I'm disapointed at what I'm reading here...people we are all in denial
Just look at your DStv channels and you tell me go to your local box office and you tell me go to DStv catchup and see the programming available it's all american if someone is nominated for a bet or a grammy we praise them bt no one ever praise a SAMA or metro fm award winner we are always wanting approval from america.

I love my country bt I hate to admit it that if I buy dstv premium I wnna watch the kardasians, lifetime and FOx and if I see someone making it in America I think he's made it.......admit it or not we are in love with america

The pay-TV market in South Africa remains hot with strong growth despite tough economic conditions with Naspers' pay-TV division MultiChoice which grew with an additional 342 000 DStv subscribers in the first half of the financial year and with DStv BoxOffice rentals now topping a massive 600 000 movies a month.

While South African consumers are experiencing belt-tightening and with a lackluster offering from the struggling public broadcaster, they're not willing to forfeit their television, with pay-TV which not only remains a must-keep expense but keeps adding subscribers willing to pay for more and better TV content.

MultiChoice's PVR base - subscribers who have and use its DStv digital personal video recorder - has expanded to 1.2 million subscribers.

In the 6 months to 30 September, MultiChoice has grown its DStv subscribers to 8.4 million households that is 25 400 000 south africans 55% of the population and recorded an 18% year-on-year growth, with revenue of R20.2 billion.

"Pay-TV benefited from a 16% increase in DStv subscribers year-on-year, and a 5% increase in subscription rates in South Africa," Naspers said. MultiChoice has spent R642 million during the 6 months on developing digital terrestrial television (DTT) and online video initiatives.

"Customers rent 600 000 movies per month on our DStv BoxOffice service and we will soon expand this service into sub-Saharan Africa," said Naspers.

MultiChoice now operates DTT in 11 countries - but not yet in South Africa - and has around 873 000 subscribers. it is also investing heavily in growing and expanding its TV production capacity in Nigeria in West Africa and Kenya in East Africa.

MultiChoice owns and runs GOtv as its DTT platform which it offers in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, covering 112 cities.

"We continue to scale our transmission platform and place decoders in markets where we expect analogue switch-offs in the foreseeable future. These switch-offs, once implemented, should provide momentum for further subscriber growth," said Naspers.

The south african music industry is well managed from distribution to record sales everything is recorded.
big four record labels, 1. Sony Music, 2. Universal Music, 3. EMI and 4.Warner Bros. Records (part of Gallo Warner in South Africa).
RiSA is responsible for running the annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs) and for acknowledging certification awards for album sales. In the past, RiSA has also published a top-20 chart, but it does not do so anymore. RiSA is recognised by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry as the official National Group for the Recording Industry in South Africa,and the only recognised in AFRICA

A music album qualifies for a platinum certification if it exceeds 1,000,000 copies shipped to retailers and a gold certification for 500,000 copies shipped.[citation needed] Prior to August 2006, the certification is 50,000 and 25,000 copies, respectively.

But for local releases gold is 20 000 and 40 000 for platinum.

Artists like Brenda have sold over 500 000 records in the first week of release with Zahara in 2012 selling over 400 000 records and going double platinum in her first week

One of the highest selling records
#adele sold 120 000 records 3X platinum
#Coldplay went platunum
#katy perry went platinum
#Beyonce sold over 80 000 2X platinum
Taylor swift has already gone gold
Local artists going platinum this year
*the soil
*zahara
*Donald
*Mafikizolo
*Steve hofmeyer

Part 2 of my crash course to nigerian dummies >
1. South African retailer
Pick'n Pay * revenue $5.4billion
* 50 000 employees
* 770 stores

MassMart * revenue $4.3billion
* 500 stores
Includes retailers like Cambridge foods, Game, ccw stores, Buildrite and 10 others

