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Everything here was gathered for these categories:
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Survivable, but you pay for it in margin, rework or returns.
No single language reaches half of South Africa. The widest is English at 31%, then Zulu at 24% and Xhosa at 18%. 11 languages hold official status nationally or in at least one region.
Which language leads on the pack decides how much of the market can read what it is buying.
South Africa proposes that a new technical regulation take effect a median of 278 days — about 9 months — after it is filed with the WTO, across 32 filings carrying both dates, 2009–2026. A proposed date is not a guarantee: drafts are amended, delayed and withdrawn.
It is the planning horizon a brand actually gets between a rule appearing and having to comply with it.
Not fatal. Enough to make a launch feel harder than it should.
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