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Hes too slow and a somnambulist... FACT.

GEJ in SA would never cut it.FACT.

Tpia
You're not getting the point....SA BUILDS BEST HOUSING AND BEST SCHOOLS, STADIUMS etc..for her citizens...Note:SA has most tarred roads and most electrified households in AFRICA. FACT. Just like Brazil, Malaysia,Mexico etc..we look after our poor.

SOUTH AFRICA VS nigeria
IN LAND AREA, SOUTH AFRICA IS BIGGER THAN OVEROPULATED NIGERIA.
Nigeria is about the size of Northern Cape in SA.
INFRASTRUCTURE
1.Roads
SA has most tarred roads in AFRICA.FACT. SA's highways and subways and tunnels are ranked among the top 10 in the world.
2.Railways
SA has the most advanced railways in Africa, we were the 1st in Africa to have underground train Gautrain and now working on New Prasa fast trains.FACT.
3. Harbours
SA has the LONGEST SHORELINE IN AFRICA stretching from Mozambique in the Indian Ocean to Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. SA has the biggest number of harbours and most advance harbours in AFRICA. FACT.
4. Airports
SA's airports are ranked in the TOP 100 in the world, top 3 SA airports are ranked higher than most USA airports.FACT.
Plus SA airports are busiest in AFRICA.FACT
5. Electricity Production
SA produces 2rd of Africa's electricity production. SA is ranked 15th in the world and produces over 48 000MW and sell over 15 000 GW to SADC. While Nigeria is ranked 70th in the world and produces 2500MW for 180m people. Making me think that most Nairalanders have never seen a BULB before.
6. Banking
JSE's market cap is at over $1 trillion.FACT.
SA banks top Africa and are richest.
Top 10 Richest Banks in AFRICA 2015
1. Standard Bank $185 billion---RSA
2. ABSAStandard Bank $98 Billion---RSA
3. First Rand Bank $89 Billion--RSA
4. Ned Bank $80 Billion--RSA
5. National Bank of Egypt $51 Billion--Egypt
6. Attajiwaraffa Bank $40 Billion--Morocco
7. Banque de Algerie $34 Billion--Algeria
8. Investec Bank $31 Billion--RSA
9. Banque Misr $29 Billion--Egypt
10. Credit Populaire du Maroc $28Billion-Morocco

http://www.africaranking.com/richest-banks-in-africa/4/

OIL AND GAS DISCOVERIES IN SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICA TO HURT NIGERIA. FACT. Nigeria's oil and gas reserves are drying and by 2040 will be completely dried out.

[b]Mozambique to become world’s third-largest gas producer

17-01-15 in News, News & Info


Mozambique has the potential to be the world’s third-largest producer of natural gas, after Qatar and Australia. But the country needs to secure between US$20 billion and US$25 billion in foreign investment, according to a report by consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), quoted by news portal Macauhub.

The consultancy also said in its report on the sector, that although Mozambique has great potential with regard to natural reserves, it will take some time before these benefits can actually reach the country’s economy.

China’s support in building the necessary infrastructure is one of the aspects highlighted in the report. According to PwC, the financial support from China may allow the country to secure an advantage in the use of such resources.

The report also said that a major obstacle to the development of the industry in Mozambique and Tanzania is the cost of the necessary infrastructure, “which no country can afford without help of foreign investors”.[/b]

SA has produced over 20 world champs in all Boxing divisions from Flyweight to Heavyweight and Cruiseweight we rule.FACT.
IF U WANT YOUR ASS KICKED PROPERLY COME TO THE SOUTH OF AFRICA-RSA. We have specialists this side kick u xenophobia style.FACT.
educated ass kickers.
http://www.supersport.com/boxing/history/news/010331/Funeka_takes_SA_title_tally_to_131

MIGHTY SOUTH AFRICA THE RAINBOW NATION!!!!!

In SPORTS
we produce top golfers, cyclists,swimmers,boxers etc..FACT.

MINING
WE WALK ON GOLD AND DIAMONDS HENCE WE'RE THE LOUDEST........
Alan Knott-Craig’s Three Reasons Not to Panic about South Africa
by Nicola on May 12th, 2014

Really, Don't Panic! Alan Knott-Craig, author of Really, Don’t Panic!, shares three reasons not to stress about the state of South Africa.

Talking on The Complimentary Breakfast on Jacaranda FM, Knott-Craig says his first reason would be economic fundamentals.

