(Source: Department of Government Communication & Information System - Republic of South Africa) 24 Feb 2015 Ministers and Deputy Ministers Directors-General Members of the Media Ladies and gentlemen Good Morning You will be aware that South Africa's biggest economic challenge is that our economy has not grown fast enough, for long enough. When we had growth of over 5% in the mid-2000s, it was driven by financial services and commodity exports. In addition to these structural challenges, South Africa, as a middle-income Developing Country, also faces a host of constraints to growth such as (i) electricity challenges; (ii) inadequate economic infrastructure in general; (iii) unwieldy...
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