Economist lambasted Stats SA for using unrealistic method to portray GDP data for the second quarter

SAfm — The current decline of Growth Domestic Product (GDP) is at 17.1% instead of the 51% proclaimed by Stats SA. That's according to an economist, Dr. Roelof Botha, who is an economic advisor at Optimum Investment Group. Botha has lambasted Stats SA and says the figure given by Stats SA is woefully misleading, and is not reflective of the state of the economy at all. He spokes to us.