JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s central bank on Thursday (Friday in Manila) cut its 2016 growth forecast to zero percent, as the continent’s most advanced economy struggles with high unemployment, a severe drought and global uncertainty.
Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said the domestic outlook remained “extremely challenging” after GDP contracted by 1.2 percent in the first quarter of the year.
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