to south africa because jakob suma gone as president it's time to focus on the country struggling economy and turn it around. south africa's economy has taken a beating under president jacob zuma it has fallen into recession the country's bonds are rated junk and its political elite is no longer trust it and due to political mismanagement its second largest city cape town is running out of water fast growth has declined steadily from more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years one of the weakest rates for all of sub-saharan africa as the economy is really crushing at the moment stability is pretty difficult so you get a sense of. interest in addition for the bit say the country's hope is resting on this man's shoulders cyril ramaphosa is a former union leader who has become a wealthy businessman. since he was appointed head of the african national congress in december the country's currency is served by ten percent. during the time oh boy . when that ends. in a window which it wasn't about. that's a good sign that investors are banking on a change in s

well that's right brian and as we just heard from christine there is a lot to do there with jakob suma gone as president of south africa it is time to focus on the country's economy and hopefully turn it around africa is the only african nation included in the elite group of g. twenty industrial and to developing nations but its economy has fallen behind other emerging markets unemployment is at almost thirty percent its credit rating has tumbled to junk status and corruption is rampant now the country's hopes must success. south africa's economy has taken a beating on the president jacob zuma it has fallen into recession the country's bonds are rated junk and its political elite is no longer trusted and due to political mismanagement its second largest city cape town is running out of water fast growth has declined steadily from more than three percent seven years ago to less than two percent in recent years one of the weakest rates for all of sub-saharan africa as the economy is really pushing at the moment of stability is very difficult so your guess is that he can be just an effici