South African economy stalls under ANC rule
5 March 2024
StatsSA confirmed that South Africa barely skirted a technical recession. At 0.1% growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, our economy is at a standstill, and South Africans are becoming poorer. The status quo will prevail as long as the ANC remains in power.
In February, Treasury National Budget estimated a growth rate of 0.8% for 2023. Its projection, even though low and uninspiring, was evidently overly optimistic. This means that expected revenue, already revised downward, remains overstated and even less money will be available for crucial expenditure on service delivery and social support.
Our economy will not grow at the projected 1.4% over the medium term, given the multitude of crises that beset every facet of the South African experience.
Crime and corruption, industrial scale mismanagement, an inefficient public procurement framework, the energy crisis, and deployed cadres have crippled our economy.