Meanwhile, in that summer of 2012, market and public perceptions of the redenomination risk were revised upwards and there was a growing concern that Greece will not be able to maintain its place in the eurozone.
The amnesty had as its four goals the broadening of the domestic tax base; provision of an opportunity to South Africans to regularise their affairs without fear of prosecution; provision of updated information to the South African Reserve Bank and the South African Revenue Service; and facilitation of repatriation of foreign assets to South Africa without fear of recrimination.