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SOUTH AFRICA’s GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS
– MORE SLIPPAGE
By Steuart Pennington
In the 16 years that I have been populating www.sagoodnews.co.za with ‘positive and informed’ articles and facts – and in the 600 or so presentations that I have done on SA around the world – I have always been able to refer to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report (WEF-GCR) and the surprising number of measures where we are WORLD BEATER’S.
The WEF-GCR 2018 report evaluates the world’s 140 largest economies, as measured by GDP, and compares their competitiveness across 12 pillars using +/- 120 measures.
SA has never ranked lower that 56th (2014). In fact subsequent years saw us improve to 49th (2015) and then 47th(2016).
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BOOK REVIEW by Steuart Pennington
What would the word ‘The Sentinels’ conjure up if you saw it as the title of a book? Roman history? Royalty protection? Or…….the guarding of our wetlands?
‘The Sentinels – Cranes of South Africa’ is an exquisite, beautifully photographed, authoritatively written coffee table book, it gives insight into the intricate challenges facing cranes and humankind in the protection of clean water.
Peter Matthiessen, author of ‘The Snow Leopard’ writes “perhaps more than any other living creatures, cranes evoke the retreating wilderness, the vanishing horizons of clean water and air upon which their species – and ours, too, though we learn it very late – must ultimately depend for survival.”
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You’re Invited to #PictureABetterWorld
Did you know there is a direct translation between seeing images of kindness and compassion and inducing joy, optimism, and gratitude? Your photography can create change.
Envision Kindness invites you to participate in a movement to inspire kindness around the world: The 2018 Our World is Kind Photography Contest.
In today’s difficult climate, we could all use an extra dose of kindness and compassion. That’s why Envision Kindness is on a mission to amplify the work of photographers and artists creating social change through their second annual photography contest, seeking submissions of images that embody and inspire kindness.
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Making ends meat
According to the Meat Price Index, South Africans receiving the minimum wage (20 rand per hour) have to work 5.9 hours to afford a kilogram of beef. Those earning the minimum wage in Denmark (approx. 243 rand per hour) had to work for one hour to afford a kilogram of beef. On the other end of the scale, those working for the minimum wage in Indonesia (approx. 24 rand per hour) had to work 23.1 hours to afford a kilogram of beef. (http://bit.ly/2NN8uHT)
Source: www.Eighty20.co.za
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