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South Africa’s stimulus plan: Doing more with less

President Ramaphosa’s US$28bn infrastructure fund is mostly made up of already-committed public spending, and the economic effect will be limited. Lower-profile reforms to visa rules, mining regulation, and utility pricing, however, will all improve the business environment and encourage investment.

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