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South Africa stopped growing in 2009 | SA News

Things are looking a lot brighter at the start of 2026 than they have in easily the past five years. Eskom is largely a solved problem (for now). Transnet is turning the corner, albeit painstakingly.

These network reforms by The Presidency (of which Eskom and Transnet, including the ports, are the two largest) are working.

The rand continues to strengthen against major currencies – particularly the US dollar as dollar weakness will no doubt be a theme for some time to come given some of the choices being made by the Trump administration.

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