The ANC, as a preparatory school, was so effective that later in life, to be precise the time of the misunderstood announcement of his resignation, this led to the unsettling of financial markets. Few Finance Ministers can make that claim in their career. The ANC has always been willing to take a chance on its cadres - those willing to learn end up having a good story to tell. The markets bounced back after he explained that the resignation was a principle gesture, and that he was prepared to serve under the next president of the ANC.