For the past few years, the actual and potential supply of single-family  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  homes for purchase has greatly exceeded the effective demand, in part because of the large number of homes that have come back onto the market after moving through the foreclosure process.
South Africa's involvement ranges from the Mozal smelter in Mozambique to SAA's participation in Tanzania, and includes hotels, factories, cellphone operators and shops in numerous countries on the African continent. South Africa's investments in Africa at the end of 2000 exceeded R24 billion.