Mcebisi Jonas
A combination of external and internal factors will make the next few years difficult for South Africa to navigate.
The 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos highlighted a continued weak global economic outlook, rising global inequality and the emergence of populism and economic nationalism, illustrated by Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president. This brings a number of risks for emerging economies such as South Africa, which are highly dependent on external sources of capital and markets.