“If you just look at the resources we have in the ground, there’s something like $5 trillion of resources sitting under the ground, waiting for opportunity,” Knott-Craig says. “And if you take into account that it was the gold that made South Africa, and that was only $1.5 trillion over a hundred years, we’ve still got a lot of runway”

Listen to the full interview here:

SA can make GEJ look BAD. In SA he can never cut the grade poor leader indeed
SA HOUSING

[b]Miscellaneous
South Africa has 11 official, state wide, languages, more than any other country.
The only street in the world to house 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street, Orlando West. SA ranks 7th in terms of number of Nobel Peace prizes. (Economist).
Two of the world’s most profoundly compassionate philosophies originated in South Africa – Ubuntu (the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity) and Gandhi’s notion of "Passive resistance" (Satyagraha), which he developed while living in South Africa.
The Western Deep Level mines are the world’s deepest mines at approaching 4km.
South Africa houses one of the three largest telescopes in the world at Sutherland in the Karoo.
South Africa is the first, and to date only, country to build nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantle its entire nuclear weapons programme.
SA ranks 18th in terms of beer consumption (China 1; USA 2; Russia 3; Brazil 4 and Germany 5).
SA has 53 million active cell phones (population 53 million) – ranking in the top 5 globally in terms of cell phone coverage.
SA has 66 colour TV’s per 100 households, 9 telephone lines per 100 population and 90 mobile telephone subscribers per 100 population. (Economist).
2 Cape Town restaurants are in the top 50 restaurants in the world according to the S.Pellegrino Worlds 50 Best Restaurants list 2010. La Colombe restaurant in Constantia, Cape Town, was voted the 12th best and Le Quartier Francais in Franschhoek came in at 31
South Africa has 8.5 computers per 100 population (UK 80, Spain 40,South Korea 47 and USA 80). (Economist).
SA ranks 31st in terms of internet users per 1000 population. (Economist).
SA ranks 16th in terms of cinema visits per 1000 population. (Economist).
South Africa does not feature on the "brain drain" list of 20 countries, but in the Global Competitiveness Report we rand 39th, a 20 pace improvement over 2013. (Economist).[/b]

SOCIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE
There are 195,000 in the employ of SA Police. There are 411,000 in the employ of private security companies. TOTAL 606,000. Divide by 54,000,000. Conclusion: for every 90 citizens there is someone looking after some or other aspect of safety and security. Or put differently 1250 security ‘officials’ per 100,000 citizens! (Business Day)
The percentage of the South African population with access to clean drinking water has increased from 62% in 1994, to 94% in 2013. Access to electricity has increased from 34% in 1994, to 88% in 2012.
South Africa has the distinction of being one of only twelve countries in the world where it is safe to drink our tap water. As at 2012, the quality of South African tap water is ranked as third best overall (Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa)
In 2013, 16.5 million South Africans benefited from access to social grants, 11.5 million of which were children, 3.5 million pensioners and 1.5 million with disabilities. In 1994, only 2.5 million people had access to social grants, the majority of which were pensioners.
Since 1994, 435 houses have been built each day for the poor.
South Africa is ranked number 21 in terms of language diversity out of 224 countries. Papua New Guinea is ranked as the most linguistically diverse country and the Vatican the least. (Greenbergs diversity Index. Ethnologue.com)
Two South African cities were voted amongst the world's top 100 Most Liveable Cities in the 2010 study conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Cape Town was ranked in 86th place and Johannesburg 90th
Johannesburg is ranked as the 87th largest city in the world. Tokyo is the largest with a population of 36 million (Economist).
SA ranked 34 out of 192 countries in terms of infrastructure and 12th for our rail network.
South African media ranks 38th out of 178 countries in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2010, higher than France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and all of the other BRICS countries.
SA has the 18th largest prisoner to population ratio (USA is number 1).
In terms of total crimes recorded SA ranked 10th, USA 8th and the UK 6th.
Out of 230 cities surveyed around the world, Johannesburg ranks the 151st and Cape Town the 171st most expensive city for expatriates to live in according to the 2010 Cost of Living Standards Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, ahead of Tokyo (2), Moscow (4), Hong Kong (, London (=17), Paris (=17), Tel Aviv (19), Sao Paulo (21), Sydney (24), Rome (26), New York (27), Dubai (55) and Auckland (149).
South Africa is the 19th largest producer of energy (economist)
SA’s has the 17th longest road network in the world and ranks 29th in terms of most used, but does not feature in terms of most crowded. (Economist).
SA ranks 25th in terms of "most air travel". (Economist)
According to Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti 90% of the land re-distributed to emerging farmers (approx 930 farms) is lying fallow and unproductive
South Africa has ranked 40th out of 105 countries in the Global Food Security Index which has the US in the top spot and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the bottom.
SA’s rail network is ranked 11th in terms of longest networks and 9th in terms of millions of tons per km transported. (Economist)
SA ranks 24th in terms of "lowest divorce rate" per 100,000 of population. (Economist).
49% of Zulu speakers think the statement 'Cultural customs and traditions define who I am' is very true.27% of Afrikaans speakers feel the same way.
South Africa is ranked 26th in the world for gross indoor exhibition space at 180,000 square meters, which is approx 25% of all exhibition space available in Africa, according to the 2011 World Map of Exhibition Venues published by the UFI.
South Africa has ranked a sad 142nd out of 151 countries on the 2012 Happy Planet Index, which measures the extent to which countries deliver long, happy, sustainable lives for their citizens.
With close to 107,000 new individual asylum claims registered in 2011 (one tenth of applications globally), South Africa was the world's largest recipient of individual applications for the fourth successive year. Between 2006 and 2011, South Africa registered more than 816,000 new asylum applications, making it by far the top destination for asylum-seekers for this six-year period. (UNHCR Global Trends 2011)

