Vegussucks
For starters
Mercedes benz, BMW,Toyota, VW,Audi,Mazda Ford all have very large manufacturing plants in SA. To name a few car manufacturers.
Diomonds ( debeers) Thats SouthAfrican
Gold , most of it comes from SA.
Platinum too.
Various electronics, I dont follow this to closely but know of Panasonic and Sony.
Appliances
Kelvinator Had a huge manufacturing facility in SA some years back. They even had a test centre here in the 60's were they would test new products as they found that no market was as tough on appliances as SA.
Electrolux( I worked for them in engineering ) wap, Hoover, Defy, AEG, to name a few off the top of my head.
In fact allot of stuff has been and still in manufactured in SA.
Like many western Country's we have lost allot of manufacture to China mainly in the appliance front.
I work in the vacuum cleaner business, I own a vacuum shop. I also consult on engineering front for small appliances.
Any case I am glad to have been given the chance to educate you a little