Foschini * revenue $2 billion
* 200 stores

Mr Price *revenue $900Million
*1095 stores

Woolworths * revenue $2.2billion
* 252 stores

Shoprite. *revenue $7.2 billion
* 1600 stores
*95 540 employees

Ellerines. *revenue (estimated) $2billion
*650 locations

Joshua doore *$600million
Over 600 locations

Chicken licken *$ 200million
*262 stores

Nandos.....*1200 store worldwide
*160 south africa
*270 australian
*3 fiji
*25 new zealand
*56 malaysia
*2 singapore
* 3 bangladesh
*280 United kingdom
*19 United states
*5 in canada
So I think it's clear we compete with McDonald in the fastfood industry....KFC has over 2000 locations in south africa

Checkers *180 stores

Pep. *1800 stores
* $5billion

Ackermans * 500 stores
*$250 million
Do you really want me to continue because I can the retailer are endless it is estimated that in south africa we have over 8000 malls.......I say do you want me to continue because I can

EVarn:
its a pity what living in soweto slums can do to people,it ret@rds the IQ of an already ret@rded zulu caveman.

First soweto as much as it has everyone had you know better ud know soweto is predominantly sotho not zulu......and it's a fact the worst "slums" in sa have excess to sanitation, electricity, they are codified by street name and have libraries as well and health facilities....can't say the same for nigeria.

1. Standard bank group-South africa-
$182Billion....(This banks is more valuable then the entire nigerian stoclk exchange)

2.Standard bank South africa-South africa-$115Billion

3. ABSA-South africa-$95Billion

4. FirstRand Banking group-South africa-$90Billion

5. Nedbank group-south african-$80billion

The list to the other top 50 banks in africa http://www.theafricareport.com/Top-200-Banks/top-200-banks-2013.html

Let me give these nigerian dummies a crash course.
1.South africa has a stock exchange valued at $1trillion bigger the singapore and hong kong first.

2. In terms of films we HAVE WON AN OSCAR for TSOTSI
We HAVE AN OSCAR WINNING ACTRESS Charlize Theron
Your film industry is only made up of DVD sales ours if counting annual sales only includes the box office that is ticket sales so I'm pretty sure with afrikaans films selling more then 350 000 units per blockbuster our revenue can overtake yours

3. Music industry we Have 4 grammies how many do you have remind me?
Name me one legendary nigerian artist beside Fela komiti or something and I'll name you globally know south africans LadySmithBlackMambazo, Miriam Makeba, pJ powers, Johny clegg, Vicky samson, hugh Masikela, thandiswa maswai, Leti Mbuli, Mbongeni ngema do you want me to continue
Other Artists big in africa ryt now
The parlotones, AKA, mafikizolo, Cassper Nyovest, The prime circle, beatenburg, Goldfish, kidX, Kwesta, Toya delazy, Zahara , Big Nuz man it's endless

3. Television, the biggest allsport broadcaster in the world SuperSport is south african, The largest Most available satellite company DSTV, The 3rd largest public broadcaster after BBC and CCtv is SABC, pls google shows like.......Late night with loyiso gOla, noeleen 3talk, idols sa, Masterchef sa, Xfactor south africa, Isidingo, intersections, rhythm city, scandal, fear factor south africa, 10over 10, dineo's diary, top billing, take me out sa, they are endless world class productions that your countries can't even produce

4. Sport you only have what soccer....but our league is bigger then yours interms of broadcast rights and revenue, we don't only have soccer but we have rurby leagues, tennis, golf, netballs racing, scatting, surfing, extreme sport you name it we have it polo, hiking, mountain racing cord biking, cyclists, marathons.....we have it all

5.Religion I mean Gay marrige is legal we have a gay member of parliament, every religion can practise with out intimidation or fear......muslims christians, buddhist's, hindus, jews, we have it alll do you want me to continue

Hit like and I can gooooooo on and onnnn and onnnnh

Queen B, they call her her magersty the queen. Bonang Matheba has became the first Black African woman to Cover International Magazine Glamour, the highest paid african intertainer not only has this under her belt but >
1. She is the face of Ciroc Africa
2. Face of Brutal fruits
3. Indorses skip
4. Has her own laundary line at Woolworths
5. She is also mtv europe's recapert correspondant
7. FACE OF INTERNATIONAL COSMETICS BRAND ReVLON
8. She has over 2 000 000 followers on social media
9. She is a radio host on the Biggest Commercial radio station in africa Metro FM
10. Tv presenter on Top billing...where she travels to premiers around the world interviewing celebs
11.Muse to international designer Coert houhan coerteer

It is endless industry insiders say she easly makes $450 000 per indorsment now you do the math this woman can be worth over $5 million dollars.

