•  The process of gradually removing exchange controls will be completed, and South Africa will become even more integrated in the world economy. •  South Africa’s leading economic role in Southern Africa will be firmly established through SADC, and will gradually expand beyond the Southern Africa region.
It must be expected that the path of economic development in South Africa over the next five years will not be a smooth one. The structural economic reforms, further integration in the world economy, and the continuing socio-political reforms in the country will all at times have a destabilising effect on the domestic economy.