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The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2019. All 14 companies from South Africa in the Forbes 2000 are listed. [2] *Despite the company being South African with Head Offices in South Africa, the company is listed as British by the Forbes 2000 ranking due to the entity's registered address in London.
Rank Company Industry Revenue (US$ billions) Headquarters 1: Sonatrach: Oil and gas: 77.013 Algeria 2: Eskom: Electric utility: 13.941 South Africa 3: Sasol: Chemistry: 12.989 South Africa 4: MTN Group
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. [1] [2] Its economy is the largest in Africa ...
As South Africa marks three decades since its first democratic elections, a historic moment that dismantled the apartheid system and ushered in Black-majority rule, the country is at a crossroads.
South Africa is one of the world's leading mining and mineral-processing countries. [81] Though mining's contribution to the national GDP has fallen from 21% in 1970 to 6% in 2011, it still represents almost 60% of exports. [82] The mining sector accounts for up to 9% of value added. [83]
Although this only represents 12.4% of the total land used for agriculture in South Africa, the Western Cape produces 55% to 60% of South Africa’s agricultural exports, valued at more than R7 billion [50] (US$1 billion) [51] a year. In 2008, the sector was also one of the fastest growing of the economy, expanding by 10.6%. [37]
It is located in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa, after it moved from downtown Johannesburg in 2000. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 473 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.6 billion (€158 billion), as well as an average monthly traded value of US$6.399 billion (€5.5 billion). [ 6 ]
Paramount Group is a Global Aerospace & Defence group of companies operating in the global defence, internal security and peacekeeping industries. Established in South Africa in 1994, it offers a range of military aircraft, armoured vehicles, maritime systems, equipment and training to governments.