This is an exhaustive presentation on the Republic of South Africa, including PESTEL analysis as well as 12 pillars of global competitive index.

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2. Introduction
Officially the Republic of South Africa, is a
country located at the southern tip of Africa.
 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline that
stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian
oceans.
 To the north lie the neighbouring countries
of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east
are Mozambique and Swaziland; and within it
lies Lesotho, an enclave surrounded by South
African territory.
25th-largest country
in the world by land
area
Close to 53 million
people, 24th-most
populous nation
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6. South Africa’s smooth and peaceful political transition to a
constitutional democracy remains an icon of remarkable political
achievement.
This political transition brought political freedom and civic rights and
extended social services to millions of South Africans.
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7. The ruling party: The African National Congress (ANC)
Celebrated its centenary in 2012.
Looks set to remain the strongest political force during the second
country strategy period (2013-2016).
The elected ANC President is expected to stand for national presidency
the 2014 election.
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8. South Africa has achieved the 1st Millennium Development Goal
(MDG) − halving the proportion of the population living on less than
USD 1 a day
The government is keen on tackling issues such as providing adequate
public health services, improving the quality of education, tackling
income inequality, reducing unemployment and especially among the
youth.
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9. Government announced GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT
REDISTRIBUTION STRATEGY (GEAR) policy
AND
President - Jacob Zuma
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10. Unique system for the election of its president.
Unlike other former British colonies and dominions who have
adopted a parliamentary republican form of government and those that
follow the Westminster system, South Africa's President is both head of
state and head of government and Commander-in-Chief of the South
African National Defence Force (SANDF).
Contrary to presidential systems around the world, the President of
South Africa is elected by the Parliament of South Africa rather than by
the people directly or an Electoral College
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11. ECONOMY
South Africa is ranked as an uppermiddle income economy by
the World Bank
Newly industrialized country.
Its economy is the largest and most
developed in Africa
In terms of purchasing power
parity, South Africa has
the seventh-highest per capita
income in Africa.
South Africa has been identified
as a middle power in international
affairs, and maintains significant
regional influence.
28th-largest in the world
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14. GDP
LAST
GDP GROWTH
RATE
0.70
GDP ANNUAL
GROWTH
RATE
GDP
CONSTANT
PRICES
GROSS FIXED
CAPITAL
FORMATION
GROSS
NATIONAL
PRODUCT
GDP
GDP PER
CAPITA
GDP PER
CAPITA PPP
PREVIOUS
HIGHEST
LOWEST
FORECAST
UNIT
2013-09-30
3.20
7.60
-6.30
1.64
2013-12-31
PERCENT
1.80
2013-09-30
2.30
7.10
-2.70
2.17
2013-12-31
PERCENT
1994585.00
2013-08-15
1990901.00
1994585.00
5495.00
2032473.07
2013-11-30
ZAR MILLION
401802.00
2013-08-15
398743.00
406805.00
46980.00
412663.81
2013-11-30
ZAR MILLION
2050458.00
2013-08-15
2056326.00
2056326.00
355030.00
2076876.38
2013-11-30
ZAR MILLION
384.31
2012-12-31
401.80
401.80
7.34
393.96
2013-12-31
USD BILLION
6003.46
2012-12-31
5923.99
6003.46
3394.93
6095.43
2013-12-31
USD
10959.74
2011-12-31
10520.03
10959.74
4183.73
10995.25
2012-12-31
USD
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16. ACTUAL
PREVIOUS
HIGHEST
LOWEST
FORECAST
DATES
UNIT
FREQUENCY
24.70
25.60
31.20
21.90
23.53 | 2013/12
2000 - 2013
PERCENT
QUARTERLY
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17. In the third quarter of 2013, South African jobless rate
decreased to 24.7 percent, the lowest value in almost two
years. The number of people without work went down to
4.66 million, down from 4.72 million in the previous three
months.
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18. Emerging Markets Opportunity Index
Source: Grant Thornton SA
Latest publication date: February 2013
South Africa's ranking: 14 out of 26 countries
Global Competitiveness Index
Source: World Economic Forum
Latest publication date: September 2013
South Africa's ranking: 53 out of 148 countries
It took over Brazil to take second place among the BRICS' economies, with
China at 29 and Brazil dropping to 56th place (from 48).
Doing Business report
Source: World Bank and International Finance Corporation
Latest publication date: September 2012
South Africa's ranking: 39 out of 185 countries
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19. Economic freedom
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Latest publication date: January
2013
South Africa's ranking: 74 out of
177 countries
Moderately free Economy
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20. SOCIAL
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21. RSA on Human Development Index
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22. HOFSTEDE
61
LTO
118
65
30
UAI
95
40
76
49
Russia
36
56
MAS
49
39
20
IDV
India
66
China
63
Brazil
RSA
48
38
65
77
PDI
69
49
0
20
40
60
80
93
80
100
120
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23. Multiethnic society.