#and the revlon pic is not photoshopped that banner is 22 floors tall.

For get Africa, where in the world can a citizen get a court order for the head of state to pay back the money he spent renovating his personal home?...back to africa
South africa is a patriotic country and until Nigeria stops it's ignorance it will realise that.

A yeare after gaining independance we hosted the Ruby world cup and won.
We hosted the most successful worldcup in history.
We have the most diversified economy in africa, where in africa can you find cities more beautiful then here Capetown, pretoria, johannesburg, durban, stellenborch, grahams town, nelson mandela bay, east london, kimberly it's endless they all have sky strappers and they are boom towns

Entertainment, we provided your rich with premium intertainment, we have the biggest music industry in africa and the middle east, the biggest television market in africa and 6 biggest amonst africa/middle east and europe
We also have the 18 biggest film industry in the world, with the highest grossing local film making over $250million District 9

Hate if you like but we love our country and we know you do to that is why you can't stop coming.

paniki:
Madam Zill has zero power. I haven't even heard from her since the general elections in May where she took the back seat to let the new poster boy shine. Her party must have asked her to chill after all the drama she caused on twitter.

She is a premier and the only female premier in the country.

The G-20 summit has started in australia of the 20 biggest economies in the world..........but wait South Afica is the only country from africa, isn't nigeria the "biggest economy" as they say?

So where is it.

Nkosazana Dlamini zuma and the african Union, what has it done the DA spent over $1billion USD in it's presidential campain that is like half the budget of the african union hehehe :-)

At the age of 63 porn in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, this woman is the leader of the official opposition party in parliament of the most powerful country in Africa and greatest democracy on earth.

She is the Premier of the Western Cape,a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, leader of South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance political party, and a former Mayor of Cape Town.

Helen Zille was born in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, the eldest child of parents who separately left Germany in the 1930s to avoid Nazi persecution (her maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were Jewish). Her father's uncle was the artist Heinrich Zille. Her mother was a volunteer with the Black Sash Advice Office. She was educated at Johannesburg's St Mary's School, Waverley and the University of the Witwatersrand, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree.

She married Professor Johann Maree in 1982, and they have two sons, Paul (born in 1984) and Thomas (1989). She is a member of the Rondebosch United Church in Cape Town.

Now she is the leader of the largest opposition party in south africa, making her one of the most powerful woman in politics in the world.

GateWay Theatre Of SHopping.
# 450 shops.
#12 000 parking space.
#with over 13 million visitors yearly.
#2 000 000 visiters per month.
#Gateway has 18 movie theatres
# 6 Nouveau Cinemas
# two 3D cinemas
# a playhouse
#more than 90 restaurants
#an arcade and theme park
#indoor fun fair
#a 4000 sq. metre skate park designed by Tony Hawk
#3 Flow Riders
# a gym
#and the highest fountain in Africa
# a tenpin bowling alley,
#valet parking
#and a science theme park
#own fire department and ambulance service
#multiple heli pads
This is a place to visit it is located in Durban, in KwaZulu natal South Africa

Ask a south african middle class tenager (well atleast those iv asked) how many countries in the'll tell you about Zimbabwe and nigeria only.

NIGERIAN >
#america is in our backyard
#south africa is full of people dieing from aids
#nigeria is the giant of africa
#England is our tertiary institution
#no nation is well travelled like us

SOUTH AFRICAN >
#no place on earth is like ours
#africans take our jobs......(Atleast that's what we are told)
#we are the biggest economy no matter what nigeria says
#what is africa

South african celeb Bonang matheba donated with R113.000 to build the new Nelson Mandela Hospital which has been raising funds since 2010