Economics

South Africa Renews Business-Government Pact to Boost Growth

South African government buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.

Photographer: Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg

South Africa’s government and business leaders are rebooting their partnership with a renewed push to revive an economy that has underperformed for more than a decade.

“While we have achieved much, there is much that we need to do,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a statement Tuesday after meeting with ministers and business to start Phase Three of the compact formed in 2023.