South Africa: SA Economy Grows 1.1 Percent in 2025 but Manufacturing Keeps Falling

South Africa’s economic growth undershoots expectations

South Africa’s economy grew 1.1% in 2025, missing expectations and underscoring the challenges facing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration in tackling a long list of urgent tasks amid geopolitical shocks.Though expansion was the fastest in three years, Africa’s most industrialized economy has hardly grown in more than a decade, leaving it with crumbling infrastructure and the need to create jobs in a country where one in three are unemploy…

South Africa: SA Economy Grows 1.1 Percent in 2025 but Manufacturing Keeps Falling

Stats SA said on Tuesday the economy grew 0.4% in the last quarter of 2025, up 1.1% for the year. Eight of 10 manufacturing divisions contracted, and economists warn that Middle East oil prices could push petrol up by R4.