SOUTH AFRICA: ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY FACE KEY TESTS

   Wed, 24 February 2021

Ahead of a much-anticipated budget speech by South Africa’s finance minister, PANGEA-RISK outlines the vast range of challenges facing the country in 2021, including mass unemployment, rising crime rates, and a delayed coronavirus vaccine roll-out. Alongside economic recovery and debt reduction efforts, the coming months are likely to see a renewed focus on anti-corruption initiatives, as mounting evidence of abuses by public officials over the past year further erodes public trust in the ruling party.

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