{"id":85854,"date":"2026-02-27T18:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/south-africas-economic-growth-may-exceed-expectations"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:39:36","slug":"south-africas-economic-growth-may-exceed-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/south-africas-economic-growth-may-exceed-expectations","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;S Economic Growth may Exceed Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Mamokete Lijane, the Standard Bank Strategist for Global Markets says South Africa\u2019s economic growth could turn out to be materially stronger than widely expected as long-standing constraints ease and macroeconomic stability continues to improve, Moneyweb reported.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFixing the fiscus comes through a lag. But South Africa is en route to resetting growth and we might be underestimating how high growth is going to be,\u201d said the Strategist for Global Markets at Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking.<\/p>\n<p>Lijane was speaking during a panel discussion at the 2026 Standard Bank African Markets Conference in Cape Town, facilitated by Trudi Makhaya, senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group.<\/p>\n<p>Other participants were Solly Letsoalo, Chief Operating Officer at Transnet, and Rivoningo Mnisi, Group Executive for ESKOM Renewables.<\/p>\n<p>Lijane pointed to falling bond yields and improving conditions in South Africa as supporting factors for a potentially higher-than-expected growth rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we might be surprised,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eswatini<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Mamokete Lijane, the Standard Bank Strategist for Global Markets says South Africa\u2019s economic growth could turn out to be materially stronger than widely expected as long-standing constraints ease and macroeconomic stability continues to improve, Moneyweb reported. \u201cFixing the fiscus comes through a lag. But South Africa is en route to resetting growth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-85854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa&#039;S Economic Growth may Exceed Expectations - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Eswatini. 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