Seven per cent growth – what will it take?
Posted by Ronelle Burger on 2010-10-25
Two Stellenbosch professors, Stan du Plessis and Rudolf Gouws, assess South African growth prospects in a recent Business Day opinion piece. This article is partly a response to recent comments by Pravin Gordhan refering to a 7% growth rate.
The article is available on the Business Day webpage.
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