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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
[[File:CBD Melbourne.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Pretoria]] is one of the Cape's financial centres.]] | |||
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===Income, wealth, and poverty=== | ===Income, wealth, and poverty=== | ||
[[File:Maasvlakte, containeropslag foto1 2014-03-09 11.12.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Maasvlakte, containeropslag foto1 2014-03-09 11.12.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The [[Port of Cape Town]], a majority worker-owned enterprise and the 3rd busiest container port in the world.]] | ||
The Cape has an "above average" GDP per capita in [[Crona]], and ranks as one of the richest nations on the continent. A majority of this growth took place between the 1990s and the 2000s, with the welcoming of foreign direct investment and market reforms. The dissolution of the {{wp|megacorporations}} into worker-owned cooperatives distributed much wealth from state elites to the general public, forming the basis of a sizeable {{wp|middle class}} with above-average economic power. The Cape has an unemployment rate of 4.2%, with 72% of the adult population employed. Of these, approximately ~45% are employed within a cooperative. These efforts are supported by welfare measures designed to "raise the floor", funded by a steep {{wp|land value tax}}. | The Cape has an "above average" GDP per capita in [[Crona]], and ranks as one of the richest nations on the continent. A majority of this growth took place between the 1990s and the 2000s, with the welcoming of foreign direct investment and market reforms. The dissolution of the {{wp|megacorporations}} into worker-owned cooperatives distributed much wealth from state elites to the general public, forming the basis of a sizeable {{wp|middle class}} with above-average economic power. The Cape has an unemployment rate of 4.2%, with 72% of the adult population employed. Of these, approximately ~45% are employed within a cooperative. These efforts are supported by welfare measures designed to "raise the floor", funded by a steep {{wp|land value tax}}. | ||
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===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== | ||
[[File:Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The western span of the [[Atl I-Kalma Fixed Link]].]] | ||
As of 2021, personal transportation in the Cape remains dominated by the private automobile - operating on 1.9 million kms of public roadway. The [[Cape National Highway|National Highway System]]'s 3,126 kilometres of {{wp|controlled-access highways}} hold a near monopoly on interprovincial travel, although they are supplanted by a variety of provincially and municipally maintained freeways. The Capetian highway system connects to [[Etzil]] in the west through the second-longest {{wp|bridge-tunnel}} in the world, the [[Atl I-Kalma Fixed Link]]. | |||
The | The Fixed Link likewise connects to the country's growing freight and passenger rail network. [[Cape National Railways]] connects the bridge and major cities through a {{wp|higher-speed rail}} service as construction for the [[National Speed Service]], a proper {{wp|high-speed rail}} service, continues. The first section of which, Cape Town to Pretoria, is to open in 2028 while extensions to [[Cahokia]], [[Sao Suro]], and [[Jauhanesar]] are to open in the early 2030s. | ||
Urban and suburban public transit competes with the automobile for transportation in metropolitan areas. Provincially run {{wp|commuter rail}}, {{wp|s-train}}, and {{wp|regional rail}} services are prominent across the Cape. Urban {{wp|rapid transit}} systems, such as Cape Town’s [[KabosaRT]], Pretoria's Metro, and Novasar's busway network are likewise common. | |||
In 2020 there were 87 airports in the Cape, 11 of them being international. | In 2020 there were 87 airports in the Cape, 11 of them being international. | ||