Headline: Tito Mboweni, governor of the South African Reserve Bank Source: Euromoney Date: September 2001 Author: Jonathan Brown After two years in the job, the South African Reserve Bank’s governor Tito Mboweni has earned the respect and admiration of his peers and market players. His biggest success has been in bringing inflation under control.
Like so many of its neighbours, South Africa could have been faced with internal strife, new social divisions and new forms of exploitation. That the new republic has come through its early years in pretty good health speaks volumes for those who took up the reins of power, and none more so than Tito Mboweni, governor of the South African Reserve Bank. When Mboweni took office in 1999, the outlook for South Africa was not encouraging. |