MONEYWEB app instead? S&P leaves SA’s credit rating unchanged âWe’ve been given a breathing space…and I think it’s now very much in our hands to demonstrate that the commitments we’ve made to turn this economy around will begin to be realisedâ: Prof Raymond Parsons â NWU Business School. 20:00 NOMPU SIZIBA: The Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies both left their ratings positions on South Africa unchanged on Friday â both of whose ratings for South Africa are several notches down in junk status. The usual bugbears were flagged â those being the countryâs structural constraints, the need to get on top of fiscal sustainability issues, and the relatively slow vaccination rollout.