JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's manufacturing output fell 1.1% year on year in March after falling by a revised 5.6% in February, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.
Factory production rose 4.0% month on month in March, after falling by 1.3% in February.
The nation's electricity shortages and power outages have been blamed by many for hampering industrial production. State-owned Eskom is held responsible for much of the problem.
South Africa is responding to the shortages by more aggressively incorporating renewable energy into its supply mix.