I was sent a great email by one Gerhard Schroeder who has been collecting data about SA for a while now. His email consisted of a document of some really kick ass facts about our great country and the people who live here.
This will be the first of many posts to come about varying topics over the next week. I am going to try and not fill the week with these posts even though the facts are pretty cool and will hopefully spark some interesting debate along the way.
So lets kick-off the SA FACT FOR THE DAY with some facts about our economy:
Many world-wide banking innovations originated in SA: We were the first country in the world to introduce interoperability of ATM cards through Saswitch; the first developing country to introduce credit cards; the first African country to introduce ATMs; the first country in the world to introduce biometrics on cards for the payment of pensions and we were one of the first countries to use satellite communication for branch operations.
From now onwards there will be a fact for the day every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I hope that people read these facts and everytime you are at a dinner party and someone quotes some unfounded “fact” about SA that you can remember these facts and quote them right back!!
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