South Africa is a middle-income emerging market ... supports a relatively efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region, unstable electricity supplies retard growth.

Ivins-Downes said South Africa’s population had grown from just under 54 million in 2013 to nearly 62 million in 2023 according to Lightstone’s estimates which used the 2011 Census as the baseline.

Strengthening the asylum system is one of the key priorities in South Africa, where asylum-seekers are caught-up in a complex environment of mixed population flows. In January 2021, UNHCR launched a ...