Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has warned of “reform drift” after the latest BLSA Reform Tracker showed that quarter-on-quarter momentum had turned negative for the first time since it started tracking South Africa’s reform agenda.
Developed and managed by research consultancy Krutham for BLSA, the index monitors 247 reform deliverables across economic, criminal justice and governance categories.
Covering the period from April to June, the tracker’s overall reform completion index fell to 71.5 from 71.7 in the previous quarter, while remaining 26% above the March 2024 baseline.
"This quarter is the first time we've seen more reforms lose ground than gain it," Mavuso said, highlighting a slowing in the pace of reform in the crucial areas of electricity and freight logistics in particular.
Besides delays to Eskom’s unbundling, the subject of a heated debate in recent weeks between Mavuso and Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati, the tracker highlighted several other areas where reform progress had “paused”.
