BUSINESS REFLECTION: Loaded for Bear: SA’s GDP and fiscal numbers get a lift from zama zamas
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GDP is the sum of all the goods and services produced in a country over a specific timeframe, and the bottom line is that those linked to zama zamas and other ‘informal’ economic actors have now been subjected to heightened scrutiny to d…
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