SA dogged by rising debt and low growth.
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Yesterday, Statistics SA said the country's economic growth for all of 2019 stood at 0.2%, its lowest reading since the global financial crisis in 2009. According to Wits University economics lecturer Lumkile Mondi the economic downturn was caused by the construction and manufacturing sectors.
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