ECONOMY

Here we are going to focus in some of the most important aspects in the South African economy.

One of the continent´s biggest economies. Poverty widespread, high crime rate associated with high unemployement. Economy moved into recession in May 2009.

• GNI per capita: US $ 5916.46 (World Bank 2014)
• 1 Rand=100 cents

THE IMPACT OF THE GREEN ECONOMY ON JOBS IN SOUTH AFRICA

The article examines the effects of green economy on jobs and employment in South Africa. It assesses the green job estimates in the "IDC's Green Jobs: An Estimate of the Direct Employment Potential of a Greening South African Economy" and "South African Energy Sector Jobs to 2030: How the Energy Revolution Will Create Sustainable Green Jobs." It highlights the pontential sources of green jobs and the role of government policy as obstacles in job increase in the region.

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*Borel-Saladin, J.M., & Turok, I.N. (2013). The impact of the green economy on jobs in South Africa. South African Journal Of Science, 109(9/10), 1-4. doi:10.1590/sajs.2013/a0033

"YOU HAVE ALL THE REASONS TO BE ANGRY"

The article looks at social, political, and economic conditions in South Africa as of 2013. It recounts the 2012 shooting of striking miners by police in the Marikana area, noting that the wildcat strikers' anger was primarily aimed at black union and government officials, not at whites. It discusses the history of the country's mining industry and of labor activism by miners, which it says was closely linked to the fight against apartheid. It profiles Cyril Ramaphosa, one-time National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) head and an African National Congress (ANC) leader who became a wealthy businessman. It says economic inequality has increased in the post-apartheid era. Julius Malema of the ANC Youth League and South African President Jacob Zuma are discussed.

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*Fairbanks.E. (2013). YOU HAVE ALL THE REASONS TO BE ANGRY. New Republic, 244(3), 26-33

TOURISM IN SOUTH AFRICA

One of the aspects about the economy in a country, is the tourism. This is the official south african page of tourism. It offers us every place to visit, adding videos and images. It also have recent news, such someones related to ebola. If you are more interested in it you can follow them on twitter.

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Follow them: @GOTOSOUTHAFRICA (Twitter)
                          LOVE SOUTH AFRICA (Facebook)

STATISTICS.

We can find articles, grafics, links, related documents and pictures. For example about the economic growth, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the percentage contribution.

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*Stats SA