SA needs to kick-start infrastructure upgrades and broader structural reforms to change the narrative from muddling along to thriving, an economist said following the latest economic transactions index (Beti) from the clearing house BankservAfrica.

This comes as the index fell for the sixth straight month in November amid a global economic downturn largely because of the war in Ukraine, and as domestic problems, such as load-shedding, continue...

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