11 official languages, highest number of any country in the world.
About 80 percent of South Africans are of black African ancestry
The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of
European, Asian, and multiracial ancestry.
 Constitutional democracy, which comprises a parliamentary republic and nine
provinces.
 Rainbow Nation concept.
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25. Corruption Perceptions Index
Source: Transparency International
Latest publication date: November
2012
South Africa's ranking: 69 out of 176
countries
Global Gender Gap Index
Source: World Economic Forum
Latest publication date: 2012
South Africa's ranking: 16 out of
135 countries
Press freedom
South Africa is the secondSource: Reporters Without Borders
highest ranking African
Latest publication date: January 2013 country, after Lesotho at 14.
South Africa's ranking: 52 out of 179
countries
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26. Cost of living
Source: Mercer
Latest publication date: June 2012
South Africa's ranking: Johannesburg rated 154 and Cape Town 179
out of 214 cities Johannesburg has been rated as one of the most
affordable city in the world for foreigners in the Worldwide.Cost of
Living survey, regarded as the world's most comprehensive study of
this type.Out of 214 cities on five continents, Johannesburg was found
to be almost three times cheaper than the most expensive city, Tokyo.
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27. Expat experience
Source: HSBC Bank International
Latest publication date: November 2012
South Africa's ranking: 6th best out of 26 countries
South Africa is one of the best countries in the world to live
in, according to a global survey of more than 5 100 expatriates.
Dream destination
Source: WAYN
Latest publication date: May 2013
South Africa's ranking: 1 out of 7
South Africa was named as the top dream destination in the world by members of the
world's largest travel
and lifestyle social network, Where Are You Now (or WAYN.com).
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28.  African Union (AU), and has the largest
economy of all the members.
 It is also a founding member of the AU'sNew
Partnership for Africa's Development(NEPAD).
Commonwealth of Nations.
The country is a member of the Group of 77
Southern African Development Community
South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
 Southern African Customs Union
Antarctic Treaty System
World Trade Organization
International Monetary Fund
 G20
G8+5
BRICS
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30. World-class infrastructure
World-class infrastructure:
Modern transport network
Widely available energy
Sophisticated telecommunications facilities.
South Africa’s success in hosting the world’s largest sporting event, the
2010 FIFA World Cup, has shown that the country is capable of
undertaking – and successfully completing – major projects on time.
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31. IT industry competitiveness index
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Latest publication date: 2011
South Africa's ranking: 47 out of 66 countries
South Africa ranks 47th out of 66 countries measured in the 2011 IT
industry competitiveness index, with a score of 35 out of a possible 100.
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32. 1) Durban.
2) Richards Bay
3) Cape Town
4) Port Elizabeth
5)Saldanha Bay
6) South Africa's only river port, East
London, is situated at the estuary of the
Buffalo River in Eastern Cape province.
Two other coastal cities-Simonstown, south of Cape Town, and
Mossel Bay, between Cape Town and
Port Elizabeth.
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35. 1. Cape town
2. Johannesburg
3. Durban
4. Pretoria
5. Port Elizabeth
6. Bloemfontein
7. Nelspruit
8. Pietermaritzberg
9. Kimberley
10. Polokwane
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Mainly mining- platinum and gold
Automotive
Tourism
Electronics
Around 90% of
World’s Platinum
reserves are found
in RSA
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37. Agriculture as a percentage of GDP is around 2%.
This implies that the economy is maturing, moving towards the
secondary and tertiary sectors.
638 000 people formally employed (Statistics SA, 2012 Q2) – although
it’s estimated that around 8,5-million people are directly or indirectly
dependent on agriculture for their employment and income.
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38. The sector's significance is largely because of its potential to create
jobs, and is a key focus of the New Growth Path, a plan by the
government to create 5-million new jobs by 2020. Plans include
programmes to promote commercially oriented small-scale farming.
Support is also available to smallholders on land acquired through land
reform.
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39. Aquaculture (fish farming)
Priority sector
Large potential for job creation
Scales up to meet increasing domestic demand.
In general, greater focus is being paid to processed goods and
domestic processing capabilities to help boost the value of exports
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40. Counter-seasonality to Europe
Vast biodiversity and marine resources
Competitive input costs
World-class infrastructure
The processing of freshwater aquaculture
Mariculture
Exotic and indigenous meats, nuts, herbs and fruit.
Wines
Confectionary
Natural fibres
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41. It contributed R280-million to the GDP in 2011, which is 20% of the
total amount generated by the manufacturing sector. It is the third
largest contributor to GDP within the sector, after chemicals and
