I blogged about my reasons to stay in SA a while back.
I’ve found another article by Deon Terblanche containing 24 reasons why he wants to stay in SA.
Here’s Deon’s list:
South Africa ranked 44th out of 131 countries in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2007/8
Three South African cities were voted amongst the world’s top 100 Most Liveable Cities in a study conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Cape Town was ranked 85th, Johannesburg 90th, and Port Elizabeth 97th
South Africa is ranked 20th out of a total of 128 economies in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2007, ahead of many developed nations, including the United States (31), Switzerland (40), Austria (27) and France (51)
South Africa is ranked 35th out of 178 countries for ease of doing business – ahead of Spain, Brazil and India – according to Doing Business 2008, a joint publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation
South Africa ranks in the top four countries worldwide in terms of the transparency surrounding its budgets – ahead of the US, Norway and Sweden – according to the Open Budget Index
The number of tourists visiting South Africa has grown by 188% since 1994, from 3 million to 8.4 million in 2006 (Department of Environment and Tourism)South Africa is the first, and to date only, country to build nuclear weapons and then voluntarily dismantle its entire nuclear weapons programme
South Africa will become the first African country to host the Soccer World Cup in 2010, and the first country in the world to have hosted the Cricket, Rugby and Soccer World Cups
South Africa is home to both the largest land mammal (elephant) and the smallest mammal (shrew)
South Africa is the only country to house an entire floral kingdom (fynbos), one of only six on the planet
South African Breweries ranks as the second largest brewing company in the world. It supplies up to 50% of China’s beer
Cape Town has the fifth-best blue sky in the world according to the UK’s National Physical Laboratory
21 South African beaches were awarded Blue Flags, an international indicator of high environmental standards for recreational beaches in 2007
South Africa ranks 57th out of 157 countries in the world in terms of economic freedom, ahead of Italy (64), Brazil (101), the United Arab Emirates (63), Greece (94th), India (104th) and China (126), according to the Index of Economic Freedom 2007
South African media ranks 26th out of 167 countries in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, higher than any country in Asia, the Middle East or South America, and ahead of Japan, Spain, Italy and the United States
South Africa accounts for almost 45% of the GDP of the entire African continent, with an economy three times the size of the second biggest country (Egypt)
The South African Constitution is widely regarded as being one of the most progressive in the world, drawing from the experiences of the world’s most advanced democracies
Almost a quarter of South Africa’s non-interest budget is spent on education
Johannesburg ranks second among cities in countries from Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and Africa in dealing with urbanisation and environmental challenges, in the MasterCard Insights Report on Urbanisation andEnvironmental Challenges
South Africa’s per capita GDP, corrected for purchasing power parity, positions the country as one of the 50 wealthiest in the world
Worldaudit.org ranks South Africa as the 40th most democratic country out of 150 nations
South Africa is the 35th best place in the world to do e-business, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2007 E-Readiness Report
South Africa is the best-ranked country in terms of price stability; our fiscal policy is ranked 11th, our international trade competitiveness 21st, and we are the 28th most-attractive destination for foreign direct investment, according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook 2005
The value of South African real estate has improved by 30% over the past five years
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