The chapter discusses the different roles of the economic state apparatus and their power in economic and trade policy. The National Treasury, the Presidency and the Department of Trade and Industries were shaped for more than a decade through personal relations. The chapter shows the changes and ...
Economic Overview South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange that is Africa’s largest and among the top 20 in the world. Economic growth has de...
CAPE TOWN, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's economic growth forecast has been revised down from 1.3 percent to 1.1 percent for 2024, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced Wednesday during the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement speech in the National Assembly in Cape Town, the country...
This is in line with South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP), “Vision 2030.” Which is the country’s unique response to Africa Agenda 2063, and the incorporation of the SDGs into their overall socio-economic development strategies. The NDP seeks to eradicate hunger and reduce ...
Whether South Africa likes it or not downgrades are important considerations of the international economy and it therefore, cannot wish away such analysis because it damages its reputation and image on the international stage. Amidst this crisis and the collapse of African Bank, the issue is why ...
Despite some of the structural and cyclical improvements mentioned, South Africa’s immediate-term growth outlook is still left wanting, with limited benefits from the above translating into real economic gains over the next six to 12 months. In 2024, real GDP growth is expected to come in arou...
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In April 1993, the Aspen Institute and the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) sponsored a conference in South Africa that brought together international economists and policy advisers and their South African counterparts. The papers in this book draw on that conference. ...
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But the relation between economic growth and the redistribution of income and wealth may be more complex than commonly realised. From the literature surrounding Olson's (1982) Rise and Decline of Nations, especially Brock & Magee (1984) and Magee et al (1989), it can be shown that ...