# Global insurance company Coface says that without deep and sustained reforms, South Africa’s growth potential will remain permanently constrained. It forecast growth of 0.8-percent in 2025 and 1.3-percent in 2026. Coface economist for Africa, Aroni Chaudhuri, says South Africa has been hampered by two major structural constraints: the failure of the energy system and deep distortions in the labour market:
Economist says SA’s growth is hampered by structural problems in energy and employment [SOUND]
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