Email

Oil prices, soft China growth pose risk to S.Africa GDP

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Rising global oil prices and slower growth in key trading partners China and India pose a risk to South Africa’s economic growth, Deputy Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said in parliament on Tuesday.

The domestic economy is struggling to recover from a recession in 2009, with the Treasury seeing growth of 2.7 percent in 2012 from 3.1 percent last year.

Related posts

New York City police investigate the death of a woman found on fire in subway car

Death toll in attack on Christmas market in Germany rises to 5 and more than 200 injured

US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown