Africa in 1990
7. Calling code: 27
8. Country code top-level domain: .za
9. Currency of South Africa: South African Rand

1. South African population: 55.6 million South Africans
   1. 5 million illegal immigrants, 3 million Zimbabweans
2. Population density: 42.4 inhabitants / square kilometre
3. Area of South Africa is 1,221,037 square kilometres
4. The interior of South Africa consists of a vast plateau, with an altitude between 1,000 and 2,100 meters
5. Mafadi (3,450 meters) is the highest peak in South Africa.
6. Provinces of South Africa

Transport and Logistics in South Africa

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Natal)

Businessmen of South Africa.

Cheryl Carolus (Cape Town)

Wendy Appelbaum

Rapelang Rabana (Botswana / South Africa)

Bridgette Radebe

Irene Charnley

Cyril Ramaphosa (Soweto)

Economic Integration Organisations (South Africa).

1. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
2. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement
4. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
5. European Union-South Africa Agreement
6. India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) Agreement

South African ethnic groups:

80% of the population is black, 10% is white

1. The main South African ethnic groups are Zulu and Xhosa.
2. 10 million Zulu (Bantus)

Religions in South Africa

1. Christianity (80% of South Africans)
2. Protestantism (73% Catholics)
3. Traditional African Religions

Desmond Tutu

Languages of South Africa

South Africa has 11 official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, North Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu.

1. The three most spoken languages are Zulu (23%), Xhosa (16%) and Afrikaans (13%).
2. English is the language of education and business, it is the South African lingua franca

The official names of South Africa:

1. English: South Africa
2. Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika
3. Xhosa: uMzantsi Afrika
4. Zulu: iNingizimu Afrika
5. Tsonga: Afrika-Dzonga
6. South Ndebele: iSewula Afrika
7. North Sotho: Afrika Borwa
8. South Sotho: Afrika Borwa
9. Swazi: iNingizimu Afrika
10. Tswana: Aforika Borwa
11. Venda: Afurika Tshipembe

Shoprite (Cape Town)

Higher Education in South Africa

Sudáfrica Afrique du Sud Africa do Sul