SA economy almost 5% bigger than estimated, Stats SA finds

News24 Business29 October 2026 at 11:46

South Africa’s economy is 4.9% larger than previously estimated after the country’s statistics agency rebased the data series to update the way that it measures gross domestic product, and refined its estimates of unobserved economic activity, including illegal mining.

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