SA’s highest ratings in the Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum (142 countries tested):
Best regulated Stock Market in the world
SA Banks are the 2nd soundest in the world
SA corporate boards were 2nd in terms of efficacy
Top 5 in Access to financial services and equity finance
Competitions Commission is rated 7th
SA’s most notable poorest ratings:
141st in terms of likelihood to contract TB
130th for Life Expectancy (51.6yrs)
140th in HIV infections (17.8% of our population)
As we know, ours is a country of huge diversity of culture, of standard of living and of strengths and weaknesses. We need to reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor, or more accurately, we need to lift the living standards of the poor.
