We like to stimulate dialogue and debate. We like to offer a fresh perspective. We are well aware of the challenges that we face and the extent of these challenges. We address these challenges full on, but we choose to concentrate on the solution, rather than the problem.
A few positive facts about SA to be proud of:
– The first MBA programme outside of the United States was started by the University of Pretoria in 1949.
– Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto is the biggest hospital in the world.
– South Africa hosts the largest timed cycle race in the world (the Cape Argus Cycle Tour), the world’s oldest and largest ultra-marathon (the Comrades Marathon) and the world’s largest open water swimming event (the Midmar Mile).
– The South African oil company Sasol has established the only commercially viable oil-from-coal operations in the world.
– The only street in the world to house two Nobel Peace Prize winners is in Soweto. Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu both have houses in Vilakazi Street, Orlando West.
– In 2007, South African businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was included in the Time 100, an annual list, assembled by Time magazine, of the 100 most influential people in the world.
– The University of South Africa (UNISA) is a pioneer of tertiary distance education and is the largest correspondence university in the world with 250,000 students.
