Government financial reserves were nearly depleted, with a fifth of the national budget being spent on debt repayment, meaning that the extent of the promised Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) was scaled back, with none of the proposed nationalisation or job creation.
Cadangan keuangan pemerintah hampir habis dan seperlima anggaran nasional dihabiskan untuk bayar utang, artinya cakupan Program Rekonstruksi dan Pembangunan (RDP) yang dijanjikan harus disusutkan dan tidak ada nasionalisasi atau penciptaan lapangan kerja.