This Survey was prepared in the Economics Department by Jens-Christian Høj and Christine Lewis under the supervision of Andreas Wörgötter. The draft has benefited from valuable background research by Theresa Alton and Boipuso Modise, seconded from the South African National Treasury. Research assistance was provided by Corinne Chanteloup and secretarial assistance by Heloise Wickramanayake and Mercedes Burgos. The draft also benefited from valuable background research by Reinhard Schiel and Murray Leibbrandt from SALDRU at the University of Cape Town, Lawrence Edwards from the University of Cape Town, Neil Rankin from Stellenbosch University, Chris Darroll from SBP and Zavareh Rustomjee. Falilou Fall contributed to the finalisation of the draft for publication.The Economic Survey of South Africa was discussed by the Economic Development and Review Committee on 27 May 2015, with participation of representatives of the South African government and representatives of Brazil and the Czech Republic as lead speakers.This Survey is published under the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD.The previous Economic Survey of South Africa was issued in March 2013.