South Africa's economy bounced back strongly in the third quarter from a slump inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday.Gross domestic product (GDP) in Africa's second-largest economy expanded 13.5% quarter-on-quarter in July-September, "largely as a result of the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions," statistics agency StatSA said in a statement.The previous three months had brought a 16.6% contraction.In annualised terms, the statistics agency's preferred measure, third-quarter growth reached 66.1%, after falling back by 51.7% in April-June.To this day, South Africa accounts for the most coronavirus cases of any African country, with almost 820,000 confirmed infections out of 2.3 million.Leaders imposed a.