South Africa
Mandela Fades Amid Battles over His Legacy
Lydia Polgreen, NY Times
Why Was $1B in Gold Sent from JFK to S. Africa?
David Yanofsky, Quartz
North Korea the Least of the West's Worries
John Kampfner, Telegraph
S. Africa Losing Moral Authority of Mandela
Gerrit Olivier, Business Day
BRICS Summits Are So Last Decade
Ruchir Sharma, Times of India
As Mr. Mandela fades away, the struggle to claim his legacy, his image, his moneymaking potential and even the time he has remaining has begun in earnest....(full article)
South Africa has an enormous mining industry, and a lot of the material leaves the country–$1.72 billion worth of precious stones and metals were exported in March according ...(full article)
Far more worrying is what could be called the 21st-century authoritarians -- contemporary China, Russia and others who follow their model. These states have learnt much from their ...(full article)
No easy choices lie ahead if South Africa wants to continue to grow in status and prestige as an international role player. What seems to be called for is a foreign policy based on...(full article)
One or two of the BRICS may continue to grow rapidly, but it is unlikely that they all will. New stars will replace the fallen. In a tough global economy, each nation needs to be u...(full article)
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About South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
- Population: 49,052,489 (24th)
- Area Size: 471,445 sq mi (25th)
- GDP: $492.2 billion (26th)
- Currency: Rand (ZAR)
- Official Language: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu
- Capital City: Pretoria
- Largest City: Johannesburg
South Africa Prosperity Rank: 69 |
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