Finance is South Africa's biggest sector, Agriculture third smallest

SHOOT: You can't eat money. This aberration is due to be reversed. In time, I know it's hard to believe, but agriculture - aka feeding ourselves - will become the #1 industry/activity. That will be a much changed world from the one we apparently live in today.

clipped from www.fin24.com Cape Town - The financial services sector's contribution to the country's GDP in 2008 was 22%, the manufacturing sector's 19%, while government itself added 15%. Last year mining provided 9.5% - its biggest contribution since 1989, when it delivered 9.9%. Agriculture kicked in 3.3%, making it the sector with the third-smallest contribution. The report also shows that Gauteng's contribution to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) measures no less than 34%, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 17% and the Western Cape with 14.5%.