Fighting back against a world of worries

South Africa’s economy is under siege from a host of challenges both global and domestic — and many of them beyond the country’s control. How can a country thrive when dire unemployment is combined with electricity shortages and a worsening drought, and when everything from Chinese growth to commodity prices and vulnerability to Federal Reserve interest rate rises seem to be conspiring against it? In an interview with GlobalCapital, the National Treasury presents a more positive narrative: of resilience, transformation and the promise of progress. South Africa intends to realise its potential.