SPECIAL SPECIAL FEATURE
SPECIAL SPECIAL FEATURE South African economy at a glance Insight into the performance of the South African economy is provided through these graphical Insight into representations the performance of key of the statistics. South African economy is provided through these graphical representations of key statistics. ZIMBABWE ZIMBABWE NAMIBIA NAMIBIA BOTSWANA BOTSWANA Limpopo Limpopo 0.9% 0.9% (7.1%) (7.1%) MOZAMBIQUE North North West West -3.6% (6.5%) Gauteng Mpumalanga 2.1% 2.7% (34.3%) (7.5%) SWAZI- LAND Northern Cape 2.8% (2.1%) Free State 1.8% (5%) LESOTHO KwaZulu- Natal 2.3% (16.1%) Western Cape Cape 2.0% 2.0% (13.6%) Eastern Cape 1.0% (7.6%) SA SA GDP: GDP: Percentage of of growth per per province (2014) and percentage contribution to to national GDP GDP (figures in in brackets). SOURCE: SOURCE: STATS STATS SA SA WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA PROVINCE PROVINCE CAPITAL CAPITAL PREMIER PREMIER POPULATION POPULATION (2015) (2015) AREA GRP BILLION RAND Phumulo Eastern Eastern Cape Cape Bhisho Bhisho 6916 916200 168 966km Masualle Masualle R289.9 Elias Elias Sekgobelo Sekgobelo Free Free State State Bloemfontein Bloemfontein 2817 817900 129 129 825km "Ace" "Ace" Magashule Magashule R189.1 Gauteng Gauteng Johannesburg Johannesburg David David Makhura Makhura 13 13 200 200 300 300 18 18 178km 178km 2 R1 R1 305.6 305.6 KwaZulu- KwaZulu- Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg Willies Willies Mchunu Mchunu 10 10 919 919 100 100 94 94 361km 361km Natal Natal 2 R610.1 R610.1 Stanley Limpopo Polokwane Stanley 5 726 800 125 754km Limpopo Polokwane Mathabatha 726 800 125 754km Mathabatha R271.5 R271.5 Mpumalanga Mbombela David Mabuza 4 283 900 76 495km Mpumalanga Mbombela David Mabuza 283 900 76 495km 2 R284.2 R284.2 Supra North West Mahikeng Supra 3 707 000 104 882km North West Mahikeng Mahumapelo 3 707 000 104 882km Mahumapelo R249.5 R249.5 Northern Cape Northern Cape Kimberley Kimberley Sylvia Lucas Sylvia Lucas 1 185 600 1 185 600 372 889km 372 889km 2 R79.9 R79.9 Western Cape Western Cape Cape Town Cape Town Helen Zille Helen Zille 6 200 100 6 200 100 129 462km 129 462km ² R518.1 R518.1 Snapshot of South Africa’s provinces Snapshot of South Africa’s provinces SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATION’S SOUTH AFRICA SURVEY 2016 AS REPORTED ON BUSINESSTECH.CO.ZA SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATION’S SOUTH AFRICA SURVEY 2016 AS REPORTED ON BUSINESSTECH.CO.ZA NORTH WEST BUSINESS 2017 NORTH WEST BUSINESS 2018 24 22
SPECIAL FEATURE How South Africa’s economy performed in 2015. * * PRELIMINARY RESULTS | SOURCE: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, 4TH QUARTER 2015 | WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA SECTOR LP MP GP NW KZN FS NC EC WC Agriculture 2.5 2.8 0.4 2.1 3.8 4.3 6.0 7.5 3.5 Mining 29.4 24.9 3.3 33.6 1.9 13.3 26.7 0.2 0.3 Manufacturing 2.5 11.5 13.5 4.4 15.8 8.5 2.1 12.2 11.8 Electricity 2.8 5.4 2.4 1.4 2.5 3.1 3.0 1.4 2.0 Construction 2.5 3.3 4.3 2.6 3.0 2.0 1.6 2.1 4.3 Wholesale 10.8 10.3 14.2 9.3 15.5 12.3 9.9 14.7 17.0 Transport 5.4 5.8 8.3 6.1 11.9 7.1 7.8 7.9 9.1 Finances 14.0 10.9 22.8 11.1 16.5 14.2 11.6 18.6 26.6 Personal Services Government Services 3.8 4.3 3.6 7.0 5.8 10.2 8.1 9.1 5.1 16.0 10.5 17.0 12.1 13.3 14.7 12.8 22.0 10.2 Taxes 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.0 Gross Domestic Product by province, percentage contribution. SOURCE: STATS SA WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA/?PAGE_ID=735&ID=1 23 NORTH WEST BUSINESS 2018
