With the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank confirming that international economic developments are unlikely to be supportive of growth in countries such as South Africa, more and more attention is going to have to be given to reigniting domestic sources of growth. To open that cupboard, however, more needs to be done to boost investor confidence, reduce red tape, especially for small firms, and to deal decisively with other structural impediments, from policy uncertainty and energy shortages to the hostile labour climate.