metals (Statistics SA, 2012).
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43. Relatively small contribution to economy
Just 13.3% of jobs and 15% of GDP.
 Labour costs low,
The cost of the transport, communications and general living is much
higher.
After a steep decline of 10.4% in
2009, the manufacturing sector
performed well in 2010, growing by
5%
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44. Accounts for about 10% of South Africa's manufacturing exports
Contributes 7.5% to the country's GDP and employs around 36,000
people.
Annual production in 2007 was 535,000 vehicles, out of a global
production of 73 million units in the same year.
 Vehicle exports were in the region of 170,000 units in
2007, exported mainly to Japan (about 29% of the value of total
exports), Australia (20%), the UK (12%) and the US (11%). South
Africa also exported ZAR 30.3 billion worth of auto components in
2006.
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45. Production plants in South
Africa:
BMW
Ford
Volkswagen
Daimler-Chrysler
General Motors
Toyota
Component manufacturers with
bases in the country:
 Arvin Exhaust
 Bloxwitch
 Corning
 Senior Flexonics.
About 200 automotive component
manufacturers in South Africa, and
more than 150 others that supply the
industry on a non-exclusive basis..
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46. The industry is concentrated in two provinces:
The Eastern Cape
Gauteng.
Companies producing in South Africa can take advantage of the
low production costs and the access to new markets as a result of
trade agreements with the European Union and the Southern
African Development Community
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48. According to the WEF:
South Africa does well on measures of the quality of its institutions
(ranking 41st overall)
Intellectual property protection (18th )
Property rights (20th)
Efficiency of its legal framework in challenging (13th).
Settling disputes 12th
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49. World-class, progressive legal framework.
Legislation pertaining to commerce, labour and maritime issues is
particularly well developed.
Laws relating to competition policy, copyright, patents, trademarks
and disputes conform to international norms and conventions.
The independence of the judiciary is guaranteed by the
Constitution.
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50. Trade and industry is undertaken within the framework of a free
enterprise economy
The courts are open to foreigners on exactly the same terms and
conditions as South African citizens.
South African banking regulations rank with the best in the
world, while the sector has long been rated among the top 10 globally.
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51. The JSE Limited rates among the top 20 stock exchanges in the world
by market capitalisation. The JSE's rules and their enforcement are based
on global best practices.
JSE has harmonised its listing requirements, disclosure and continuing
obligations with those of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and offers
superb investor protection.
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52. Amended company law, which eliminated many
requirements and simplified the incorporation document.
redundant
It also reduced the number of days required to register property and
simplified business exit regulatory requirements
Import tariff has been reduced significantly, so as the tax on
international trade and transactions
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53. Besides other African countries—include Germany, the United
States, China, Japan, the United Kingdom and Spain.
Chief exports include corn, diamonds, fruits, gold, metals and
minerals, sugar, and wool. Machinery and transportation equipment
make up more than one-third of the value of the country’s imports.
Other imports include chemicals, manufactured goods, and petroleum.
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54. Exports
$101.2 billion (2012 est.)
Export goods
gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and minerals, machinery and equipment
Main export partners
China14.5%
United States 7.9%
Japan 5.7%
Germany 5.5%
India 4.5%
United Kingdom 4.1% (2012 est.)
Imports
$106.8 billion (2012 est.)
Import goods
machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Main import partners
China 14.9%
Germany 10.1%
United States 7.3%
Saudi Arabia7.2%
India 4.6%
Japan 4.5% (2012 est.)
FDI stock
$73.6 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
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55. The value of imported goods in South Africa is $106.8 billion
(2012 est), and the value of exported goods is $101.2 billion (2012
est)
Imported goods: machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum
products, scientific instruments, foodstuffs
Exported goods: gold, diamonds, platinum, other metals and
minerals, machinery and equipment
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60. Procedure Time to Complete
Number Associate
of Days d Cost
Register at the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC)
Open a bank account
5-7 days
1-2 days
ZAR 175
No charge
Register for income tax, VAT, and employee withholding tax (PAYE and
SITE) at the South African Revenue Service (SARS)
12 days
No charge
4. Register for unemployment insurance at the Department of Labor
4 days
(simultaneou
swith
procedure 4) No charge
5. Register with the Commissioner in deference to the Compensation for
Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act
Around 10
days
simultaneous
with
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Procedure 4 no charge

