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ManufacturingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction The manufacture of spices industry in South Africa creates a positive trade balance, with exports consistently exceeding imports. The graph below, taken from the WOW report, illustrates...

Arts entertainment and recreationSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction For many years, the liquor industry in South Africa was dominated by South African Breweries, later to become SABMiller, which was bought by AB InBev in 2016....

Real estate activitiesSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Introduction Given the number of research organisations and publications, one would be stating the obvious by emphasising the importance of the real estate industry to the South African...

Agriculture forestry and fishingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] The starch industry is an unsung hero in the South African economy and is largely unnoticed. The WOW report on The Starch Industry in South Africa does it...

Electricity gas steam and air conditioning supplyMining and quarryingSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Importance of the Coal Mining Industry in South Africa The WOW report on The Coal Mining industry in South Africa makes it abundantly clear that the coal mining...

South AfricaTransportation and storage

Contents [hide] The railway transport sector seems poised to boost infrastructure development in South Africa on the back of the government announcing a structural reform with the plan to allow...

Financial and insurance activitiesSouth Africa

Contents [hide] Statistics on the relationship between private equity and average GDP growth The difference between entrepreneurship and venture capitalists There is no magic in finance or private equity Private...

South AfricaTransportation and storage

Contents [hide] The WOW report on the Courier, Express and Parcel Services (CEP) industry illustrates how this sector was not restrained by the lack of growth in the economy, and how...