FIA World Rallycross south Africa 2018

DRIVING LESSONS WITH THE HANSEN BROS

The cars might be going ‘mmmbop’, around a corner,
but there’s a little more to driving a Rallycross car than what
fans see and hear. Brothers and teammates at Team Peugeot

Total give you the driving lesson of a lifetime.

TIMMY On which side of the track do but obviously you don’t want to
you want to be at the start line, do anything stupid that could
How do you get the best start and why? damage the car and compromise
In general you want to have the your race. As always in Rally-
possible? inside line at the first corner, but cross, it’s a question of finding
You have to balance handbrake, it depends from track to the right balance. But sometimes
throttle and clutch and make track. Away from the line it’s im- stuff can happen that isn’t your
sure that you time the launch portant to get the best grip and fault. You just have to be as
sequence exactly right. It’s very traction possible. aware as possible.
rare that you make a perfect
start: maybe only three to four When the lights go out, is it Why is it important to drift
times a year. Every team has a a case of muscling your way through some corners, and what
starting strategy to help make a through, or do you try and makes four-wheel drive
perfect start, but it’s really not be as tidy as possible? drifting so different to rear
easy, and getting a good launch You have to be quite aggressive wheel drive drifting?
is very important. You can win
80% of the race at the start.

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Q&A

“That’s the art of Rallycross: the When is the perfect time to do a
grip and the traction is changing all joker lap?
It depends on each race really,
the time – even from lap to lap.” there’s never just one answer to
this. If you have a problem early
You drift through the corners to Kevin in the race, it’s often a good idea
carry the speed and lose as little to do the joker lap early and then
time as possible going through When do you brake with the see if anyone else has a prob-
the corner, setting yourself up lem later on that you can take
in the best possible way for the pedal and when and why do you advantage of.
next corner. Rear wheel drive
drifting is all about oversteer and use the handbrake? How do drivers approach dirt
controlling it. With a four-wheel The handbrake is used to turn and asphalt racing on one track?
drift the car is more balanced the car, whereas the foot pedal That’s the art of Rallycross: the
between the front and rear axles. is to scrub off speed. Generally grip and the traction is changing
you’re using both, not just one all the time – even from lap to lap
or the other; it gets pretty busy – so you have to react quickly.
during the races! You just have to learn, and prac-
tice, and get used to it.
What happens if you crash into How does a driver execute the
What happens if you crash into
Kevin? Do you resolve it with perfect jump? Timmy? Do you resolve it with
You actually want to spend as brotherly love or is he just like
brotherly love or is he just like little time flying high in the air any other driver?
as possible, as that is actually As well as being family, we’re
any other driver? time when you’re not moving teammates, so we obviously look
We try to make sure that it forwards quickly. So the trick is out for each other. But we’re also
doesn’t happen! But obviously to do the jump as quickly as you professionals so we treat each
there’s always some contact in can and get it over with. You other like any other driver.
Rallycross and if it happens, we don’t want to be too high or too
just deal with it and move on – slow either.
which is what all the drivers do.
It’s not a big deal.

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THE LIVING ROOM RACER
From the comfort of your couch, to the cockpit of a full-blown

racer, iconic game developer Codemasters and the DiRT World

Championships can take you there.
WITH A PLATFORM LIKE
DiRT World Champi- The reception we have received Motorsport is notoriously
onships, Matt Beckett, from the sports, teams, drivers difficult to get in to, with many
and fans has been phenomenal barriers, mainly financial. This

Product Manager of DiRT Rally so far and the level of partici- is where eSports and gaming

2.0. explains how you can bring pation and viewership should can really help as it gives pretty

the excitement of Rallycross continue to rise in the coming much anyone the opportunity to

right into your living room. years. It’s an exciting time! get involved in motorsport.

