Other impediments to growth are the high inflation rate and increasing interest rates, which are meant to quell inflation but are likely to discourage consumption.
The extent, duration and erratic schedule of load shedding has caused a lot of uncertainty among businesses and has led to the permanent closure of many company doors.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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