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Positive mindset is vital to get South Africa to move the dial | SA News

Thirty years ago, if you told someone you were optimistic about the future of South Africa, they would lecture you about being a ‘realist’. Well, now that we’re in the future, it’s time for this unrepentant optimist to engage in a little lecturing.

The reality of 2025 is that South Africa is today an upper middle income country. 

Our gross domestic product (GDP) has doubled in 20 years and is similar to that of Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia combined. Our national debt to GDP ratio is heading towards a manageable 75%. The richest nation on earth, conversely, is very good at dropping bombs but clearly hasn’t figured out how to pay for them as it heads towards a debt to GDP ratio of 125%.

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