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PEP is a multinational retail company based in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1965, PEP operated in 11 countries in Southern Africa with the opening of an outlet in Lobito, Angola in November 2008. [ 2] As of November 2009, the company reported over 1400 stores in operation, with total employment equalling 14,000 employees.
Pepkor is a discount store in South Africa that was founded in 1965. [13] In April 2015, it was reported that Virgin Group and their private equity backers had sold 80% of Virgin Active to the South African investment firm Brait, owned by Wiese. The sale price will be £682 million for an 80% stake, valuing the business at £1.3 billion ...
Pepkor is a South African-based investment and holding company focused on the discount and value consumer retail and fintech markets. The majority of operations are in South Africa, and operations extend to other African countries and Brazil. It manages retail brands, selling predominantly clothing, footwear, and homeware products, in addition ...
Slang words from English. South Africa uses British English spelling and punctuation, although some American spellings are common. [citation needed] canyon crab – derogatory term for Afrikaaner [ 3] clutchplate – derogatory term for Afrikaaner [ 3] cozzie – a swimsuit, short for swimming costume[ 4] Dutchman – derogatory term for ...
Section of the Avontuur line. Hercules– Magaliesburg. 1996. Passed through Hartbeespoort. Pinetown – Cato Ridge. 1997 part still open. there is a weekend steam train run by umgeni steam railway between Inchanga and kloof currently only to bothas hill due to line damage. Modderpoort – Ladybrand.
In 2013, South Africa adopted a National Counter-Terrorism Strategy which is still in place in 2021. The document is aligned to the UN's Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, takes cognisance of the relevant resolutions adopted by the UNSC, and is based on five pillars: 1) Understanding and Prediction; 2) Prevention; 3) Mitigation; 4) Combating ...
This is a list of equipment of the South African Army. It includes equipment such as small arms, combat vehicles, explosives, missile systems, engineering vehicles, logistical vehicles, artillery, air defence systems, as well as future equipment. Due to how large and secretive the South African Army is, it is currently almost impossible to ...
The South African postal code system was previously used in Namibia, then "South West Africa", including the enclave of Walvis Bay, which remained part of South Africa until 1994. It was allocated the number range 9000–9299. [6] Following independence, use of the South African postal code system was discontinued. [7]