On June 25, 2018, we published our revised national scale rating mapping tables and consequently placed our 'zaAA+/zaA-1+' national scale ratings on South Africa under criteria observation (UCO). The revisions included a recalibration of our South Africa national scale mapping table. Following our review, we are raising our long-term national scale rating to 'zaAAA' from 'zaAA+' and affirming the short-term rating at 'zaA-1+'. Our national scale ratings do not carry outlooks. On July 2, 2018, S&P Global Ratings raised its long-term national scale rating on South Africa to 'zaAAA' from 'zaAA+' and affirmed the short-term rating at 'zaA-1+'. At the same time, we removed the UCO designation from the ratings. Our global scale issuer and issue credit ratings on South