The manufacturing sector is an important source of productivity growth and exports. Manufacturing firms are generally … in the South African manufacturing sector. We examine differences in the level and growth of productivity across … research into the factors driving productivity growth of manufacturing firms that will contribute to the evidence base of the …

broadly, we find total factor productivity (TFP) growth rates of between 1 and 2 per cent across industries, although we find … no TFP growth in the mining sector. We also find that the sector with the highest TFP growth - agriculture - achieved …