The South African government has turned to fiscal austerity in an effort to stabilise the public debt ratio and to keep investors on board, but this is likely to become harder to do post-election. While a lot depends on the form of coalition government that emerges, we think the introduction of distortive financial repression policies to aid the public finances will become a growing risk over the medium term.
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