Manufacturing production declined for a fifth consecutive month in October, figures from Stats SA revealed on Tuesday.

The October fall of 0.8% from the same month in 2018, cements a series of contractions not seen since the global recession, when, according to Stats SA, manufacturing shrank for 14 consecutive months between October 2008 and November 2009. ..

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