Overview
- Lesson Title: South African Transnational Companies; This is a report on South African transnational companies.
- Language: Hausa
- Topic: Economics/Politics
- ILR Level: 1+/2
- ACTFL Proficiency: Advanced-Mid, Advanced-Low, Intermediate-High; This ACTFL rating is an approximation based on the ILR level
- Modality: Reading
- Learning Objective: Maintenance & Improvement
- Subject Area: Language
- Material Type: LO
- Publication Year: 2008
- ObjectID: HAUS_13088
Transcript
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Kasar Afirka ta kudu ta samu ci gaba da sauri wajen bunkasa masana'antun kasa da kasa Daga cikin kamfanonin kasa da kasa 50 da aka ambata sunayensu cikin rahoton babban taron ciniki da bunkasuwa na MDD, wadanda kuma suke jawo hankulan kasashen duniya, har da guda 7 na kasar Afirka ta kudu ne. Ko a kasashe masu ci gaba ma wadannan kamfanoni suna da babban karfin yin gasa a tsakaninsu. Daga cikin wadannan kamfanoni, kamfanin Angolo American PLC da na De Beers da ke Afirka ta kudu sun riga sun zama hamshakan kamfanonin hakan ma'adainai. Kamfanin yin giya na Afirka ta kudu ya shiga cikin jerin masana'antun yin giya mafi girma na duniya. Kamfanin Sappi kuma yana daya daga cikin masana'antun yin takardu mafi girma na duk duniya. Kamfanin MTN ba ma kawai yana gudanar da harkokinsa a duk Afirka ba, har ma yana mallakar wasu kasuwannin Turai da nahiyar Amirka da na Asiya, Kamfanin MDDAS ta riga ta sayar da kayyyakinsa cikin kasuwannin kasashe da shiyyoyi fiye da 40 na duniya. Dalilin da ya sa kasar Afirka ta kudu ta samu nasara wajen bunkasa masana'antun kasa da kasa shi ne sabo da ya kasance da tsari mai ci gaga wajen gudanar da harkoki, da yin ciniki da musanyar kudi cikin 'yanci a kasar, kuma ana yin hadima mai kyau wajen sha'anin kudi, da kuma gudanar da harkokin kudi daidai kamar yadda ake yi a kasashen duniya. Domin kara karfin shiga cikin kasuwannin kasashen duniya, da farko masana'antun Afirka ta kudu sukan sayi wasu kamfanoni a cikin kasar, bayan da suka shiga cikin kasuwannin kasashen duniya kuma, kamfanonin kasa da kasa da yawa da ke Afirka ta kudu sukan sayar da wasu kamfanoni marasa muhimmanci, kuma a kai a kai ne suka zama kamfanonin da suke mallakar wasu kasuwannin musamman na duk duniya. Domin daidaita wasu matsalolin da wadannan kamfanonin kasa da kasa da ke Afirka ta kudu ke gamuwa da su cikin kasuwannin kasashen duniya, sukan sayi masana'antu da yawa daga kasashen ketare. Alal misali, kamfanin yin giya na Afirka ta kudu ya sayi kamfanin yin giya mallakar gwamnatin Tanzaniya, kamfanin De Beers ya sayi kuma ya yi garambawul ga kamfanin lu'u-lu'u na kasar Namibia |
South Africa sees rapid progress in the development of global industries Among the 50 transnational corporations that were mentioned in a report from the UN Conference on Trade and Development as attracting the world’s attention, seven are South African. These corporations have a strong competitive capacity, even among developed countries. Among these corporations, the South Africa-based Anglo American plc and De Beers have already become large mining corporations. South African Breweries has joined the ranks of the biggest brewing companies in the world, and Sappi is listed among the largest paper companies in the world. MTN not only operates throughout Africa, but also controls various European, American and Asian markets, while MDDAS already sells its products in more than 40 national and regional markets around the world. The reason South Africa has succeeded in transnational industrial development is because it has an advanced system in place for managing business, trade and currency exchanges, as well as secure mechanisms for financial matters and for managing currency transactions according to international standards. In order to increase their potential to enter international markets, South African corporations first tend to purchase other domestic companies. Once they have entered the international market, many transnational corporations based in South Africa sell off other less important companies, so that they gradually become corporations that control various specialized markets around the world. In order to rectify various problems they encounter in international markets, these South Africa-based transnational corporations tend to purchase a number of industries from surrounding countries. For example, South African Breweries purchased a brewery owned by the Tanzanian government, while De Beers purchased and reorganized a Namibian diamond company. |
Glossary
| Hausa term | English meaning |
|---|---|
| kamfanonin ƙasa da ƙasa | "Multinationals," "transnationals" |
| ƙasashe masu ci gaba | "Developed countries" |
| yin gasa | "To compete" |
| mallakar... | "To govern or own"; _allakar gwamnatin_... means "state-owned." |
| tsari mai ci gaba | Implies a financial system that promotes economic development. |
| ma'adainai | "Mineral resources"; also _ma'adinai_, as in the text. |
| marasa muhimmanci | "Without importance," "insignificant," means "little" or "small" in this context. |
| yi garambawul | "To amend," "reorganize" |
| lu'u- lu'u | "Pearl" |
| a kai a kai | "Headway," implies forward movement, meaning "regularly" in this context. |
