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South African Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan delivers the 2014 Budget speech at the South African Parliament, on February 26, 2014, in Cape Town. South Africa's government presented a restrained budget today which largely sticks to existing spending limits even though voters are clamouring for election-year spending. Meanwhile the state of South African public finances is under the spotlight of credit ratings agencies. AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH (Photo credit should read RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)

South African Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan delivers the 2014 Budget speech at the South African Parliament, on February 26, 2014, in Cape Town. South Africa's government presented a restrained budget today which largely sticks to existing spending limits even though voters are clamouring for election-year spending. Meanwhile the state of South African public finances is under the spotlight of credit ratings agencies. AFP PHOTO / RODGER BOSCH        (Photo credit should read RODGER BOSCH/AFP via Getty Images)