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South Africa: Election unlikely to spur reforms

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ANC is all-but certain to win this week’s election, but we’re sceptical that this will provide impetus to his sluggish reform drive. The ruling party will, after all, remain sharply divided. We expect that progress will be slow, and that will stay weak over the coming years.

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