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Speaking during a webcast on Thursday, sovereign ratings director Ravi Bhatia said that the recently announced financial support package for Eskom would act as a constraint on fiscal consolidation in South Africa and raise the country\u2019s overall debt burden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S&#038;P Global Ratings has warned that, while South Africa\u2019s State-owned electricity utility Eskom is currently considered too big to fail, it may well also be \u201ctoo big to support\u201d, owing to the costs associated with stabilising the group\u2019s finances. 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