People wait in line to cast their vote in Alexandra during the 2016 Local Government Elections. (Cornel van Heerden/Foto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images)
The governing ANC will only be able to demonstrate 0.6% annual growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for 2023 when it goes to the polls in May. Barring the pandemic and the global financial crisis of 2009, that’s the third-worst figure since apartheid ended 30 years ago.
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