FEBRUARY 2010 - Southern Africa - Is SADC's Free Trade Area Picking Up Sluggishly?

Blurb: Countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) appear to be dodging the implementation of some frameworks of the Free Trade Area (FTA), a grand intra-regional trade liberalization programme which, despite its far reaching broad ambitions, is progressing at a snail's pace. 

FEBRUARY 2010 - SA Sees Highest Decline In New Car Sales

Blurb: 2009 recorded the steepest annual percentage decline in new car sales in the history of South Africa’s car industry, slumping 25%, according to industry experts the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (NAAMSA). 

FEBRUARY 2010 - Zimbabwe - Financial Recovery Programme Unrealistic?

Leading Zimbabwean economists claim that the government's Short Term Economic Recovery Programme (STERP II) document may not be as realistic as assumed previously.

FEBRUARY 2010 - South Africa - Business Confidence Down On Recovery Worries

South Africa's business confidence index fell in December on concerns that an economic recovery from a recession will be weak, the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) noted recently.

FEBRUARY 2010 - South Africa - House Prices Increase

December 2009 saw an increase in house prices in South Africa, Africa’s biggest economy. The prices rose for a second month as the economy returned to growth, according to First National Bank, the country’s second largest lender. 

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