Johannesburg - South Africa's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.7% during the third quarter of 2013, Statistics SA (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.
The main contributors to the increase in the economic activity were mining and quarrying, with 0.6 of a percentage point, and finance, real estate and business services contributing 0.3 of a percentage point.
Wholesale, retail and motor trade; catering and accommodation, and transport, storage and communication each contributed 0.2 of a percent point.
The manufacturing industry recorded a negative contribution of -1.0 of a percentage point.
"Now you can see the impact of the strike in the manufacturing industry," Stats SA executive manager of national accounts Gerhardt Bouwer said.
"If that [contribution] could have been zero then we should have had a higher economic growth. It just shows what the impact is on the economy."