₦airaland Forum

obaaderemi:
No, man. There are about 20 African countries with inflation rates lower than South Africa.

I said one of thee lowest not thee lowest besides our inflation is a healthy 4.1% well within the reserve banks 3-6% target!!

Inflation that's too low isn't necessarily always a good thing

rvp2018:
You can go to Wharton school of business like Donald Trump Jnr and still end up an idiot. You can go to Yale like George Bush Jnr and everyone knows you're just a dumbo. They go there because of money just like Libya Gaddafi's son got himself a PHD there. Now for you - you neither went to say university of Witwatersrand or Capetown - and yet there is no doubt you're dense. You cannot hide behind great south African universities when you rarely exhibit anything remarkable - nobody even knows you here - because you're just a run of the mill bean counter.

GDP worldwide is calculated by Statisticians. It's like a census. Just counting beans and figuring out the price. Slightly more cerebral than what you do as an accountant or a CFA.

Cool Story Bro Now go tell it to somebody that cares

rvp20182:
Measuring GDP is done by statistician.It simple counting of beans,

Its funny....I had economics and statistics as a subject when i was studying Chartered Accounting...........strangely we learned GDP calculations in economics not statistics.....................Must be our much inferior Universities since GDP is statistics obviously not economics

Austine1213:
Fastest growing economies in Africa:

-Ethiopia

-Ghana

-Mozambique



Most developed countries in Africa

-South Africa

-Egypt

-Morocco



Richest African countries (GDP per capita)

-Seychelles

-Gabon
-Mauritius



Most successful African football nations (AFCON titles):

Egypt 7

Cameroon 5

Ghana 4



Most successful African nations in Olympic games:

-South Africa (all disciplines)

-Egypt

-Kenya (long distance running)



African nation with the most Grammy awards:

South Africa: 13



African nation with the most Oscar awards:

South Africa: 3



Best football leagues in Africa:

-South Africa

-Egypt

-Morocco



Most recognised and richest football clubs in Africa:

-Al Ahly (Egypt)

-TP mazambe (DRC)

-Zamalek (Egypt)

-Sundowns (South Africa)

-Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

-Kaizer chiefs (South Africa)

-hearts of oak (Ghana)



South Africa still holds the record for being first and only country in the world to host 3 major sporting events:

-FIFA world cup

-ICC cricket world cup

-IRB Rugby world cup

England have also hosted all three major world cups as well as the Olympics

obaaderemi:
4.6% is still too high for what I was discussing with the Little Indian. Thanks all the same.

South Africa has one of the lowest inflation rates in Africa mate!! You do know this right?

rvp2018:
The Rand started the year at 14 - and is now at 17.5 - which works to around 20% - so we can say as of now - your nominal GDP is down by 20%.
The Kshs has depreciated by 5.6% - so has Kenya Nominal GDP.

the kshs was kshs100 to the dollar at the beginning of the year now it is kshs107 to the dollar... So you do the math...

Also the Rand is appreciating while the kshs is depreciating... Just last night the Rand appreciated by another 3%!!...so all of a sudden its 17% now and not 20%

Do Remember what I told you? I said short term volatility doesn't mean much and the Rand would recover when this covid19 thing blows over..... Wola its doing precisely what I said!!

popizaino:
Most Universities in Africa

1. �� Nigeria - 152

2. �� South Africa - 136

3. �� Ethiopia - 134

4. �� DR Congo - 60

5. �� Egypt - 55

6. �� Sudan - 52

7. �� Uganda - 46

8. �� Algeria - 39

9. �� Kenya - 39

10. �� Tanzania - 33.

Now divide that by each countries population

rvp20182:
Don't argue with facts and conflate issues.Kshs depreciation YTD is around 5%.The Rand had gone as low as 32%.The nominal GDP will reflect it almost immediately while we are waiting for the statician to tell us 3 months from now.That is beauty of the dollar and nominal GDP..it picks the economy signals very fast.Its not me but just the dynamic of the economy.Tjat Rand depreciation is telling us what you cannot tell us..the real truth about your economy

clutching at straws mate!!!

The fact is the Rand hasn't depreciated by 32% this year its only 20% now and by end of June it will be 10%....the Kenyan shilling on the other hand has already depreciated by 7% till date not 5% and if predictions are correct by end of June it will be kshs109 to the dollar or in other words 9% depreciation!!

rvp20182:
Where was Rand at start of the year and where is it now

R14.01.... Just fyi the Rand is set to break R16 to the dollar by end June with forecast putting the Rand at a low of R15.5 by the end of June...

