Weak growth to weigh on South Africa's credit rating
The country has been fortunate to avoid being downgraded to junk status thus far, but its luck may be running out
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- Anaemic economy
- Fragile finance minister
- Could Gordhan go?
- Credibility challenge
- South Africa's strengths
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_350.jpg "South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 budget address (Reuters/Mike Hutchings)")