Q1 GDP figures released today showing that economic growth in South Africa plummeted to 1.3% quarter on quarter at a seasonally adjusted annualised rate are very bad news. Several temporary factors ought to have boosted growth in Q1, and the poor outturn highlights the underlying weakness of Sub-Saharan Africa’s most advanced economy.
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