That would mean that the Rand only depreciated by 10% this year.... More or less the same as the Shilling

So is Kenya also becoming the next Zim?

rvp20182:
We are taking from the start of the year

Shifting the goal post now well I'll let you in on a liitle secret... It hasn't depreciated by 32% as you claimed!!

rvp20182:
13% from where..

From R19.35

rvp2018:
There is the possibility of Nigeria going civil war - and splitting - and South Africa becoming ZImbwabwe. The rand seems to be sensing it - which explains 32% depreciation. That is a capital flight on a grand scale.

Your nominal gdp is down by 32% - depreciate by another 20% - and you're about half kaput - rand depreciate by another 30% from today - and your nominal gdp will be equal to kenya. That can happen in 1yr - currency depreciation of 60%.

Brazilian real is down - 42.4%. The nominal gdp is therefore nearly halved. That happened in like 2 months. So 30yrs is a big joke.

The Rand has appreciated by mor than 13% the past few days.... I guess our Nominal gdp just grew by 13% .......yeah so much for becoming Zimbabwe

samorobo:
SA rand is worst in africa hit with about 20.6 year -to-date while Egyptian dollar os the best performer on the continent. .
Kenya shillings is not far from us. .

the Rand has appreciated by over 13% in the past few days....

Just saying

obaaderemi:
Dumbo, the two kinds of debts are very risky. Any kind of debt is risky. Even an illiterate drunkard like you should be familiar with the saying: he who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

SOuth Africa's external debt is huge! But their domestic debt is also big . If their external debt is about $100bn, how are they going to print rands to escape a default, you idiot? The printing of local currency to pay debt can only be done in case of domestic debt. And if they try that at their current rate of 6% inflation, then their country would fall into bigger trouble as inflation would spiral up and make many poor. In that case it is wiser to default than to print money like Idi Amin.
You know zilch about international finance! You proved it again. Quantitative Easing is used to increase inflation in countries where the inflation is already too low. This is going to reenergize the economy and make people spend more, especially locally produced goods. Europe and America can risk this, not South Africa which imports more than it exports like Kenya!
Inflation rate in EU at the time was less than 1%. South Africa's is 6%, idiot. You are comparing apples and bananas.

If South Africa's debt is mainly domestic, then you are talking of over $100bn. If they print that much, they'll sink. Nigeria doesn't do that and won't. That may be an option for Kenya. But not Nigeria.
I don't even want to talk about Kenya's debt. Nigeria and South Africa are big economies that can somehow find a way round their debt problems, but Kenya can not. With a debt at 100% of your $6Obn GDP, you are finished. As in Kaput.

Do people even bother just googling South Africas inflation rate??

FYI its not 6% its 4.6%

IamAnderson:
wow, he's well stacked, I can't wait to see his score

looking forward to seeing his score as well.

Currently his 22months old 76cm/30in at the shoulder and a very lean 83kg/183lbs

IamAnderson:
yes this is correct,south Africa has better Boerbel bloodlines so the standard between here and there is different.

a fair comparison would be Boerboels from South African stock vs Caucasians from Russian/Georgian stock

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IamAnderson:
so beautiful, is he mating already?

pics of Mike today

IamAnderson:
so beautiful, is he mating already?

in about 4 months or so... Still need to get him appraised.

IamAnderson:
I just remembered you live in south Africa, big bloodlines are plenty there lol, so to you boerbels are so big.
over here bloodlines that grow that big are expensive so their dogs aren't common, are you not seeing how Nigerians are loving mike even as you are saying he's not even nowhere near the biggest?

you're just used to seeing those pure champion bloodlines, come here and see even during BB appraisals and count how many are even bigger than mike.
BB only grow that big when you get a solid pup which can cost around 200-350k
meanwhile an average standard Caucasian of around 100-150k will grow bigger than the average BB of that price range.

you guys just have better boerbels

You have to remember only Dogs registered with the SABBS are Boerboels by law..........hence none SABBS registered dogs are not Boerboels!!

All Boerboels registered with the SABBS are big dogs, even those in Nigeria........I personally know of Plaaswag Hulk(88%) which was exported to a client in Lagos not to long ago!!

The problem is there are so many people advertising dogs as Boerboels in Nigeria when in actual fact they are not even remotely related to a Boerboel......Hence why I now understand why you said only 1-50 Boerboels look like the one in the Video!!

Judging by what you said earlier on this thread I would conclude that the standard of Caucasians in Nigeria is much better than the Standards of Boerboels in Nigeria........Hence why in Nigerian COs might very well be larger on average than the Boerboel!!

