Make-or-break year

04 January 2016 - 02:06
By Nivashni Nair, Leonie Wagner, Andile Ndlovu and Azizzar Mosupi

This year is going to be South Africa's make-or-break year as the country faces a series of hammer blows that will either set it on the road to success or undermine the gains of democracy. The following are the challenges that the country will have to deal with and overcome:THE ECONOMYThe economy will continue to experience headwinds on the back of power and water shortages, rising interest rates, protests and the impact of slowing Chinese economic growth, Scotiabank predicts.

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