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  2. Natal Building Society - Wikipedia

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    www.nedbank.co.za NBS (previously known as Natal Building Society ) was one of the largest Independent banks in South Africa before it went through a series of mergers starting in 1998 to become part of Nedbank by 2004.

  3. Nedbank - Wikipedia

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    The Nedcor Group was renamed the Nedbank Group on 6 May 2005. In August 2009, Nedbank acquired the 49.9% of Imperial Bank South Africa that it did not own, so Imperial Bank South Africa is wholly owned by Nedbank. [7] In October 2014, Nedbank acquired a 20% stake in Ecobank, converting its $285 million claim in Ecobank into equity. [8] [9]

  4. Cotton duck - Wikipedia

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    Cotton duck (from Dutch: doek, meaning "cloth"), also simply duck, sometimes duck cloth or duck canvas, is a heavy, plain woven cotton fabric. Duck canvas is more tightly woven than plain canvas. There is also linen duck, which is less often used. Cotton duck is used in a wide range of applications, from sneakers to painting canvases to tents ...

  5. Plain weave - Wikipedia

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    Plain weave (also called tabby weave, linen weave or taffeta weave) is the most basic of three fundamental types of textile weaves (along with satin weave and twill). [1] It is strong and hard-wearing, and is used for fashion and furnishing fabrics.

  6. Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The economy of South Africa is the largest economy in ... Nedbank, ABSA, Standard Bank and First Rand. ... (at constant 2001 prices) of less than R9,600 per annum ...

  7. Linens - Wikipedia

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    A close-up of the texture of hand-woven linen fabric made in the early 20th century in the Balkans. An illustration of how to darn linen, from the Encyclopedia of Needlework (1884) by Thérèse de Dillmont. A French armoire with home linens arranged in a traditional manner, with embroidered dust covers over the shelves.

  8. Madras (cloth) - Wikipedia

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    The two men struck a dollar-a-yard deal for madras material possessing a "strong smell of vegetable dyes and sesame oils," woven of bright colors and originally bound for South Africa. [2] Krishnan warned Jacobson that the fabric should be washed gently in cold water to avoid bleeding, advice that never reached the Brooks Brothers buyers to ...

  9. Butcher's linen - Wikipedia

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    It was a plain weave fabric made with coarse linen yarns. [1] The fabric was rough, stiff and heavy. Linen was mostly used for Butcher's Linen due to its simple washability, but cotton was also used in some cases. [3] [4]