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  • A Time TravellersGuide to our Next Ten YearsWritten and Presented By Dr Frans Cronje

    30 October 2015

  • SOUTH AFRICAS NEXT 10 YEARS: TRENDS, RISKS, SCENARIOS, AND SOLUTIONS

    Produced by the at the IRRSeptember 2015

  • SA lead indicator vs GDP growth 1960 today Lead indicator is a near perfect predictor of SAs GDP performance

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    LI GDP growth

  • Consumer spending and consumer confidenceConfidence has reached near record lows and will pull spend down pinning GDP growth to sub-2%

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    10.010.511.011.5

    Change HCE GDP growth CCI

  • The global context is more and more problematic Chinas slowing has significant implications for South Africas exports

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    A F R I C A

    N O R T H A M E R I C A

    C E N T R A L A N D S E A S I A ( I N D I A - M A L A Y S I A )

    SOUTH AFRICAS EXPORT MARKETS (RBN)

  • COMPOSITION OF EXPORTSSA exports heavily weighted to commodities. China takes 30% of all SA exports while accounting for 50%+ of global commodity consumption

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  • Chinas growth and trade with the worldChinas import and export volumes are expected to remain flat

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    China real GDP Import volume change

  • Chinas manufacturing PMIChinas PMI stalled by mid-2011 placing accuracy of historical growth numbers of 7% in doubt - but consumption/GDP to double over next decade

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    2000 2025USA

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    China's urbanmiddle class 47000000 472000000 318000000

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  • THE RAND AND CHANGING GDP MAKE UPThe outlook is for further currency weakness amidst declining manufacturing output

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    Structure of GDP

    AgricultureMiningManufacturingHS-Services

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    THE RAND

  • LEADING INDICATORSExpect low growth levels which will dampen inflation but expect i-rates to increase on global triggers

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  • TAXPAYERS AND GOVERNMENT FINANCESWeak economic growth will dampen tax base expansion as government finances come under further strain

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  • ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND INFRASTRUCTURE Electricity supply constraints are placing growth estimates of 3% of GDP in doubt

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    Available capacity Installed capacity (MW) Demand at 1% growth Demand at 3% growth

  • LABOUR MARKETSWe anticipate sustained high levels of joblessness centred around young people

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    GLOBAL YOUTH GLOBAL UNEMPLOYED

    YOUTH

    Global picture

  • INCOMES, ASSETS, AND THE MIDDLE CLASSThe risk is that middle class size is overstated with 12% spending over R10 000 a month

    African, 12040000

    White, 1380000African, 665000 White, 859000

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  • SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONDespite half of children now completing their school education quality remains very poor

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  • WELFARE AND SERVICE DELIVERYAlmost 60% of government expenditure takes the form of income redistribution to poor people

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  • PROTESTS AND SOCIAL ATTITUDESGrowing protest movement and major uptick in anti-government sentiment

    Government performs well?

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  • POLITICSAs protest levels pick up confidence in the ruling party falls

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    VOTES CAST AS % OF VOTING AG E POPULATION

    ANC DA Other Non-voters

  • SCENARIOS AND PROBABILITIESOn current trends a Toll Road/Rocky Road hybrid is the scenario of greatest probability

    NARROW ROADforced market

    friendly reforms

    TOLL ROADpolicy confusion amidst vibrant

    institutions

    ROCKY ROADsocialism amidst

    crumbling democratic institutions

    WIDE ROADpopular mandate

    for market reforms

    Market driven economic reform

    Governance with

    impunity

    Free open society

    Interventionist development state

    Road signs above the line:Labour market reforms

    Multipolar foreign policy Property rights protections from IP to landDisposal of state assets

    Empowerment reforms

    Road signs below the line:Stricter labour regulation Vociferous anti-West FPFurther erosion of protections for investment and innovation

    Growing political interference in private sector Extortion of private assets

  • LIKELY 10 YR REFORM PLAN RESULTS- 2024Policy reversals drive growth recovery as unemployment dives

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    Growth and unemployment

    Unemployment rate GDP growth

  • Frans Cronje:[email protected]

    Media desk: [email protected]

    Web:www.irr.org.za

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