South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) has made important progress in tackling supply-side bottlenecks in the energy and logistics sectors. But, overall, our assessment is that the GNU’s successes have been concentrated on the fiscal front rather than on structural reforms. The announcement that the GNU will accelerate reform plans is welcome, although more is needed to lift weak productivity growth.
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