Education
SA has 30,000 ordinary public and independent schools/Private schools. (Department of Basic Education). 70% of SA private schools students are black.
In 1994 only 12,000 schools had electricity, In 2013, approximately 25,000 have access to electricity
According to the 2011 census, 81.2% (45.6%) of 5 year olds, 97% (94.6%) of 9 year olds, 95.8% (95.1%) of 13 year olds and 85.6% (81.5%) of 17 year olds attend an educational establishment. 2001 figures in brackets.
The matric class of 2013 achieved a pass rate of 78%, a 3.7% improvement from 2012.
The University of South Africa (UNISA) is a pioneer of tertiary distance education and is the largest correspondence university in the world with approximately 300,000 students.
According to the 2012 school day statistics, there were 12,428,069 learners in ordinary public and independent schools, served by 425,167 educators. This equates to a learner to teacher ratio of 1:29 in 2012. This has improved from 1:50 in 1994 (Department of Basic Education)
Eleven of South Africa’s 23 universities rank in the top 7% of the 20 000 registered universities worldwide, and seven in the top 3%. (QS Survey which involves 60 000 academics and 30 000 business executives worldwide)
With the recent AACSB accreditation, the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business is nowone of just 59 out of 13,670 business schools worldwide to be triple-crowned – schools that are accredited by the three largest and most influential business school accreditation associations namely AMBA (the Association of MBAs), European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) is the highest ranked African business school and is ranked 42nd overall in the world (Financial Times Executive Education rankings 2013)
The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business is ranked 74th in the world for the quality of it's MBA program, according to the Financial Times Global MBA rankings 2013v
According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012, the University of Cape Town is ranked the 103rd best university in the world. Stellenbosch is ranked 268 and Wits 274.
Some 9 million learners receive free cooked meals as part of the National School Nutrition Programme Annual Report 2012/13.
The first MBA programme outside of the United States was started by the University of Pretoria in 1949.
Stellenbosch University was the first African university in the world to design and launch a microsatellite
297 new ECD (Early Childhood Development) centers have been set up and registered in the first quarter of 2011

Sport and Education
South Africa was the first African country to host the FIFA Soccer World Cup in 2010. It is only the second country in the world to have hosted the Cricket, Rugby Union and Soccer World Cups, after England. SA rugby won the world cup twice and won the rugby 7's 3 times and commonwealth world champs.
In 2009, the Springboks become the first international team to be World Champions in both 15-a-side and Sevens rugby.
South Africa is home to the world's largest individually timed cycle race (the Cape Argus Cycle Race), the world's largest open water swim (the Midmar Mile) and the world's largest ultra-marathon (the Comrades Marathon).
5 South Africans hold the world extreme swimming world record for swimming 2.5kms around Cape Horn.
Since the 1940’s, South African golfers have won more golf majors than any other nation, apart from the United States.
According to The Cricketer magazine, Newlands in Cape Town is second-best Test Match venue in the world in 2012. Lords was first.
The United States Olympic Committee pays out medal bonuses of $25,000 for gold medal winners, $15,000 for silver medals and $10,000 for bronze. SASOC will give South African gold medal winners almost twice as much with each medal earning R400000 ($47,700). South African silver and bronze medalists will earn R200,000 and R80,000 respectively.
Natalie Du Toit became the first amputee ever to qualify for the Olympics (Beijing 2008), where she placed 16th in the women's 10K race

