REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

1. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA Investor Presentation Presenter: Lungisa Fuzile | Director General, National Treasury | November 2011

2. Key highlights • Economy is recovering from Q2 slowdown, supported by: • Favourable market backdrop for Emerging Markets • Broadening in domestic demand • Steadily improving investment prospects • Accommodative monetary policy and counter-cyclical fiscal policy • Fiscal finances on a sound footing • Need for employment creation balanced with consolidation in expenditure • Redirecting expenditure from current to infrastructure • Debt and debt service ratios remain relatively low • Debt sustainability a priority • Borrowing requirement geared toward new growth path objectives • External vulnerability reduced • Current account deficit adequately financed • Sustainable long-term policy solutions to limit current account funding risks • Banking sector systemically sound

3. 1. South Africa Macro Backdrop

4. South Africa impacted by global developments IMF growth projections • Global growth forecasts revised down from 4.4% to 4.0% • Growth slowing in advanced economies • High debt levels and borrowing costs • High unemployment and weak housing markets • Banking sector problems • Brazil, China and India subject to inflationary and overheating pressures • Forecast for South Africa growth to remain steady through 2013 Source: SA National Treasury

5. Rebalancing of world demand • Structural shift in world demand underway as economic power shifts to Emerging Market economies • Emerging Markets share in South Africa’s export basket is rising: • Share of exports to advanced economies declined to 51% in 2011 (64% in 2007) • Exports to developing Asia increased to 27% in 2011 (15% in 2007) • Africa absorbed 17% of SA exports over the past year • Impact of slower growth in developed world on SA exports partially offset by stronger growth in Emerging Markets Emerging market household’s final consumption expenditure as % of world expenditure Source: World Bank Emerging Markets share of SA exports 1 1. GIIPS: Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain Source: The Department of Trade and Industry

6. 2. South Africa Economic Performance

7. The domestic economic outlook is positive but downside risks remain • GDP recovery expected over medium term, underpinned by: • Accommodative fiscal and monetary policies • Public sector capital formation • Improving private sector confidence • Inflation anchored within target band in the medium and longer term • Emerging Markets trade partner growth leading exports higher • GDP growth revised down amid elevated global risks • Slower developed market external demand growth to be countered by recovering domestic and EM demand momentum Strong demand from global trading partners for SA exports Source: SA National Treasury Macroeconomic growth forecasts, 2010 - 2014 Source: SA National Treasury

8. Hong Kong China Malaysia % of GDP Latvia Singapore Israel South Africa Hungary Ukraine Brazil India Russia Low debt ratios support demand • Household debt service cost is low in comparison to historical levels • Strong real wage gains have assisted households to deleverage • Confidence has been supported by the recovery in real disposable income growth • Relatively low debt ratios suggest scope for further growth in domestic demand Real disposable income growth and debt service ratio Source: SARB Private sector credit ratio - Emerging Markets comparisons 77.4% Source: World Bank

9. Healthy corporate profits supportive • Corporate profitability and employment prospects have improved in tandem with the economic recovery • Corporate balance sheets are healthy • Growth in capital imports has picked up • Real investment in productive capacity will foster higher economic activity Corporate profits1 and employment • Provided by gross operating surplus • Source: Stats SA Progress in fixed capital formation underway 1 • Nominal imports deflated by trade-weighted exchange rate • Source: Department of trade and Industry (DTI), SARB

10. 3. Public Finance

11. New growth cycle encourages fiscal consolidation • Fiscal discipline is critical to create scope for counter-cyclical policy • Public infrastructure programmes of more than R800bn will maintain economic stimulus • A stabilisation of non-interest spending and higher revenue reduces the primary budget deficit from -4.3% in 2009/10 to -0.5% of GDP in 2014/15 • Supportive fiscal policy matched with debt and spending management • Focus on changing the composition of spending and addressing inefficiency and waste Consolidated government fiscal framework, 2010/11 – 2014/15 Source: SA National Treasury Primary budget deficit to narrow significantly overthe medium term Source: SA National Treasury

12. Sustained infrastructure investment spending is critical • A rebalancing of expenditure towards investment, job creation and socio-economic priorities (education and health) • Focus on investment spending to increase productive capacity • Emphasis on economic infrastructure and network industries to reduce bottlenecks and lower the cost of doing business • Investment in electricity generation capacity for reliable energy to support faster growth • Transport infrastructure accounts for R226bn over the MTEF Public sector infrastructure expenditure over the MTEF Breakdown of Economic services expenditure Source: SA National Treasury

13. Public sector borrowing requirement set to moderate over medium term • The public sector borrowing requirement is projected to fall from 8.1% as a percentage of GDP in 2011/12 to 5.1% by 2014/15 • SOEs ability to collect internally generated funds has improved, putting less pressure on debt finance • The rising borrowing requirement of non-financial public enterprises is in line with the requirements of the New Growth Path • The main budget balance worsens on account of the automatic adjustment of revenue to the weaker economic environment. This should, however, be temporary Public sector borrowing requirement Forecast to decrease from 8.1% to 5.1% Source: SA National Treasury

