There is speculation and denial about an IMF bailout for SA. 

Peter Attard Montalto says: “Thinking through an IMF bailout programme, and especially the negotiations that would occur, is useful. It would expose the hard, unavoidable choices very starkly, laid out to the government in scenarios with numbers.” (Pityana’s Busa Letter Shows Despair Can be Useful in Shaking up Status Quo (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/columnists/2019-08-12-peter-attard-montalto-sipho-pityanas-busa-letter-shows-despair-can-be-useful/), August 12). ..

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