1.0South Africa Journalhttps://southafricajournal.comsjadminhttps://southafricajournal.com/author/sjadmin-s/South Africa slips into second recession in two years: Statistics Bureau - South Africa Journalrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xDE2fDpQN1"><a href="https://southafricajournal.com/south-africa-slips-into-second-recession-in-two-years-statistics-bureau/">South Africa slips into second recession in two years: Statistics Bureau</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricajournal.com/south-africa-slips-into-second-recession-in-two-years-statistics-bureau/embed/#?secret=xDE2fDpQN1" width="600" height="338" title="“South Africa slips into second recession in two years: Statistics Bureau” — South Africa Journal" data-secret="xDE2fDpQN1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> PRETORIA, South Africa slipped into recession in the final three months of 2019, the country's statistics bureau said, the second contraction to hit the economy in as many years.It is the third recession the continent's most industrialised economy has ...