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Out of the grey, not yet in the clear: what EU delisting really means for South Africa | SA News

South Africa is clearing regulatory hurdles, but foreign investors are still deciding what that is worth.

From 29 January, the country will be removed from the European Union’s list of “high-risk third-country jurisdictions”, a move that marks a decisive step out of the greylisting era and lifts one of the most intrusive constraints on cross-border financial activity. Yet delisting does not guarantee capital inflows, nor does it erase deeper structural concerns.

The EU decision, published on 9 January 2026, follows South Africa’s removal in October 2025 from both the Financial Action Task Force’s greylist and the United Kingdom’s list of high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering…

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