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South Africa's Recession

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by  |  on August 18th, 2009  |  0 comments

After nearly twenty recession-free years, South Africa’s economy just experienced its third quarter of negative growth. Still, given that South Africa was late to feel the global economic crunch and that the contractions have been somewhat modest compared to what some might have expected, hopefully South Africa will benefit from recovery soon. The country certainly already has enough economic issues to deal with, especially among its most vulnerable population.

 

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Derek Catsam
Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s, the Freedom Rides, and South African resistance politics in the 1980s. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He is also a lifelong sports fan, with the Boston Red Sox as his first true love. He was one of about three dozen people to write books about the 2004 World Champion Red Sox, and the result is Bleeding Red: A Red Sox Fan's Diary of the 2004 Season. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

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Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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