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1 year ago | December 8, 2022

 Nedbank still seeing ‘pent-up demand’ for credit

Moneyweb Interest income has remained robust for the 10-month period through to the end of October 2022, Nedbank noted ...

Ramaphosa’s fight for survival roils SA debt markets

Bloomberg An ongoing scandal that’s embroiled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is taking its toll on the bond ...

 SA needs to get back to basics

Fin24 South Africa is facing a political crisis with “dysfunctional, weak and retreating state ...

1 year ago | December 6, 2022

 Glencore agrees to pay R3 billion after corruption claims in DRC

Bloomberg Glencore agreed to pay the Democratic Republic of Congo $180 million to cover all claims arising from any ...

Paul Mashatile has a plan to fix SA’s struggling economy

Bloomberg A senior South African ruling party official who has his sights set on becoming the nation’s next deputy ...

1 year ago | December 2, 2022

‘Organised crime biggest threat to our economy’

Busi Mavuso Organised crime is fast emerging as the biggest threat to our economy. It is now more damaging than bad ...

Tracking technology to combat poaching, habitat loss

Tracking technology developed by the Allen Institute for AI, which is funded by the estate of Microsoft Corp.’s late ...

Moody’s cuts Ghana credit rating

Ghana was downgraded deeper into junk territory by Moody’s Investors Service on the likelihood that private creditors ...

Record power outages risk SA’s financial stability

South Africa’s central bank has raised concerns about the threat that an inadequate and unreliable power supply poses to ...

SA doesn’t have world’s worst unemployment rate anymore

South Africa’s official unemployment rate declined to 32,9 percent, the third highest on a global list of 82 countries ...

1 year ago | December 1, 2022

Cane growers mulls bid for Tongaat assets

News24.com Karl Gernetzky A consortium of cane growers that supplies Tongaat Hulett has expressed interest in acquiring ...

1 year ago | November 30, 2022

SA doesn’t have world’s worst unemployment rate ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s official unemployment rate declined to 32.9 percent, the third highest on a global list ...

1 year ago | November 25, 2022

Investing: Preparing for an unpredictable 2023

As investors near the end of one of the most turbulent years in history, we reflect on the rollercoaster that was 2022 ...

Key African nations set off on energy, emissions growth paths

African nations made clear at last week’s United Nations climate summit that the region would develop its fossil fuel ...

Beer sector integral to SA economy

A study on the impact of the beer sector in South Africa has determined that the industry, which has recovered to ...

Solar-powered water schemes help urban communities

Resources at scale are needed to provide communities in fragile settings with access to safe water, core to foster ...

Pep taps booming phone market

Africa’s largest clothing retailer is expanding rapidly in one of its newest segments — the sale of affordable mobile ...

Load shedding economy is the ‘new normal’

Every business I talk to is suffering from load shedding. It is simply not possible to run a modern economy without ...

1 year ago | November 18, 2022

The impossible job at Eskom that no one wants

Perhaps it was the flue gas duct of unit one at Kusile Power Station ripping away from the chimney that was the final ...

SA CEOs confident of business growth

Despite an anticipated recession South African CEOs are already mitigating against expected risks with hopes of shaping ...