Tourism
South Africa is ranked among the top 3 countries in the world (countries with more than 12 million tourists) in respect of tourism growth (growing at 3 times the global average) -World Tourism Council
Tourism numbers increased by 10.4% between January and October 2013. A total of 9,535,498 tourists arrived in the country during the period (13.5 million visitors), compared to 6,823,517 in 2011
SA ranks 24th in terms of visitors at 13.5 million (France 79 million, UK 28 million, Switzerland 8.5 million, India 5.2 million, Australia 6 million). (Economist)
South Africa is ranked 62nd overall in the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Travel and Competitiveness Report 2013, which surveys 140 countries on their policies to develop the travel and tourism sector. (66th in 2011).
The Intercontinental Hotel at O.R. Tambo International Airport was named as the winner of the prestigious 2012 World Luxury Airport Hotel award at the global tourism industry awards.
Cape Town was named the top tourist destination in the world in the 2013 Traveler’s Choice Destinations awards.
Cape Town has been voted the Favourite City Worldwide for 2013 by 17,000 Telegraph readers in the UK.
The Cape Grace in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town has been named 2nd Best Hotel in the World in the 2013 Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards
Table Mountain was inaugurated as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature in 2012.
Cape Town International is the best airport in Africa, according to the World Airport Awards 2012. O R Tambo International was 2nd and King Shaka International came 3rd. They were ranked 27th, 31st and 35th respectively in the world.
41 South African beaches were awarded Blue Flags, an international indicator of high environmental standards for recreational beaches in 2013 (up from 27 in 2010).
South Africa’s wine tourism has been rated the best-developed in the world by International Wine Review in 2012, one of the world’s most influential opinion formers on wine
According to CNNGo (CNN's Travel Website), Cape Town is the 9th most loved city in the world in 2012.
TripAdvisor has named Boulders Beach as one of its top 10 truly unique beaches in the world 2012.
National carrier South African Airways (SAA) has won the Global Traveler's magazine "Airline of the year" award for 2012 - the highest honour awarded by the publication for global business travelers.

SA ECONOMIC FACTS.
Economic
South Africa’s Overall ranking moved to 56th out of 144 countries in the 2014/2015 World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, down from 50th in 2011/12.
South African Tax Revenue has increased from R100 billion in 1994 to over R1 trillion in 2014.
South Africa’s debt to GDP ratio is 45% (USA 100%, Japan 200%, UK 90%). The World Bank recommends a ratio of 60%.
SA ranks 1st among upper middle-income economies in the World Bank “Connecting to Compete 2012: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” report. Overall, SA ranks 23 out of 155 countries included in the Logistics Performance Indicators (LPI). Its main competitor on the African continent, Nigeria, is ranked 121.
The South African stock market is ranked 1st in the 2014/2015 Global Competitive Report.
SAranked 1st in Platinum output, 2nd in Palladium output, 6th in Gold output, 6th in Coal output and 9th in wool output. (Economist)
SA is ranked 2nd out of 183 countries for good practice in protecting both borrowers and lenders when obtaining credit for business (World Bank Doing Business Report 2011)
South Africa ranked 6th in house price improvement indices as a % change in 2009, and 1st as a % change 1999/2009. (Economist 2014).
South Africa ranks 7th out of 45 countries in the "Big Mac Index 2012". The price of a Big Mac is 42% less in South Africa than in the USA. In Switzerland and Norway, it is 62% more.
South Africa is ranked 16th out of a total of 135 economies in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2012, ahead of many developed nations, including, the UK (18th), United States (22), Canada (21), Australia (25) and France (57). (SA were ranked 14th in 2011)
South Africa ranked 15th in terms of "largest deficits" but as a percentage of GDP is not in the top 40 countries. (Economist 2014).
The JSE ranks 16th in terms of "largest market capitalisation" and 19th in terms of largest gains. (Economist)
SA is ranked 23rd out of 81 countries in the Jones Lang LaSalle's "World's most Transparent Real Estate Markets" placing it well ahead of China, Brazil, India and Russia. "Robust governance, strong auditing and a developed legal system" were cited as the main reasons for leading the developing markets in this rating.
South Africa manufactured 560 000 vehicles in 2013, the world manufactures 87 000 000 vehicles per annum.(Naamsa).
South Africa ranks 24th out of 192 countries in the Economist’s "Largest Gold Reserves" Index.
SA ranks 32nd out of 165 countries in terms of the size of its US$ reserves, ahead of Australia, Sweden and Chile. The USA ranks 17th, the UK 23rd, China is ranked 1 (The Economist)
In a survey of 192 countries, South Africa’s unemployment as a percentage of economically active population ranked 27th.
SA ranks 28th in terms of number of cars produced and 18th in terms of number of cars sold. (Economist).
South Africa ranks 41st out of 192 countries in the Economist’s "Biggest Exporters" Index.
South Africa ranks 54th in a comparison of the overall tax burden of 150 countries worldwide.
South Africa ranks in the top 20 countries for agricultural output.

