The mining and non-mining economy I would now like to turn more directly to the second issue – that is the size and growth rates of the mining-related and non-mining-related parts of the economy. While for many decades, the ABS has published separate data on farm and non-farm GDP, it does not publish separate data for mining and non-mining GDP.
In addition, any surplus remaining at the end of the SARB’s financial year, after provisioning for bad debts; depreciation of assets, pension benefits for employees and the payment of the dividend to shareholders, one tenth (10%) is allocated to the reserves of the Bank and 90% to government. Private shareholders do, however, represent an additional layer in the governance framework of the SARB.