South Africa: Finance minister’s sacking will spook investors

The surprise removal of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene is a very worrying development. Mr. Nene was a rare advocate of fiscal discipline, and his sacking adds to a string of increasingly autocratic decisions by President Jacob Zuma. Further debt downgrades now seem more likely.

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