South African GDP growth slumps in Q3

The South African economy slumped in Q3 to record its slowest quarterly pace of growth since 2009, and the outlook for the coming quarters remains lacklustre. To compound matters, the weakness of the rand means that monetary policy may even need to be tightened.

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