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Fifty Surprising Facts about South Africa

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Patrick Shields

Economy The Rand (South Africa’s currency) was the best performing currency against the US Dollar between 2002 and 2005 (Bloomberg Currency Scoreboard) South Africa has 55,000 high net-wealth individuals holding at least US$1million in financial assets (World Wealth Report 2008) … Continue reading →

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Terminology: American words vs South African words

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Patrick Shields

I though it might be interesting to compare how some of the terms we commonly use differ between Americans and South Africans. I’ll update this note as I encounter more interesting terms, so check back again later: American term -> … Continue reading →

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