Zooming in on Manufacturing

SOUTH AFRICA - Report 11 Jun 2013 by Iraj Abedian

Executive SummaryA favorable performance of the South African manufacturing sector is indispensable for achieving robust and sustained domestic economic growth. This is evidenced by the fact that a poor performance of the domestic manufacturing sector largely contributed to a shocking Q1 2013 gross domestic growth outcome.Conditions within the South African manufacturing sector remain tentative: while a weak rand presents opportunities for boosting the competitiveness of South African manufacturing firms, a cocktail of factors ranging from a faltering global recovery to volatile industrial ...

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