61. Local Currency Foreign Currency Country
Rating
Rating
Assesment
Federative Republic
of Brazil
A-
BBB
A-
Russian Federation
BBB+
BBB
BBB
Republic of India
Peoples Republic of
China
Republic of South
Africa
BBB-
BBB-
BBB+
AA-
AA-
AA-
A-
BBB
A65

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67. Population
10 million people
Economy
67% ( R1100 bn to R1834 bn)
GDP per capita
28% ( R28 536 to R36 591)
Real Disposable income
32% ( R17 775 to R23
569)
SA withstands global downturn
Robust financial institution; and
Moderate external debt
Current world economic impact on SA
Driving away potential & existing investors
Investors become more risk averse
move assets
from emerging markets to safer investment
environments
SA and the
global economy
Slowdown in global demand Rand will experience a
prolonged depreciation
E.g. Slowdown in Chinese economy (larger trading
partner)
Cost push inflation(food and oil prices ) negative
impact on SA economy
New member of BRICS
SA ranked amongst the best in the world in;
Financial sector, strength in reporting &
auditing standards, protection of investors rights
Large sized economy

68. A challenging environment
Actual
Estimate
2010
2011
Structural changes seen in SA
Forecast
2012
2013
2014
Final household consumption
3.7
4.9
3.6
3.8
4.2
Final government consumption
4.9
4.6
4.1
4.1
4.1
Gross fixed capital formation
-1.6
4.3
4.1
4.5
6
Gross domestic expenditure
4.2
4.1
3.9
4.2
4.9
Exports
4.5
6
2.9
5.8
6.6
Imports
9.6
9.4
7.2
7.1
8.3
Real GDP growth
2.9
3.1
2.7
3.6
4.2
Headline CPI inflation
4.3
5
6.2
5.3
5.1
• Significant shift towards service
sectors, major contributor to GDP
• Finance, real estate and business
services sector grown from 16% to
over 20% of GPD
• Decline in the role of mining and
agricultural sectors
• 12% of the country is suitable for
planting crops
rethink approach
to agriculture to improve food
security
• Hold worlds largest reserves of
gold, platinum, chrome ore and
magnesium ore

69. South African competitiveness relative to peers
Overall
ranking
4th
Market
size
9th
Macro
environ
ment
6th
Instituti
ons 1st
Competiti
veness
ranking to
peers
Labour
market
efficien
cy 8th
Health
and
primary
educatio
n 9th
Infrastr
ucture
ranked
5th

70. Positive impact on FDI’s
South African competitiveness relative to peers
Ineffective
Government
bureaucracy
Inadequate
Educated
workforce
Restricted
Labour
regulations
SA
Problematic
factors
for doing
business
Corruption
Crime
Theft

71. Tackling unemployment, poverty and education
Unemployment
• Unemployment rate
dropped from 31%
(2005) to 23.9% (2011)
• Two key trends
• Discourage work
seekers,
• High rate of youth
unemployment, 71%
of unemployed are
aged between 15-34
years.
Education
Poverty
• Poor quality of
education
• Literacy and numeracy
test scores remains low
by African and global
standards
• Government dedicates
6% of GDP to
education
• SA’s teachers are
amongst the highest
paid in the world
• SA considered an
under- middle income
country
• 39% of population lives
under the poverty line of
R418 per person per
month
Governments plan
• NPC plans to reduce the
number of people living
under the poverty line to
zero by 2030
• Create 11 million jobs in
20 years
• Improve education system

72. The State of the Nation Address, 2012/13 Budget
9 key issues within the South African economy
Job creation
Infrastructure
expansion
5 major infrastructure
programmes
Transition to a low
carbon economy
Geographicallyfocused
Transformation of
urban and rural
spaces
Education and
training
Building a capable
state
Fighting
corruption
Providing quality
health care
Transformation
and unity
Mining, transport
Integrated approach
& agriculture
R4.8 billion was allocated to expanded
public works programme and the New
Jobs fund that began operating in June of
2011, received over 2500 applications and
committed over R1 billion in allocations to
various projects.

73.  World’s richest country in terms of its mineral reserves
 World’s largest producer of platinum, chrome, vanadium and
manganese, the third-largest gold-miner, and offers highly
sophisticated mining-related professional services, contributing
significantly to the BRICS resource pool.
 Third largest coal exporter

74.  Globally recognized financial market development and sophistication
 The regulation of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was ranked 1st in the
world
 South Africa is ranked 2nd for both the soundness of banks and the efficacy
of corporate boards.
 Over the past decade, substantial increases in government social service and
infrastructure development. (R642 Billion in last 3 years)

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Global competitive index report 2013
Africa Competitiveness index report
Doing business report: World Bank
www.doingbusiness.org
Emerging Markets opportunity index report: Grant Thorton
Economic freedom report by The Heritage Foundation
www.heritage.org
IT industry competitiveness index: Economist Intelligence Unit
www.globalindex.bsa.org
Corruption Perceptions Index : Transparency International
www.transparency.org
en.rsf.org
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www.wayn.com
MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
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