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The economy of South Africa is a mixed economy, emerging market, and upper-middle-income economy, one of only eight such countries in Africa. [ 26 ][ 27 ][ 28 ] The economy is the most industrialised, technologically advanced, and diversified in Africa. [ 29 ] Following 1996, at the end of over twelve years of international sanctions, South Africa's nominal gross domestic product (GDP) almost ...
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Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. [4] As of 2021, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the world [5] and is the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016. [6] Costco is ranked #11 on the Fortune 500 rankings of ...
Exclusive economic zone. An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind. [1] It stretches from the outer limit ...
District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States, and South Africa. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James, and was adapted from Blomkamp's 2006 short film ...
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km 2 (27,240,000 sq mi) or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. [ 4 ] It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by the Southern Ocean, or Antarctica, depending on the definition in use. [ 5 ] The Indian Ocean has ...
Morocco also has the largest port in Africa and the Mediterranean, Tanger-Med, which is ranked the 18th in the world with a handling capacity of over 9 million containers. It is situated in the Tangier free economic zone and serves as a logistics hub for Africa and the world. [175]
Lesotho (/ lɪˈsuːtuː / ⓘ lih-SOO-too, [ 6 ][ 7 ]Sotho pronunciation: [lɪˈsʊːtʰʊ]), formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa, with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula. It is situated in the Maloti ...