{"id":105481,"date":"2017-11-25T00:11:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T22:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-brief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lowered-on-weakening-economic-fiscal-trajectory\/"},"modified":"2017-11-25T00:11:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T22:11:41","slug":"sa-news-brief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lowered-on-weakening-economic-fiscal-trajectory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-brief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lowered-on-weakening-economic-fiscal-trajectory\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: BRIEF-S&amp;P says South Africa ratings lowered on weakening economic, fiscal trajectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.reuters.com%2farticle%2fbrief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lower%2fbrief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lowered-on-weakening-economic-fiscal-trajectory-idUSFWN1NU0H0%3ffeedType%3dRSS%26virtualBrandChannel%3d11563&#038;c=17985751496991567830&#038;mkt=en-us\">BRIEF-S&#038;P says South Africa ratings lowered on weakening economic, fiscal trajectory<\/a>: * S&#038;P lowers South Africa\u2019s sovereign credit rating to BB from BB+; raises outlook to stable from negative * S&#038;P says weak GDP growth has led to further deterioration of South Africa\u2019s public finances beyond previous expectations * S&#038;P says also &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.reuters.com%2farticle%2fbrief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lower%2fbrief-sp-says-south-africa-ratings-lowered-on-weakening-economic-fiscal-trajectory-idUSFWN1NU0H0%3ffeedType%3dRSS%26virtualBrandChannel%3d11563&#038;c=17985751496991567830&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fcnews.canoe.com%2fCNEWS%2fWorld%2f2017%2f11%2f24%2f22767109.html&#038;c=6761605117686144922&#038;mkt=en-us\">\u2018JUSTICE FOR REEVA\u2019: Killer Oscar Pistorius sees sentence doubled by South African Supreme Court<\/a>: SOMERSET WEST, South Africa \u2014 Oscar Pistorius\u2019 prison sentence was more than doubled to 13 years and five months on Friday, a surprisingly dramatic intervention by South Africa\u2019s Supreme Court of Appeal in the Olympic athlete\u2019s fate after the &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fcnews.canoe.com%2fCNEWS%2fWorld%2f2017%2f11%2f24%2f22767109.html&#038;c=6761605117686144922&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2faf.reuters.com%2farticle%2fcommoditiesNews%2fidAFFWN1NU0H1&#038;c=4573032814572688865&#038;mkt=en-us\">BRIEF-\u200dMoody&#8217;s places South Africa&#8217;s BAA3 ratings on review for downgrade<\/a>: * \u200dMoody\u2019s says South Africa\u2018s growth prospects are weaker &#038; material budgetary revenue shortfalls have emerged alongside increased spending pressures * Moody\u2019s says decision to place rating on review led by developments suggesting South Africa &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2faf.reuters.com%2farticle%2fcommoditiesNews%2fidAFFWN1NU0H1&#038;c=4573032814572688865&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thejournal.ie%2foscar-pistorius-sentenced-13-years-3714223-Nov2017%2f&#038;c=425113053115611197&#038;mkt=en-us\">Oscar Pistorius sentence increased to 13 years and five months<\/a>: This was increased today. At the previous court hearing, the court heard that a murder conviction in South Africa usually has a minimum sentence of 15 years. However, mitigating factors \u2013 time already spent in prison, the fact that this is Pistorius\u2019s &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.thejournal.ie%2foscar-pistorius-sentenced-13-years-3714223-Nov2017%2f&#038;c=425113053115611197&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dongfengraceteam.cn%2fnews%2fview%2fdongfeng-finishes-in-a-good-second-place-into-cape-town-after-an-epic-voyag&#038;c=3559151195296044744&#038;mkt=en-us\">Dongfeng finishes in \u201ca good second place\u201d into Cape Town<\/a>: Dongfeng Race Team reached South Africa this evening in second place at the end of an epic Volvo Ocean Race Leg 2 that sees the red and white Chinese boat now sitting in third place overall on the leaderboard. Dongfeng Race Team reached South Africa this &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.dongfengraceteam.cn%2fnews%2fview%2fdongfeng-finishes-in-a-good-second-place-into-cape-town-after-an-epic-voyag&#038;c=3559151195296044744&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fbusiness-report%2fsa-drops-six-places-in-world-banks-investor-friendly-rankings-12137875&#038;c=3440130045563338851&#038;mkt=en-us\">SA drops six places in World Bank&#8217;s investor-friendly rankings<\/a>: JOHANNESBURG &#8211; Corruption, a weakening rand, credit downgrades and political turmoil have cost South Africa six places in investor-friendly rankings, according to the World Bank Doing Business Report 2018. The report has ranked South Africa the 82nd most &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.iol.co.za%2fbusiness-report%2fsa-drops-six-places-in-world-banks-investor-friendly-rankings-12137875&#038;c=3440130045563338851&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cnbcafrica.com%2fnews%2fsouthern-africa%2f2017%2f11%2f23%2ffitch-ratings-affirms-south-africas-ratings-keeps-outlook-stable%2f&#038;c=3127586615003761208&#038;mkt=en-us\">Fitch Ratings affirms South Africa\u2019s ratings, keeps outlook stable<\/a>: Fitch Ratings has affirmed South Africa\u2019s long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at \u2018BB+\u2019 and maintained the stable outlook. Photo: Flickr Government has noted Fitch\u2019s decision not to further downgrade South Africa deeper into \u2018junk &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=9FA5C4BB04A74509A2E1C96618BC3229&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cnbcafrica.com%2fnews%2fsouthern-africa%2f2017%2f11%2f23%2ffitch-ratings-affirms-south-africas-ratings-keeps-outlook-stable%2f&#038;c=3127586615003761208&#038;mkt=en-us\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRIEF-S&#038;P says South Africa ratings lowered on weakening economic, fiscal trajectory: * S&#038;P lowers South Africa\u2019s sovereign credit rating to BB from BB+; raises outlook to stable from negative * S&#038;P says weak GDP growth has led to further deterioration of South Africa\u2019s public finances beyond previous expectations * S&#038;P says also &#8230; Source: &#8220;South [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[428,28339,7477,21564,10615,830,9243,3687,3576,28341,28340],"class_list":{"0":"post-105481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-briefsp","9":"tag-economic","10":"tag-fiscal","11":"tag-lowered","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ratings","14":"tag-says","15":"tag-south","16":"tag-trajectory","17":"tag-weakening","18":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}