ISS 2030 Scenario updated: Eskom problems puts 2% cap on economic growth - for years

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Jakkie Cilliers, executive director of the Institute for Security Studies, updates his 2030 scenario first published early last year. Conditions have deteriorated in the last 18 months primarily as a result of electricity supply problems. Cilliers says this has put a cap of just 2% on economic growth until well into the next decade, bringing all kinds of unintended consequences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Aug 2015 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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