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South Africa Unveils New Train Model, To Run By 2015


VENTURES AFRICA – New set of ultra-modern blue and silver trains will soon hit the South African railway tracks to replace the ageing Metrorail fleet by the end of 2015, the Passenger Rail Association of SA (PRASA) has confirmed. The association also has plans to introduce a 1,025 seating capacity Business Express Train.

With accessories such as air-conditioning, closed-circuit television CCTV cameras to assure passengers’ safety, automated doors, an on-board communication system and Wi-Fi connectivity services to make travelling an equally good experience as the Business Express trains; the new sleek-nosed train might just be the answer to the long-wait of waiting for trains as it will be available in a frequency of two to three minutes during peak-hours and seven minutes during off-peak hours by 2015.

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The world's biggest hospital is the Chris Hani - Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto.

South Africa is one of only 12 countries where tap water is safe to drink. Its tap water is rated the third best worldwide.

South Africa is the world's biggest producer and exporter of mohair.

South Africa mines deeper than any other country in the world, up to depths of  2.5 miles at the Western Deep Levels Mine.

It has the largest hydro-electric tunnel system in the world at the Orange Fish Rivers Tunnel.

Electricity costs are the second lowest in the world.

Officially, the youngest language in the world is Afrikaans. By the early-20th century Afrikaans had developed from Dutch, French and other influences into a fully fledged language with its own dictionary. After a mere 90 years, it is the second most spoken language in South Africa (Zulu is the most spoken, the Zulu people being the largest ethnic group).

South Africa is the world's biggest producer of gold, platinum, chromium, vanadium, manganese and alumino-silicates. It also produces nearly 40% of the world's chrome and vermiculite.

The world's two largest platinum mines are located near Rustenburg.

South Africa has the world's second oldest air force, established 1920.

Currently, South Africa is the only country in the world which has voluntarily dismantled its nuclear arsenal.

Durban is the largest port in Africa and the ninth largest in the world.

While occupying 4% of Africa's landmass, South Africa boasts more than 50% of the cars, phones, automatic bank tellers and industrial facilities on the continent.

The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), now rising from a Karoo koppie in Sutherland is the largest telescope in the southern hemisphere (and third largest in the world), which was completed in 2005.

South Africa is a middle income country with a strong emerging economy – the 25th largest in the world - and produces more goods than Portugal, Russia or Singapore. It also has Africa’s biggest economy, three times larger than Nigeria or Egypt.

South Africa has the fourth largest coal reserves in the world. Its coal industry ranks sixth in the world in terms of output of hard coal and third in terms of seaborne international coal trade.

Companies:

The Rand Refinery is the largest refinery of gold in the world.

The South African oil company SASOL has established the only commercially proven oil from coal operations in the world.

The world's biggest producer of non-fuel minerals is South African company Anglo American Corporation.

The University of South Africa UNISA is a pioneer of tertiary distance education and is the largest correspondence university in the world with 250,000 students.

Eskom, the national electricity utility, is the world's fourth largest in terms of both sales volume and normal capacity.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange is ranked as the 10th largest in the world.

The De Beers Group of companies control more than 80% of the world supply of rough diamonds.

South African Breweries ranks as the second largest brewing company in the world. It supplies up to 50% of China's beer.  It purchased USA based Millers Brewery in 2003.

Samancor Limited is the world's largest producer by sales of manganese and chrome products.

KSDP Pentagraph is rated as the world's second best design company by British design magazine, 'Creative Review'. The company is responsible for the new-look packaging of 'Fanta' and design modifications of 'Coca-Cola' soft drinks worldwide

What about other 35 states in Nigeria? are they getting equal distribution of wealth. The only thing you hear on Nairaland is Lagos!!! And fashola is more famous than the president.

Modern tribalism is the ideology that human beings have evolved to live in tribal society, as opposed to mass society. Neo-Tribalism is a modern sociological phenomenon that has developed in response to civilization, or the modern corporation/state society, wherein smaller social groupings of like-minded communities are formed. These smaller groupings, loosely referred to as tribes, are bound by common practices, values, beliefs or goals, with varying degrees of adherence to traditional tribal practices ranging from the purely aesthetic to the radically orthodox.

Can nigeria be the first country in Africa to win the world Cup??

Don’t marry a Nigerian man living illegally in your country or any foreign nation. A Nigerian man that finally made the harsh decision to leave his homeland to migrate to a foreign nation without legal travel and resident permits will do anything beyond his comfort to remain in that foreign nation because he knows that home is not the best for him. Therefore, he wouldn’t mind marrying a foreign lady he may not truly love or like just to secure a resident permit. Therefore, if you truly want a lasting, genuine relationship or marriage with a Nigerian man abroad, make sure he is a legal resident with good means of livelihood.

Now even when you're gone! you can still be reborn!

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We've used the sun for drying clothes for thousands of years, but only recently we are able to use it for generating power. In fact every minute, enough energy arrives at the earth to meet our demands for the whole year -if only we could harness it properly.

Solar energy maybe is the best solution for africa, one house, one solar panel by year 2020 every house will have electricity.

The debate of who's best between south africa and nigeria has been ongoing for toO long! Let us RIP this dabate. Nigeria has soo many issues of tribalism and religion. Those two issues has devided nigeria like pieces of broken glass! Nigeria leaders have failed to unite nigerians for 50yrs. UNITY IS BETTER THAN SILVER AND GOLD.

When are we going to sit at same table and and have tea party? Let's enjoy each other company without any BEEf! Africa for africans!!

South africa has colonized nigeria, everything in nigeria has MADE IN SOUTH AFRICA stamp on it

We've used the sun for drying chothes for thousands of years, but only recently we are able to use it for generating power. In fact every minute, enough energy arrives at the earth to meet our demands for the whole year -if only we could harness it properly.

Solar energy is the best solution for africa, one house, one solar panel by year 2020 every house will have electricity.