President Cyril Ramaphosa gave South Africans an extra public holiday on 15 December following the Springbok victory in the World Cup
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Among the original five Brics countries, China fares best in terms of productivity and competitiveness, followed by India and Russia. Brazil and South Africa are last with more or less the same score, according to the International Institute for Management Development's yearbook on the competitiveness of different countries (IMD WCY).
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