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EFF accuses Fitch Ratings of meddling in SA politics

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The EFF says that the recent Fitch Ratings’ suggestion of their preferred coalition outcomes is an example of how Western rating agencies have been meddling in South African politics in favour of capitalists.

The party said these agencies used their influential position in global financial markets to sway political outcomes to favour the capital and financial markets.

The red berets said this in a statement welcoming the AU’s Peer Review Mechanism’s (APRM’s) remarks on Fitch’s comments.

Fitch Ratings made the comments following the results of South Africa’s May 29 elections, where the ANC received 40.18% of the

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