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Another crushing blow to South Africa | SA News

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 ·14 Apr 2026

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After raising South Africa’s economic forecast in its January outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is now expecting much worse for the country, thanks to the war in the Middle East.

The IMF has published its April 2026 World Economic Outlook report, which comes after global markets were shocked by the United States’ war against Iran at the end of February.

Prior to the outbreak of the conflict, the IMF had forecast South Africa’s GDP growth at 1.4% for 2026….

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team, the Springboks, winning the Rugby World Cup three times (1995, 2007, 2019).

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