Stats SA published an important manufacturing survey earlier this month looking at capacity utilisation — the proportion of installed capacity arising from prior investment used by large industrial firms. If we consider a slightly historical view this publication reveals interesting insights.  

The main insight from a two-decade view of the publication challenges us to consider the “iron wall” erected in policy debates between industrial and social policy measures, and the important link between insufficient demand, employment and capacity utilisation.  ..

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