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  2. African penguin - Wikipedia

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    Diomedea demersaLinnaeus, 1758. The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.

  3. Energy in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Crude Oil (18%) Renewables & Waste (11%) Gas (3%) Nuclear (2%) Geothermal (1%) South Africa has a large energy sector, being the third-largest economy in Africa. The country consumed 227 TWh of electricity in 2018. [2] The vast majority of South Africa's electricity was produced from coal, with the fuel responsible for 88% of production in 2017 ...

  4. Vehicle registration plates of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    In South Africa, vehicle registration plates, known as number plates, are issued by the Department of Transport in each of its provinces. [1] Each province have plates with unique designs, colour schemes, and alphanumeric patterns. For instance, the plates display combinations like AB 12 CD GP or CA 123-456, with distinct variations in layout ...

  5. National symbols of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    State President's flag (1) – blue, displaying the national coat of arms below the letters SP. Used from 1961 to 1984. [1] State President's flag (2) – orange, white, and blue triangles, displaying the national coat of arms below the letters SP. Used from 1984 to 1994. [1]

  6. Prices of chemical elements - Wikipedia

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    In the form of anthracite, price per carbon contained, assuming 90% carbon content. There is a wide variation of price of carbon depending on its form. Lower ranks of coal can be less expensive, for example sub-bituminous coal can cost around US$0.038/kg carbon. Graphite flakes can cost around US$0.9/kg carbon.

  7. Price elasticity of demand - Wikipedia

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    The price elasticity gives the percentage change in quantity demanded when there is a one percent increase in price, holding everything else constant. If the elasticity is −2, that means a one percent price rise leads to a two percent decline in quantity demanded. Other elasticities measure how the quantity demanded changes with other ...

  8. South African energy crisis - Wikipedia

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    South Africa's energy crisis or load shedding is an ongoing period of widespread national blackouts of electricity supply. It began in the later months of 2007 towards the end of Thabo Mbeki 's second term as president, and continues to the present. [1] [2] The South African government-owned national power utility, and primary power generator ...

  9. Purchasing power parity - Wikipedia

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    The Big Mac Index cannot be used for most countries in Africa because most do not have a McDonald's restaurant. Thus, the KFC Index was created by Sagaci Research (a market research firm focusing solely on Africa) to identify over- and under-valued currencies in Africa. For example, the average price of KFC's Original 12 pc.