Table of Contents

Introduction – Stuart Jones
PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE PERIOD
1. Overview of the economy – Philip Mohr
PART II: ECONOMY
2. Agriculture – Nick Vink
3. Mining – Stuart Jones
4. Manufacturing – Colin McCarthy
5. Motor vehicle industry – Anthony Black
6. Chemical industry with particular reference to Sasol – Grietjie Verhoef
7. Electricity – Anton Eberhard
8. Transport – Trevor Jones
9. Banking – Stuart Jones
10. Insurance and retirement industry – Robert W. Vivian
11. Stock exchange and capital markets – Stuart Jones
12. Information technology – Stuart Jones
13. Retail sector – Stuart Jones
14. Tourism industry – Gillian Saunders
15. Public sector-state incapacity – Elsabe Loots
16. External trade – Stuart Jones
17. South African balance of payments – Philip Mohr
PART III: POLICY
18. Demographic change – Charles Simkins
19. Fiscal policy – Estian Calitz and Krige Siebrits
20. Monetary policy – Roger Gidlow
21. Trade policy – Stuart Jones
22. Agricultural and land policy – Nick Vink and Ruth Hall
23. Mineral and energy policy – Stuart Jones
24. Environmental policy – Anthony Lumby
25. Black economic empowerment – Philip Black, Rachel Jafta and Rulof Burger
26. Competition policy – Stuart Jones
27. Labour policy – Frans Barker
28. Dialogue on policy between government, labour and business – Raymond Parsons
PART IV
Conclusions – Stuart Jones
Index

About the Author

Stuart Jones is Professor, School of Economic and Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa