South African economy picked up in Q2

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Source: Bloomberg
South African economy picked up in the second quarter, with quarterly GDP growth at 3.2 per cent from 2.7 per cent in the first quarter of this year. The growth of continent's largest economy picked up the pace, as nation's mining sector soared in the second quarter. Mining grew an annualized 31.2 per cent between April and June, after erasing 16.8 per cent in the first quarter.
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