Question

When conditions started to get better in south africa after the Great Depression

Answer 1

South Africa began to recover from the Great Depression in the mid‑1930s. By about 1933–34 economic conditions were improving and the recovery became clearer through 1935–37. The turnaround was driven mainly by rising gold export earnings (gold prices and demand held up better than other commodities), import‑substituting industrial growth, some stabilization of agricultural prices, and government policies (tariffs, fiscal measures). Increased global demand and pre‑war rearmament in the late 1930s consolidated the recovery so that by the end of the decade economic activity and employment were much better than during the worst Depression years.

If you’d like, I can give specific statistics (GDP, unemployment, gold exports) or explain the political consequences of the recovery in South Africa.