How will South Africa benefit from future UK government investment?

[diyhelp]

Theresa May recently announced that the UK government will be investing £4b across Africa once Brexit has been sorted. Even though the South African economy has recently slipped into recession (short term recession?),surely this investment must be positive for the housing market?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45325701

 

[FWL]

At best £4 billion would need to be focused in a specific area to make a difference to property prices. Africa, and in particular South Africa, is a massive economy and £4 billion hardly scratches the surface. Let’s not forget, South Africa also has a historic reputation for corruption - can the government really invest this level of money with total confidence?

 

[PostBrexitInvestor]

Be careful when investing in South Africa in the short term, Moody's have just slashed economic growth forecasts:-

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/moody-s-cuts-south-africa-2018-economic-growth-forecast-by-half