Business SARB keeps repo rate at 8.25% Cape Town — The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced the unanimous decision to keep... Read more 28 Mar
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Companies Welltec receives R100m investment from LACP Cape Town — Investment group, Legacy Africa Captial Partners (LACP) Fund 1 has announced a significant investment in Welltec,... Read more 16 Nov, 2023
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Companies African Bank announces acquisition of Sasfin Bank’s divisions Cape Town – African Bank has entered into binding heads of agreement with Sasfin to acquire their Capital Equipment Finance and... Read more 22 Oct, 2023
Business Finance minister places Habib Overseas Bank under curatorship Cape Town – Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has placed Habib Overseas Bank under curatorship with immediate effect “to... Read more 27 Mar, 2023
Arts and Leisure ‘I’m going through it myself’ – Cassper Nyovest reveals he is struggling financially Cape Town – South African rapper Cassper Nyovest recently caught a lot of heat for his tweets claiming that... Read more 25 Feb, 2023
World Norway’s wealth fund posts record loss of $164 billion Oslo – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Tuesday it recorded a loss of 1.637 trillion... Read more 31 Jan, 2023
Business Borrowing money isn’t always a bad thing – debt can be a sensible way to build wealth Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra Debt, in some form or another, is part of our financial profiles whether... Read more 2 Jan, 2023
Countries Tunisia union chief slams elections as pointless Tunis – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union chief took aim Saturday at legislative elections due later this month, claiming... Read more 4 Dec, 2022