I think the best example of

Just how popular has Is eSport a useful way to this is the F1 ports Series that
eSports become and how spot new talent that other- we run with Formula One. We
have Codemasters made wise would have been very now have over 40 eSports driv-
the most of this rise in difficult to discover? What ers that have signed with real
popularity? kinds of opportunities come F1 teams and represent those
M: Esports is without question a from eSport? teams in the Pro Series. What
huge growth area and at Code- M: Racing games offer clear an incredible opportunity.
masters we are embracing that transferable skills to real world

with the DiRT World Champion- motorsport. Yes, there are add- Praised for its stellar graph-
ships and the F1 eSports Series. ed challenges with competing ics and phenomenal phys-
We’re working hand-in-hand on an actual track but the ics, what else makes DiRT
with real world racing series to basic fundamentals are there such an amazing platform
promote and push our eSports and we see that players who for racers from around the
in line with what fans see on the are fast in the game are often world to come together and
TV every normal race weekend. fast on the track. compete?

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SIMULATION

M: Above all else is the feel of can be against tens of thousands decisions on what I will do, but
the car on the road. We want to of people in eSports since it’s I am actively on the simulator,
get you as close as we can to so open, while in real racing you but no big competitions after
the feeling of driving these in- might not be against more than the DiRT World Championships
credible cars on a real road from a few hundred.
the safety of your sofa. This not For now I’m really looking
only involves the simulation and What was the secret to forward to what the future
physics of the car itself but also your success in becoming holds for eSports with the DiRT
the road surface and the way DiRT World Championships series. I’m also really looking
that changes and degradates champion? forward to getting one of the
as more and more cars drive JP: I believe I was the most calm prizes from the championship
on it. DiRT Rally 2.0 is the first and consistent, while also being which is of course the test
time that we have had surface mentally dedicated to get the drive with the RX2 car; I am
degradation in the game and it’s win. To be able to win you have absolutely thrilled about it and
helping to take the game to the to have the will to win. who knows what holds for me
next level. after that.
What advice would you give
Will you add a South African who is trying to break into But to summarize it I am defi-
venue to any of your games? eSports? nitely planning to stay active in
M: Maybe! JP: Esports is very open, just Esports and the community and
go for it. Keep going at it with a who knows if possibilities arise
Current DiRT World Champion- competitive attitude and try to for me to get into real racing.
ships champion, Joona Pank- improve yourself.
konen shares his winning insight. With so many Esports
How tough is the compe- What are you doing now championships out there
tition when competing in that you are an eSports to choose from, what made
Esports? champion and what does you choose Rallycross?
JP: The competition in your future look like? With the DiRT series you have
eSports usually is extremely JP: I’m currently taking it quite both rallycross and rally, and I
tight. Keeping in mind that you easy, not hurrying with any really love rally in general.
So those two things go well
together don’t they?

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MECHANICS

The Magic Mechanics

Ole Johan Rustad is the First Mechanic for PSRX Volkswagen
Sweden. Having worked with motorsport legend Petter Solberg
for nine years and a World Championship winning team, he tells

us what it takes to keep the show going.

Eleven’s a crowd checking the levels, just to make Some of the European events
sure that there’s nothing leaking have four or five classes. That
We are only allowed ten mechan- or something like that. Every means that all the classes do the
ics between the two cars, which mechanic then checks their own qualifying and then it allows us
makes it five per car. A maximum corner, but everybody is available more time between the qualify-
of five mechanics can work on to work on the whole car. ing. At other events we only have
a car at the same time, so for two classes competing which
example, you can’t have three Lick and stick or nuts doesn’t give us much time. If we
people working on one car and and bolts run out of time then it will be
then seven on the other – that’s duct tape, pole privot and cable
not allowed. Each mechanic Depends really where we are in tie repair job!
wears an armband and they are the race, because between the
the only people who are allowed practices before the race, we Don’t panic, mechanic
to touch the car. have some time to work on the
car. Normally between qualifying For me personally, I never really
Somebody puts mechanic races one to four, there is some get stressed or anything because
in the corner time. You can see an average of the plans come from the car chief
half an hour between the races. and the engineer. If we have 15
Basically, the five mechanics on Between the semi-final and the minutes, they give us tasks that
one car are normally given a final is the most critical time for we can do in 15 minutes. And if
corner of the car each, so that the mechanics because then we there is bad damage with the car,
makes it front right, front left, have five to 15 minutes depend- we have the tools and the boys
rear right, rear left. Then we have ing on which of the other classes are the best in the business so we
one guy that is floating, mainly are running in the event. can always fix it in some way.
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BEHIND THE SCENES

The Race Behind
the Scenes
Without a web of logistics wrapping itself around the globe,
the FIA World Rallycross Championship would be nothing more
than an idea. Nini Mikolajski is just one part of a massive logistical
effort made by the Woodland Group, and she shares a snippet of

the action happening behind the scenes.

