Yesterday Moody’s Investors Service has said that in SA the investment intentions of both foreigners and the private sector have been affected by the political risk, though it remains low.

Moody’s senior vice-president Kristin Lindow has concerned that the some of the populist demands from some quarters of the African National Congress (ANC) which could become policy and is the rising concerns. He told this in a conference organised by the rating agency.

The South African Ministry of Mineral Resources has said that in the absence of a Kimberley consensus, the country will accept rough stones from Zimbawe’s controversial Marange field. This came as a major blow to the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.