SOUTH AFRICA VS nigeria
IN LAND AREA, SOUTH AFRICA IS BIGGER THAN OVEROPULATED NIGERIA.
Nigeria is about the size of Northern Cape in SA.
INFRASTRUCTURE
1.Roads
SA has most tarred roads in AFRICA.FACT.
2.Railways
SA has the most advanced railways in Africa, we were the 1st in Africa to have underground train Gautrain and now working on New Prasa fast trains.FACT.
3. Harbours
SA has the LONGEST SHORELINE IN AFRICA stretching from Mozambique in the Indian Ocean to Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. SA has the biggest number of harbours and most advance harbours in AFRICA. FACT.
4. Airports
SA's airports are ranked in the TOP 100 in the world, top 3 SA airports are ranked higher than most USA airports.FACT.
Plus SA airports are busiest in AFRICA.FACT
5. Electricity Production
SA produces 2rd of Africa's electricity production. SA is ranked 15th in the world and produces over 48 000MW and sell over 15 000 GW to SADC. While Nigeria is ranked 70th in the world and produces 2500MW for 180m people. Making me think that most Nairalanders have never seen a BULB before.
6. Banking
JSE's market cap is at over $1 trillion.FACT.
SA banks top Africa and are richest.
Top 10 Richest Banks in AFRICA 2015
1. Standard Bank $185 billion---RSA
2. ABSAStandard Bank $98 Billion---RSA
3. First Rand Bank $89 Billion--RSA
4. Ned Bank $80 Billion--RSA
5. National Bank of Egypt $51 Billion--Egypt
6. Attajiwaraffa Bank $40 Billion--Morocco
7. Banque de Algerie $34 Billion--Algeria
8. Investec Bank $31 Billion--RSA
9. Banque Misr $29 Billion--Egypt
10. Credit Populaire du Maroc $28Billion-Morocco

http://www.africaranking.com/richest-banks-in-africa/4/

[b]
SPORTS
In Sports, South Africa participates in all sports known to man: Cricket, Rugby, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Canoeing, Mixed Martial arts, Judo, Karate, Boxing, Motor races, table tennis, soccer, golf etc. Nigeria participates in only a few sports.

BOXING WE TOP AFRICA IN NUMBER OF WORLD CHAMPS
http://www.supersport.com/boxing/history/news/010331/Funeka_takes_SA_title_tally_to_131
Nigeria is only excellent in youth and women football and short distances races but South Africa is Africa's number 1 in Cricket and u19 world champs, Rugby (World champions in 1995 and 2007, commonwealth rugby 7's world champs), Swimming, Canoeing, Motor race, golf,cycling we have former world champs and many other sports that are hardly played in Africa.
In All Africa games and Africa Athletics Champioships, World Youth Games we topped Africa. In Commonwealth we more took more GOLD COS WE WALK ON GOLD $5TRILLION UNTAPPED MINERAL WEALTH.FACT.

Here is a simple statistics;

OLYMPICS RECORDS: SA. 76 medals vs. NGR: 23 medals

NOBEL PRIZE (LITERATURE): SA. 2 vs NGR. 1

NOBEL PRIZE (PEACE): SA. 4 vs NGR. 0

NOBEL PRIZE (CHEMISTRY): SA. 2 vs NGR. 0

NOBEL PRIZE (MEDICINE): SA. 3 vs NGR. 0

In all, South Africa has won 11 Nobel prizes against Nigeria's one.

GRAMMY AWARDS: SA. 15+ vs. NGR. 0

South Africa has over 20 Grammy awards nominations while Nigeria has just four and didn't win any.

EDUCATION
SA QS degrees are ranked 4th in the world...FACT. We produce top QS's in SA.
In Education, the top 3 in Africa are from SA and top 20 universities in Africa are dominated by South African universities.

The South African movie industry enjoys a lot of foreign investments unlike Nollywood. Over 90% of Nollywood is in the hands of mediocre film makers.[/b]