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Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) is an independent association that represents the interests of major corporations in South Africa. Members include large South African companies and multinational corporations with a significant presence in South Africa. Founded in 1959 as the South African Foundation, it rebranded as BLSA in November 2005.
1950, Sasol, the country's largest fuel producer, was founded. 1950, Q20 lubricant was invented by Mr. Robertson in Pinetown. [ 2] Q20 is an all purpose lubricating spray that is owned by the Triton-Leo Group (Pty) Ltd. [ 3] The name derives from "it has 20 answers to 20 questions". 1957, Flame ionization detector by Harley and Pretorius at the ...
Location of South Africa. South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa. It is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 60 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle-income economy, and a newly industrialised country.
This is a list of newspapers in South Africa. In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [ 1 ] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine ...
The economy of South Africa is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [ 26][ 27][ 28] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [ 29] Following 1996, at the end of over twelve years of international sanctions, South Africa ...
This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking.
Founded in 1949, the University of Pretoria 's now defunct Graduate School of Management was the first business school in South Africa and was the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America, [ 1][ 2] whilst the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and University of Stellenbosch Business School, founded in 1964 ...
Full list. There are currently 108 State Owned Enterprises in South Africa [ 20] Accounting Standards Board. Agricultural Research Council (ARC) Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company. Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Alexkor Limited. Armaments Corporation of South Africa (ARMSCOR) Blind SA.