The transport and mining industries were the key contributors to fourth quarter GDP growth
According to economists, the country’s fourth-quarter GDP numbers will have been buoyed by a winding down of power outages
The first quarter growth has put the country’s GDP at just above its pre-pandemic level
Other factors are inflation and interest rate hikes while load-shedding has affected key sectors
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‘The worst is yet to come,’ the IMF said about the global economy this week. But, for now at least, South Africa’s inflation looks to be subsiding
A deep downturn is unlikely, analysts say. But, if it does happen, another recession will be even more difficult to recover from
The economy is not producing work, with many young adults working outside their fields of study or considering leaving the country as a result
StatsSa has dubbed Q2 of 2020 the “pandemic quarter” as a result of hard Covid-19 lockdown that saw most sectors of the economy plummeting
Stats SA’s latest GDP figures show the country’s economy has shrunk 2% in the first quarter of 2020