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BEHIND THE SCENES

THE APPROXIMATE cars and car parts only and does same applies for then carnet.
mileage of this season is not include tyres, fuel, team set- This proves that you’re leaving
around 47,000 kilometres up structures and TV production the country with exactly the
across the world. When the cal- equipment which is dependent same things you arrived with
endar goes to Abu Dhabi next on the race location. In the flya- and you did not sell anything.
year, this will add an additional 5 way races (which are found out-
000 km each way. The Wood- side of Europe) these bits are All this kind of planning needs
land Group makes use of land, usually sourced from inside the to be done as far in advance as
air and sea. For instance, after host destination. After the South possible, as you need to pre-or-
the penultimate round at the Es- African event, the cars are sent der space. With some teams
tering in Germany (14 October), back to Europe and will only be only confirming their availability
the cars are loaded onto a ship seen again in the new year. for the 2019 season in January,
and set sail for South Africa. The things get quite tight. It’s im-
team’s most valuable equipment In some cases, teams choose portant because let’s say there
is on the open waters for many to have their cars sent else- is a new iPhone coming out; that
weeks before it’s seen again, where on the planet, and this, means all the ships and planes
this time on the other side of of course, comes with a lot around the world will be full of
the world. of paperwork. This is where a these phones.
“carnet” applies. A carnet is just
Of the freight transported, like a visa. If you travel into a So we are constantly plan-
roughly 68,000 kg is shipped country with your four children ning around tight schedules, re-
per race to the 12 races on the and only return with one, then al-world events and the weath-
calendar. This is restricted to the something is not right. The er. Working Monday to Sunday,
this is definitely a lifestyle.

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DRIVER FEATURE

CATCHING UP WITH

ANDREAS
BAKKERUD
Racing under Ken Block’s Hoonigan Racing, Andreas Bakkerud

enjoyed a successful South African outing last year, reaching the

semi-finals. Second time around and his hopes are even higher

with EKS Audi Sport. From giving his boss grey hairs to selling

his Rallycross car, it’s time to catch up with the Norwegian.
“FIRST OF ALL,
coming here last What makes this battle for pretending like it’s war! I want
year for the first silverware so special is that to look back at the season
Bakkerud believes he’s racing knowing that I gave it my all,”

Rallycross event in South Africa in the company of heroes. “To adds the driver.

was really epic, and the track be honest, I’m honoured to be In motorsport, it’s always

itself is super cool. It’s pretty in this position – I’ve been with desirable to have two strong

Scandinavian and European as Solberg and Ekstrom in this drivers pushing each other as

a championship so I wasn’t ex- fight and in my eyes they’re the teammates. Although Bakkerud

pecting much in 2017, but see- two best drivers we have had in is at loggerheads with Ekström

ing how massive the crowd was Scandinavian motorsport history. for second in the championship,

last year makes me pumped to “And for me to be only a he admits he may have given

be back!” couple of points adrift from his boss some grey hairs during

The driver’s championship Ekström in his own car, in his the season.

might be wrapped up, but the own team in just one season, “The first task I got from

fight for second place is still on, that’s pretty cool! I’ve always Mattias was to keep him young! I

and the 27-year-old fancies his looked up to Mattias because know that we’re a little different

chances of taking a career-best he has ventured across a few when it comes to control in life.

championship finish. “I’m going different motorsports and been He’s a perfectionist and rarely

against Solberg who is just a so successful in DTM. makes mistakes, while I can be

couple of points behind me, “So coming into this last very forgetful. So having said

and then Ekström who is my event I feel like I have every- that I’ve probably given him

boss and teammate.” thing to win. I’ll go in there some grey hairs, but hopefully

