MANY TIMES WHEN SHOWING AFRIKA ON INTERNATIONAL MEDIA THEY WILL MOSTLY SHOW YOU THE UNDER BELLY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AND RICH CONTINET. NOT ALL OF US LIVING IN AFRIKA ARE IN ABJECT POVERTY,NOT ALL OUR KIDS ARE PLAYING ON OLD DIRT ROADS. PORT ELIZABETH,THE 5TH LARGEST CITY IN SOUTH AFRIKA. IBAHYA(XHOSA),OR THE FRIENDLY CITY AS IT IS KNOWN HAS A POPULATION OF OVER 1.3 MILLION PEOPLE. THE VERY CITY WHERE BABA STEVE BIKO WAS ARRESTED AND TORTUTED,IS THE SITE THE COEGA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT,SINCE ITS INCEPTION IT HAS MANAGED TO EXCESS 140 MILLION SOUTH AFRIKAN RAND INTO THE ECONOMY. PORT ELIABETH WITH 2 SURROUNDING AREAS HAS COMBINED TO FORM NELSON MANDELA MUNICIPALITY. COEGA HAS CREATED MORE OR LESS 45 000 JOBS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY. COEGA,A DEEP WATER PORT ALONG WITH GENERAL MOTORS,VOLKSWAGEN,FORD AND CONTINENTAL TYRES AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST JOB CREATORS IN THE AREA. WITH ALL THE MOTOR COMAPNIES IN THE CITY IT HAS BEEN LABELLED DETROIT OF SOUTH AFRIKA. WITH A POPULATION OF 708,32 PEOPLE PER SQUARE METER IS HAS TEMPRATURES COMPARABLE WITH CANARY ISLANDS AND SAN DIAGO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORT ELIZABETH RECEIVING MORE RAIN. THE FRIENDLY CITY IS ALSO KNOWN TO BE THE WATER SPORTS CAPITAL CITY OF SOUTH AFRIKA CAN LAY CLAIM TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ORE LOADING FACILITY IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE. CONTTUCTION OF A NEW 1.721 BILLION RAND MALL HAS BEGUN WHICH WILL INCLUDE A 300 MILLION RAND COMPREHENSIVE ROAD UPGRADE. THE MALL WILL BE EQUIPT WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES. THE MALL WILL GENERATE UP TO 5000 DIRECT AND IN DIRECT JOBS. BK
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