JOHANNESBURG, July 3 (Reuters) - South Africa is "clearly looking at a negative figure" for GDP in 2009, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday.
Gordhan also said in an interview with private station Talk Radio 702 that the country's 3-6 percent inflation target band would remain in place. (Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa)
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