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DRIVER FEATURE

“Mattias has a lot of experience and GET TO KNOW
has had huge success. He’s not just a DRIVER NO. 13

factory driver, he’s also a boss.” A quick Q&A with one of the
quickest in the business.
I’ve given him some smiles and always trying to push forward,
laughs and I’ve extended his life!” but both going in different Straight line speed or
directions. Ken is more into sideways around a corner?
In the space of just two years, marketing while Mattias is more Sideways going around a
the Audi driver has served into performance. At the end corner.
under two motorsport giants of the day you need both to
in Mattias Ekström and Ken succeed in motorsport, so it’s King of Pop or king of Rock?
Block. Although totally differ- been an honour to work with King of Pop
ent in almost every sense of the both of them.
word, Bakkerud says the pair Snow and ice or gravel and
share some distinct similarities, “Mattias has a lot of experi- asphalt?
and both have taught him a lot ence and has had huge success. Oh man, can I choose both? No,
about racing and business. He’s not just a factory driver, I would say snow and ice.
he’s also a boss. I’ve only been
“Partnering up with Ken last a factory driver for four years, GoPro or selfie stick?
year, you can actually see a lot and I know just how hard I’ve Hmm. I’m sponsored by GoPro,
of similarities between him and worked to stay in the game, and so I’ll say GoPro, but I’ll take a
Mattias. They’re both very hard someone like Mattias who has selfie stick too!
working men – early up in the managed to stay for 18 years as
morning and late to bed after a factory driver, I take my hat off Festive night out or quiet
a full day of activities. They’re night in?
That depends, but I can’t wait
for the party in South Africa, so
I choose the festive night out!

Big air jump or badass donuts
for the crowds?
Big ass jump!

Four wheel drive or rear-wheel
drive?
Four-wheel.

Best driver to never win a
championship or worst driver
to win one?
Hahaha, I would rather be
the best to never win a
championship!

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DRIVER FEATURE

to that,” shares Bakkerud. Bakkerud on Cape Town
On his 2018 return to Cape
Why he could be your neighbour soon.
Town, Bakkerud says he’s
thrilled to be racing under sun- Andreas Bakkerud was one of Killarney’s crowd favorites in 2017.
shiney skies in the Mother City. With over 100 flights a year, the Norwegian says the one that
In some parts of his native Nor- takes him to the Mother City has to be the best, for a very special
way it’s Polar Night at this time reason. So why does he have so much love for Cape Town?
of year, which is when the sun “What I said to my friends and family last year when I was in
doesn’t rise for three months. Cape Town was: I travel around the world to many amazing
places, but Cape Town is actually that city I could see myself
“Being from a region where living in if I’d like to move somewhere.
the winter is super cold, it’ll
be nice to have nice warm, “I think it’s got to do with the mountains and being
summer weather in Cape Town, surrounded by the mountains. Where I live in Norway there are
together with the great food. I a lot of mountains and green trees. The weather in Cape Town
must say, you guys have some awesome, with a nice breeze and sunny weather,” says Bakkerud,
great food down here! I’m just adding, “the people are great too because they’re always
glad to be back so you guys smiling and are very generous and happy.”
can get to know the drivers and
the sport even better.”

Not just an athlete, Bakkerud
is also a prominent YouTuber
with a subscriber base of 26,
000 strong. “Last year when we
did Gymkhana grid in Joburg,
I got to work in a restaurant
for an evening and cook all the
food for the guests! I got to see
the way you guys grill the meat,
and that was just epic. There’s
a cool video of that up on my
YouTube Channel.”

Come the season’s end at
Killarney, fans will be checking
the classifieds to see if his Audi
S1 car is up for sale. Last year,
Bakkerud announced in jest
that his Hoonigan Racing Ford
Focus RS RX was up for sale,
though many took this as a
serious advertisement. This year
however, could be different,
says Bakkerud. But then again,
does he really want to give his
boss more grey hairs?
Probably not.

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Supercars driver Jānis Baumanis gives us access into his diary.

