Fact-a-day archive

In historically white schools, about 56% of learners are are now black. The race profile of higher education institutions has… Read More

On 11 November 2011 Minister Trevor Manuel released the National Development Plan – Vision for 2030. One its targets is… Read More

Massmart Holdings Ltd was ranked top of JSE retail sector in FM/Empowerdex Top Empowerment Companies Survey 2011. (http://bit.ly/tz55SH) This week’s… Read More

Walmart has 2.1 million full time employees; this is seven times greater than the population of Iceland (http://data.worldbank.org/country/iceland, http://cnnmon.ie/ul0yxJ) This… Read More

Walmart’s revenue of US$422 billion for 2010 (year to January 2011) was 16% higher than South Africa’s GDP of US$364… Read More

The US$2.4 billion that was spent by Walmart to acquire 51% of Massmart, amounts to only 14.6% of Walmart’s profit… Read More