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Stats SA has announced that South Africa’s GDP contracted by 51% in the second quarter of 2020. The steep slump is due to the COVID19 lockdown taking its toll on the economy.

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Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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