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South Africa: Economy In Recession, Agriculture Takes Hardest Knock
allAfrica, 3 March 2020
New figures released by Statistics South Africa have shown that the country's economy shrank by 1,4% in the fourth quarter of 2019. Read more »
Poor Growth Sees South Africa Enter Third Recession Since 1994
New figures released by Statistics South Africa have shown that the country's economy shrank by 1,4% in the fourth quarter of 2019. This follows a contraction of 0.8% in the third quarter, which means that the economy was in recession for the last half of 2019.
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South Africa: GDP Down By 1.4 Percent
SAnews.gov.za, 3 March 2020
The South African Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has revealed, putting the country into a… Read more »
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South Africa: SA Economy in Recession After Shock Q4 Data, 2019 Growth Lowest in a Decade
Daily Maverick, 3 March 2020
It's official: South Africa ended 2019 mired in recession. Things have not been this bleak since the global financial crisis a decade ago, and since this data was recorded the… Read more »
InFocus
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South Africa is showing that, with its New Growth Path, it has learned the Great Recession's lesson ÂÂ in a way that America still has not, writes Joseph E. Stiglitz. Read more »
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Good news for South Africans is that the gross domestic product figures released by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke, shows an increase of 2,2%. However despite the rebound, ... Read more »
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According to Statistics South Africa, the country has entered a technical recession due to a fall-off in activity in the agriculture, transport, trade, government and manufacturing ... Read more »
