Manufacturing and mining production numbers, which have been subdued in the past few months due to frequent load-shedding, will again be the focus this week.

Stats SA will on Thursday release mining and manufacturing production numbers for March. Both sets of data are expected to show that persistent power cuts continued to weigh heavily on the sectors, which are critical for the country’s economic wellbeing. ..

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