IamAnderson:
see what I was trying to explain, Caucasians are naturally slightly larger or the same size with boerbels.
different websites report around the same thing.
boerbels are usually bigger when they're from big bloodlines, on an average the Caucasian is slightly larger

I took the weights and heights straight from the breed standards supplied by the SABBS, KUSA, UKC, AKC and FCI....

The minimum weight for Boerboels are 60kg for males and 55kg for females........With COs its 55kg for males and 45kg for females......there are no upper weight limits for both breeds.

Eveezy:
You said the most agile mastif breed, not as agile as cauc.

It’s ur preferred breed. It’s normal to be biased

CO are Mastiffs

And its not me being baised, I'm just qoutung the experts!!

P. S Boerboels aren't my preferred breed.. In fact they are not even in my top 5!! The Boerboel I own is technically not mine, He was a birthday gift to my sister.... Which I take care of because she is away studying.

I've always been a Bully breed and hunting dog Fan, my 2 favourite breeds being the Bull Terrier and Staffie, with the GSP and weimaraner following... And rounding out my top 5 is the Alaskan malamute.

pacretus:
let's agree SA G5 and G6 are good at least on paper but not the best in the world. No

Provide a link that suggests it's the best.

Vt4 tanks are more modern but not the best out there, there are no best fighters jets, or best tank, what counts is majorly it's serviceability and durability. The potency rests on the men using them.

Fair enough...

However let's not forget that in my original post I never claimed they were the best... Simply stated that SA is king when it comes to Artillery systems.

Then you babbled on ignorantly about them never being tested in battle when in actual fact they are very well tested in the field and are currently seeing combat as we speak.

pacretus:
SA artillery piece are good infact, very good, buy definitely not the best in the world, ok bye, when you have a link to support your claim, you can qoute me.

What systems are better and why!

pacretus:
and so, does that make it more reliable or durable and how many armies use it world wide.

Look, SA artillery is good but claiming is the best available in world market is what i'm against, especially when you it doesn't much sales. Look at the Indian bofors, a lot of countries use it and more are still going for them. Because it delivers.

Its been tested in combat more than most systems and as you should know most arms sales are politically motivated and have very little to do with the actual system itself.

The G6 tops the charts when it comes to Range, Speed and Protection....never mind the fact that its also the longest firing system in the world!! also in terms of rate of fire its also near the top of the list!!

Currently there are 4 countries that use G6

theenchanter:
the bolded has to be the most mumuic comment I've seen today. Road network is how congested their roads are..... Wonders shall never end.

U saffers need to spend more time in class than on d internet..... Little wonder one of ur mumu compatriot said SA's poverty line is $5.5 yesterday

jeezes bro.... I said it as one example.....but FYI Namibia has the best quality roads in Africa so yeah.... Take it or leave it!!

As for poverty lines.... South Africas upper bound poverty line is R1227 a month or R40 a day, which when taking ppp into account is actually $6.66 a day and food poverty line is R18 or $3.11 a day.

pacretus:
I'll let this slide because you can be stup.id sometimes.

SAs G5 and G6 aren't among world's best despite being in service for a long time.

The G6 is the longest firing 155mm SPHs in the world...and the G5 is the longest firing towed 155mm howitzer in the world.

IamAnderson:
any update on my boy mike?
I haven't seen his recent pics, pls share for us let's admire

the latest pic I have of him... Taken about 2 days ago...

IamAnderson:
this is a popular video, I also have it on my phone and I've seen it several times lol
BB's hardly reach this size and besides I've seen Caucasians that reached this size.
out of 50 BB dogs gathered from different places you won't find 5 that are as big as this if you're lucky.

P.s Middelpos Alpha's(the male in the Vid) father Groenberg Rambo is my Dogs great grandpa.......

IamAnderson:
the breed standard actually says Caucasians are slightly bigger..
on an average Caucasians grow bigger than BB, except the BB comes from a very big bloodline.
a lot of BB's don't grow as big as shown

the difference isn't that much tho, it can go either way depending on the dog but the Caucasian is naturally the bigger dog

Actually its the other way around mate refer to my previous post

Eveezy:
Intimidating looks-> boarboel

Speed -> Caucasian

Fierce -> Caucasian

Strength -> boarboel


Ease of maintenance -> boarboel

Boerboels are the most agile Mastiff breed......I doubt COs are faster!!

As for Fierce..........Both are equally Fierce imo and as well as intimidation.....