It’s physical alright my eating habits quite closely, We accelerate to 100km/h less
being careful not be over the than 2 seconds, so it’s very fast.
Rallycross is a very physical weight I had at the start of the During acceleration, my body is
sport, so it’s important for me season. exposed to forces between 1,4
stay fit and healthy. Winter is to 2,2g. Speaking of g-forces,
the main time I work on my It’s physical because of the when I had the biggest hit from
physical condition with 110% g-forces we experience. another car, I felt 8gs, so it was
effort. My fitness activities quite a hard hit. For example, if
include gym and swimming, you weigh 80kg, and you have
but most of my time is spent a crash that measures 8gs, it’s
boxing, because it’s best way the equivalent to 640kg of
to stay fit and also train my body weight!
reaction time for starts and dif-
ferent racing situations. During In Europe I go to races two
the season I’m more careful and days before the race. Canada,
focus only on cardio training to USA and Cape Town usually
keep fit. I also need to follow 3-4 days before to adapt for

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time zones. Sometimes it’s easy
to adapt, sometimes it’s a bit
harder. In Cape Town it’s easier,
because it’s only a one hour
difference.

Keeping it brief usually have around three laps start, first corner, and then
to see how our setup interacts during race because it’s just so
We have a driver briefing be- with the track. And then comes unpredictable.
fore each race which is com- the hardest work – to drop a
pulsory for all drivers. These few thousands of a second Balancing the car and
usually last for 20 minutes or if we can before qualifying. my life
so, where they explain track Setup adjustment happen
limits and specific things for all the time, because track is It’s also important to relax
each race. constantly evolving throughout in between races. So I spend
It’s a little longer with our engi- a weekend. So it’s not like we time with my girlfriend and try
neers though! We usually have drive exactly the same setup to rest before each weekend.
3-4 hour meetings before each all weekend. There are small During the week I also have
race and setup discussions start changes virtually for every run, daily job to do, in my fami-
up to one week before the race! but there are bigger changes ly-owned business. We export
These setup discussions decide if car felt terribly unstable or different timber materials to
the setup for first practices, something went wrong with it, UK. I also work with one of my
different conditions and other so we have very little time to sponsors with building mate-
possibilities for the race. After get everything just right. rials. So I’m not thinking too
each race or practice we have much before an event. But the
a short briefing about how the Handling the heat focus starts again when I go
car felt on track and talk about into a plane before race.
what we need to improve for It’s easy to tackle each heat in
driving and setup. Usually it Rallycross, because there’s just Last summer I finished my
takes around 40 minutes to one no going slowly! You go flat bachelor studies business eco-
hour, sometimes even more, out all of the time and go over nomics, and gaining a Masters
so it’s a lot of work before and the limit each race. Rallycross in marketing is the plan, but not
during the race, and these are is where you need to attack this or next year; there are still
aspects that spectators usually the track more than any other things I must achieve with my
don’t see. racing series. Adrenaline is very career in and outside of motor-
high at the start line too. Before sport, and then I will begin my
Time is of the essence, each race we are discussing studies again. It wasn’t easy to
and on the stopwatch possibilities for first corner and combine the two, but the easi-
joker strategy, but it’s hard to est thing was to do everything
There’s not much time to learn know what will happen at the early and finish all the exams on
the layout at each new event. time. That’s the key factor.
We have track walks where we
walk the full lap of a track to
learn its characteristics. When
we are out there in the car, we

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vibrant urban environment for that form the core of the true Cape Town meters (102,000 square feet) placing
generations to come. We are national experience, and a trip to the city will not it among leading contemporary art
leaders in business and have a thriving be complete without a visit to each Big museums worldwide. Zeitz MOCAA is
knowledge economy; our skills market 6 attractions. Cape Town also has the spread over nine floors, of which 6,000
is growing and the city offers numerous highest number of Blue Flag beaches square meters (65,000 square feet) is
opportunities for work and investment. in South Africa. Seven of the city’s most dedicated to exhibition space. Through
Cape Town is also a proud recipient of popular beaches and three Cape Town an entire floor dedicated to education,
a number of international awards and marinas have been recognised for the museum aims to develop a new art-
accolades. In 2018, the city was named meeting the globally-acclaimed Blue loving, museum-going audience.
one of the Top 10 Surf Cities in the world Flag standards. Beaches awarded the
by Surfer Magazine and crowned the prestigious status include: Bikini Beach, LIVE
number one city in Africa for business Mnandi, Strandfontein, Llandudno,
tourism events by the International Camps Bay, Clifton 4th and Silwerstroom. Cape Town has a terrific mixture of
areas to live, from vibrant city-living

