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General Motors South Africa has begun the first production outside the United States of the Hummer H3 sports utility vehicle. GM plans to produce more than 10 000 units of the global version of the latest Hummer model under a US$3-billion contract awarded to its South African subsidiary in 2005.

HBD, the venture capital firm created by internet billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has launched its second fund, worth R150-million, to finance young South African businesses that develop products with global potential.

Le leader du developpement des technologies de l’information et de la communication en Afrique, l’Afrique du Sud, est le 20eme plus grand consommateur de produits et services informatiques du monde.

Obwohl die Energiekosten in Sudafrika zu den niedrigsten in der Welt gehoren haben das starke Wirtschaftswachstum des Landes, die rapide Industrialisierung und ein Massenelektrifizierungsprogramm Anfang 2008 dazu gefuhrt, dass die Stromnachfrage das Angebot uberflugelte. Aufgrund dessen hat der staatliche Energieversorger Eskom ein groß angelegtes Programm zur Modernisierung und Erweiterung der Strominfrastruktur des Landes in Angriff genommen.

German-based industrial giant MAN Ferrostaal has unveiled plans to establish two offshore oil and gas fabrication and refurbishment facilities, together worth R1.7-billion, at the ports of Saldanha Bay and Cape Town.

The government's multi-billion rand infrastructure spending plans are attracting growing interest from South Africa's investment community, with the listing of two construction-related companies on AltX in the space of a month, and a third to follow close on their heels.

South African boat builders established themselves as a force to be reckoned with at the 2006 Miami International Boat Show, winning a number of awards and millions of dollars in orders.

Ferraris designed by South African Rory Byrne have dominated the sport of Formula One in recent years, winning five consecutive World Driver's and Constructor's Championships.

A South African manufacturer has secured a contract to export 58 purpose-built utility motorcycles to South East Asia. The eRanger Lifecycle is designed for cost-effective use as a stretcher ambulance, mobile clinic, water purification and audio-visual education unit in remote rural areas.

The spectacular Nelson Mandela Bridge, one of Johannesburg's newest landmarks, has been given an award for outstanding civil engineering achievement by the SA Institute of Civil Engineers.