South Africa

Table of Contents I. Executive Summary _______________ 2 II. Global Factors ________________3  Global political situation  Global economic outlook III. Regional Analysis – Africa _______________ 4  Globalization IV. Country Analysis – South Africa _______________ 7  Political situation _______________ 7  Economic outlook _______________ 10  Social issues _______________ 14 I. Executive Summary With the emergence of a new market in South Africa, potential investors are anxiously awaiting to take advantage and gain from this discovery. Once a despairing country, South Africa has shown the world and the global market of the possibilities waiting …

…spoken by about 55 percent and 36 percent of whites respectively. Most Indian people speak English, as do many colored, although for the majority of the latter, their first language is Afrikaans. Many Africans are fluent in English or Afrikaans as well as their native tongue. There are four major African language groups, Nguni, Sotho, Tsonga and Venda, which divide into numerous dialects. Zulu, Xhosa, Setswana and Sesotho are the most widely spoken African languages.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**