Notes
South African Transnational Companies 1. The Republic of South Africa is a country situated at the southernmost tip of Africa. South Africa has three capital cities: Cape Town, the largest and the legislative capital; Pretoria, the administrative capital; and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital. South Africa emerged from international isolation in 1994 at the end of the apartheid to become one of the biggest emerging market economies. It is one of the continent's biggest economies and plays a leading role in diplomatic and anti-poverty initiatives in Africa. It has a variety of natural resources like gold, platinum, diamonds, and a large agricultural sector.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2898.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/print/sf.html
CONTENT SOURCE: Umaru Umaru (2008, July 24). South Africa sees rapid progress in the development of global industries. China Radio International, Sashen Hausa: (GMT+08:00) 2008-07-24 14:18:14 . P.O. Box 4216 Beijing: Radio China International. http://hausa.cri.cn/1/2008/07/24/2s79548.htm
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<fdbk>The report is for the China Radio International Hausa Service audience and is meant to describe the scope of South African transnational companies' performance as reported by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.</fdbk>
<hint>Consider the title of the text, the reference to the United Nations, the different companies cited, and the publisher. Please refer to the Notes for information about South Africa.</hint>
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<stim>How is the South African transnational competitive strength depicted in the report?</stim>
<fdbk>Seven South African transnational companies are listed among the top 50 largest companies in the world by UNCTAD. Anglo American PLC, De Beers, Sappi, MTN, and MDDAS hold leading positions in world trade.</fdbk>
<hint>Consider the details about some industries as described in the first half of the text. Visit the Learn More section for information about companies mentioned in the text.</hint>
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<stim>What caused the good performance of South African companies?</stim>
<fdbk>Strategic economic governance, trade policy, trade liberalization, and integrity of the monetary and financial systems led to the success of South African transnational companies.</fdbk>
<hint>Consider the word _Dalilin_ and the explanation that follows this word. How does it reflect the progress?</hint>
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<stim>What pattern describes the development of industries into transnationals?</stim>
<fdbk>Factories buy local companies that they develop and expand into the international market. Cross-border acquisition is also a common practice in South African business.</fdbk>
<hint>Consider the description of the trade system that industries in South Africa tend to follow.</hint>
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<note>1. Anglo American PLC is a gold mining company that was founded in 1917. It is one of the world's largest diversified mining and natural resource groups. Anglo American became a major stakeholder in De Beers (45% of the company).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo_American_PLC
2. De Beers was founded in 1880 by Cecil Rhodes, the British explorer who gave his name to the African country of Rhodesia, during the South African diamond rush of the early 1880s. It is the world's leading diamond company, with unrivalled expertise in the exploration, mining, and marketing of diamonds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Beers
3. Sappi was founded in 1936. It is a producer of coated woodfree paper and chemical cellulose. It operates in two branches: Sappi Fine Paper, which manufactures coated paper for use in magazines, brochures, and other documents; and Sappi Forest Products, which produces and supplies commodity paper products, like packaging papers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappi
4. MTN is a multinational telecommunications group launched in 1994. It operates in Africa and the Middle East offering cellular network access and business solutions.
http://www.mtn.com/ExploreMTNGroup/
5. _Babban taron ciniki da bunkasuwa na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya_ (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - UNCTAD), established in 1964, is the principal organization of the UN General Assembly that works on trade, investment, and development issues. "UNCTAD releases statistics that are relevant for understanding the economic trends of developing countries over the past decades, particularly in the context of globalization".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Conference_on_Trade_and_Development</note>
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<note>1. _tsari mai ci gaga_: There may be a misprint on the word _gaga_; it should be _tsari mai ci gaba_.
2. _Hadima_ may be a misspelling of _hidima_, which would be meaningful in this context.
3. _Alal misali_ means "for example."</note>
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