First World Infrastructure
The needs of the mines and for the whites to maintain internal security under apartheid had seen parts of South Africa develop a first world infrastructure.
This has served the country well in the post apartheid years, as has a sophisticated financial system that is allowing South Africa to provide services to the rest of Africa that it was prevented from doing under apartheid.
South Africa punches above its weight internationally. Foreign investment has flowed from South Africa around the globe: several major companies including Anglo-American, Old Mutual and South African Breweries are now listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Read more about this topic: Economic History Of South Africa
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