14. Public debt sustainable over medium term • The counter-cyclical fiscal stance led to increased borrowing to meet expenditure commitments • Government Guarantees for SOEs have increased since 2008/09 to provide access to cost-effective borrowing • Net loan debt forecasted to peak at around 40% of GDP in 2014/15 • From 2013/14 onward, new government borrowing will finance investment spending to strengthen the country’s asset base Net loan debt stabilises at 40% of GDP 1. Forward estimates are based on National Treasury’s projections of exchange and inflation rates 2. Net loan debt is calculated with due account of the bank balances of the National Revenue Fund Source: SA National Treasury

15. Debt service costs stabilise • Debt service costs as a share of GDP is expected to stabilise by 2014/15 due to: • Moderation in spending growth • Recovery in tax revenue • Majority of debt service costs are denominated in local currency - as such reduced exposure to currency fluctuations Debt service cost as a % of revenue, expenditure and GDP Source: SA National Treasury

16. 18 15 12 % of GDP 9 6 2.43% 3 0 US UK Italy India China Brazil Japan Mexico Turkey France Canada Australia Germany South Africa Debt metrics highlight South Africa as relatively low risk • The government debt-to-GDP ratio remains low relative to that of the developed world and compares favourably to Emerging Markets peers • The budget framework endeavours to keep the debt-service ratio low to avoid crowding out other expenditure • South Africa’s debt service-to-GDP ratio also compares favourably to Developed Markets and Emerging Markets countries Gross debt-to-GDP comparison (2010) Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, September 2011 Debt service ratio comparison (2010) Source: Global Insight, SA National Treasury

17. 4. Monetary Policy

18. New Zealand South Africa Monetary policy fairly accommodative • South Africa’s repo rate, at 5.5% is at a 30-year low. These rates are seen to be appropriate to support the recovery and consistent with the inflation target • Despite the low policy rate, nominal rates are still well above the zero bound. As a result, policy makers have scope to provide further stimulus if necessary • Real rates are not at extremes in a global context, but are accommodative in a local context Nominal policy rates (%) 5.50% Source: Bloomberg Real policy rates (%) -0.20% Source: Bloomberg, Reuters Ecowin, RMB FICC Research

19. Muted core inflation affords accommodative policy • Currency appreciation and a deceleration in global price pressures dragged targeted inflation below the mid-point of the 3-6% target band during 2010/11 • Rising global commodity price inflation during 1H11 now evident in rising food and petrol inflation • Monetary policy reacts to the second-round effects on inflation of supply side shocks • Marginal temporary breach of the target expected between 4Q11 to 3Q12 • Core inflation is still well-contained and is forecast to remain relatively benign • Medium and longer term inflation still seen within the target range Core inflation is well-contained Source: Stats SA. Note: NAB = non-alcoholic beverages Monetary policy responsive to core inflation Source: SARB, Stats SA 19

20. 5. External Vulnerability

21. External vulnerability reduced by positive balance of payments position • Structural deficit remains the key contributor to the current account deficit • Net services and income payments to the world account for 90% of the current account deficit • Portfolio inflows continue to be the primary funding source of the current account deficit Structural account deficit Source: SARB Net capital inflows reduces balance of payments risks 1 1. Including unrecorded transactions Source: I-Net Bridge

22. South Africa is affected both directly and indirectly by the global turmoil • Uncertainty around the European sovereign debt crisis causes volatility in financial markets • Failure to resolve the debt crisis will result in global contagion • Direct impact on South Africa economy: • Downturn and weak revenue performance from global recession • Volatility of the exchange rate • Weaker global demand for South African exports • Global investment uncertainty • Volatility in commodity prices, including food and oil • Indirect impact of turmoil on South Africa economy: • Impact on equity-linked pensions funds • Turmoil and sovereign debt downgrades could impact international funding conditions for South Africa and SOEs

23. 6. Banking System Stability

24. Ample banking system liquidity • South African banking system has weathered the financial crisis well • Top four South African banks represent 85% of market share • Banks are comfortably exceeding the minimum capital adequacy requirements of 9.75% • The current banking sector Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets ratio is over 11%, exceeding the target Basel III requirements for 2018 • South Africa ranked 6th out of 139 countries in terms of soundness of banks (World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey) Capital adequacy Minimum capital adequacy requirements of 9.75% Source: company data Funding structure of SA banks Source: SARB, June 2010

25. Banking system remains systemically sound • Banks account for 33% of the total local primary market issuance over the last five years • Cost of bank funding in the local market increased during the crisis, but spreads have contracted significantly • Asset quality has seen significant improvements since 2010 Robust primary issuance volumes in the local capital markets Source: JSE

26. 7. Conclusion

27. Concluding thoughts The macroeconomic landscape has moderated, requiring continued policy accommodation Continued focus on economic transformation through: job creation, economic support package and expansion in infrastructure investment and spending on social developments Stimulatory fiscal and monetary policy are cushioning South Africa from the global slowdown, and employment should continue to expand Prudent fiscal management and automatic stabilisers ensure that the fiscal position should return to pre-crisis levels without requiring meaningful fiscal austerity Low debt to GDP levels are structural tailwinds and total external debt remains low and manageable The banking system remains on a sound footing