to quiet, leafy residential suburbs. The Cape Town is also home to over 200 services. Cape Town is attracting thinkers,
city is known for its successful property companies in the Information Technology innovators and design led entrepreneurs
market. In recent years Cape Town’s (IT) and software industry employing who are helping to build an ecosystem
property values and sales transactions 7 500 people. Our large retailers have that is strong in many aspects of the
have exceeded Johannesburg’s and extensive distribution channels into knowledge economy. The city is the
continue to attract international property Africa opening up the possibility of leader on the African continent in the
investors. The city and surrounds is also collaboration in moving products within information technology sector, with
home to four public universities, two the continent. Cape Town also has a more tech start-ups than anywhere else
globally recognised business schools booming film and media industry. It’s a on the continent. Cape Town has been
and a number of trustworthy private sector that has created more than 35 000 chosen as the African headquarters of
and public institutions. Educational jobs, contributing about US$ 92 million innovation by companies such as Barclay
institutions situated in the city include to the economy in the last 3 years. Rise and Thomson Reuters. The city is
the University of Cape Town, University also the home to many of South Africa
of the Western Cape and the Cape Town Cape Town is home to the only Hollywood and Africa’s financial institutions and,
University of Technology. Cape Town is style film studio complex in Africa. coupled with the national headquarters
also fast becoming the most digitally Coupled with exceptionally skilled film of many legal and consultancy firms, offer
connected city in Africa. The City’s public crew and post-production services, all the services needed to underpin a
Wi-Fi service and other digital inclusion our facilities are winning awards global drive into Africa. One of the fastest
projects are part of a broader Digital City and attracting a growing number of growing sectors in Cape Town’s economy
Strategy, which aims to make Cape Town productions and stars to our shores. is the business process outsourcing (BPO)
the most digitally connected city in Africa. We also act as a gateway to Africa sector, with many global call centres and
Other elements of the strategy include with several companies running their online retailers like Amazon choosing to
investment in digital infrastructure, African operations from our city. The conduct their operations from our shores.
digital business initiatives, and a focus on City of Cape Town is making sure that
digital government. our infrastructure investments support PLAY
key sectors, like the tech industry. An
WORK extensive open source fibre optic network Cape Town hosts a wide range of local
has been installed with plans to extend and international events – from concerts
Cape Town’s favourable lifestyle is one the footprint over the forthcoming years. and community-based events to business
of the major reasons why many of the conferences and international sports
top wealth and asset management firms INVEST tournaments. The city is a creative hub
choose to base themselves here. The city with arts, heritage and cultural sites,
is home to an impressive group of wealth Cape Town is South Africa’s oldest city, its activities and opportunities for all. We
managers, including the likes of Allan second-most populous and an important have a lively arts and culture scene where
Gray, Old Mutual, Foord, Coronation, contributor to national employment. It creativity and heritage are explored
Sanlam, Prescient and Sygnia. Most of is the legislative capital of South Africa, through theatre, live music, dance, visual
these companies’ staff and top executives the administrative and economic centre arts and more. Both day and night in
live in the city. Top employment sectors of the Western Cape, and Africa’s third Cape Town offer you exciting cultural
in Cape Town include community and biggest economic hub. The Mother City spaces to visit and events to be a part of.
social services, the financial and trade produces 9.8% of South Africa’s gross Explore galleries and museums, cultural
sectors. The financial services sector domestic product (GDP) and accounts for precincts, attend signature events and
employed the largest number of skilled more than 71% of the Western Cape’s explore our top cultural venues.
individuals in 2015 (274 087) and the economic activity (Global Insight, 2016).
manufacturing sector employed the The City has a diversified economy, and www.capetown.gov.za/visit
largest number of semi-skilled and the three biggest sectors are: finance, www.investcapetown.com
unskilled individuals (111 213). insurance, property and business www.capetown.travel

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