The decline of the South African economy South Africas leading economists adopt within this volume a sectoral approach in their analysis of the drastic changes that have occurred within the South African economy since 1970. The book illustrates how despite its sophisticated infrastructure the South African economy has shared in the economic decline resulting from misguided economic policies that has been the experience of Sub Saharan Africa 1. Introduction Stuart Jones 2. Economic survey 1970 2000 Gavin Maasdorp 3. Macroeconomic policy 1970 2000 P.D.F. Strydom 4. Agriculture 1970 2000 Nick Vink and Stefan Schirmer 5. The mining sector 1970 2000. I The years of turbulence 1970 2000 Stuart Jones. II Transformation in the 1990s Stuart Jones and Roger Baxter 6. The manufacturing industry 1970 2000 Trevor Bell and Nkosi Madula 7. The freight transport sector 1970 2000 Trevor Jones 8. The financial sector 1970 2000 Stuart Jones 9. External trade 1970 2000 Stuart Jones 10. Balance of payments 1970 1999 Philip Mohr 11. The situation in 2000 Stuart Jones