Data and Trends

The divide in the South African White population about Apartheid and race laws; transformation and redress, is more or less cast in stone. This was actually always the case; with “always”, I mean since Unification of the country in 1910. It’s about worldviews, and the worldviews of most White South Africans are fixed.

The South African government’s staff establishment consist of sixteen salary levels, or grades. The South African public sector is captured in the destructive results of political ideology, nepotism, cadre deployment and corruption. The results are clearly visible, including in the numbers.

The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) provides a globally consistent and comparable assessment of container port performance. It is based on empirical measurements of vessel time in port, focusing on how efficiently container ports serve ships from the perspective of shipping lines and their customers. It is grounded in objective data and a robust two-pronged methodology.