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  2. Economy of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The economy of Jamaica is heavily reliant on services, accounting for 71% of the country's GDP. [16] Jamaica has natural resources and a climate conducive to agriculture and tourism. The discovery of bauxite in the 1940s and the subsequent establishment of the bauxite-alumina industry shifted Jamaica's economy from sugar , and bananas .

  3. Education in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Jamaica Tourist Bsm is a new subject at all levels from early childhood up to secondary, that is for children from age 4 to 20 years". [16] This program, introduced for the 1999/2000 academic year, works in accordance with the set curriculum, which includes "Mathematics, Social Studies, Resource and Technology which will carry tourism ...

  4. Khanya College - Wikipedia

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    Khanya College is an independent non-governmental organisation based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1986, the primary aim of Khanya College is to assist various constituencies within working class and poor communities to respond to the challenges posed by the forces of economic and political globalisation. The motto of the ...

  5. Hillbrow - Wikipedia

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    "Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa 1973" depicts a white family amid the context of the Group Areas Act designating the area "Whites-only". [25] "Domestic Worker on Abel Road, Hillbrow, Johannesburg March 1973", depicts a black domestic worker. [26] Both photographs are held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [27] "Sunday morning ...

  6. Health in Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The population is aging with people over 65 years of age making up 8.2% of the population. [11] In 2024 there are 43.9 older people per 100 children. [11] The population of people over the age of 60 has increased while the population of children under 15 has decreased. [11] There are more females than males with 102.2 females per 100 men. [11]

  7. Factbox-What are Johannesburg’s 'hijacked buildings' and why ...

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    Lebogang Isaac Maile, the head of the Human Settlements department for Gauteng province, said 23 hijacked buildings had been identified in Johannesburg as in need of development. About 100 ...

  8. Homelessness in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Other cities with a significant share of the country's homeless population was Johannesburg (15.6%), Cape Town (11.9%), and eThekwini (10.1%). [19] Gauteng province had the largest number of homeless people with 25,384 recorded individuals and the Western Cape had the second largest homeless population with a total of 9,743 recorded individuals ...

  9. Demographics of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    Jamaica's annual population growth rate stood at 0.08% in 2022. As of 2023, 68.9% of Jamaicans were Christians in 2011, predominantly Protestant . A more precise study conducted by the local University of the West Indies - Jamaica's population is more accurately 76.3% African descent or Black, 15.1% Afro-European, 3.4% East Indian and Afro-East ...