04/06/2020
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is mulling an offer by the BRICS New Development Bank to lend South Africa $1-billion to fight Covid-19 – though he generally doesn’t like borrowing.
04/03/2020
Johann Els, head of economic research at Old Mutual, said this could be in the form of a top-up pay to social grant recipients for few months.
04/03/2020
Given the unprecedented situation that we find ourselves in as country, it is imperative that we act swiftly to support our communities in any way that we can, particularly those with limited access to food and markets.
04/02/2020
In Africa, it is already disrupting millions of people’s livelihoods
04/02/2020
Scientists and leaders should find the reason for the initial luck.
04/02/2020
Africa has been less badly hit by the crisis so far than Europe and Asia, but the impact is projected to be huge.
04/01/2020
The Listing Division will continue to operate and relay communiqués to the market by email or through the SEM website.
04/01/2020
Mr Green concludes: “The coming months will be extremely tough for many individuals, businesses and sectors, but there are also glimmers of hope that economic recovery might arrive relatively soon.
04/01/2020
Identify stress points such as inadequate income and reset of return expectations from different assets
04/01/2020
Sustaining investor confidence, client retention and business survival should be the immediate priority for wealth managers in this coronavirus world.
04/01/2020
Through individual country and regional efforts, Standard Chartered has already donated US$1.85 million to COVID-19 relief efforts to date.
03/31/2020
The bank is also trying to identify companies that may wish to switch into or add anti-virus products to their output but haven’t indicated that they will do so at this stage.
03/31/2020
Viruses only replicate inside a living cell
03/31/2020
"Shareholders are advised that the outlook and guidance... are hereby withdrawn."
03/31/2020
The facility will be available through direct funding, lines of credit, guarantees, cross-currency swaps and other similar instruments, according to Afrexim.
03/30/2020
Sanlam's chief Human Resources executive Jeanett Modise confirmed that an employee based in Cape Town had died after being infected with the coronavirus.
03/30/2020
The COVID-19 crisis has been a catastrophic “Black Swan” event that caused an exogenous shock to global markets.
03/30/2020
For some organizations, near-term survival is the only agenda item.
03/29/2020
The number rose by 340 per cent in one week, with 75 persons testing positive in the week that just ended, analysis of official data shows.
03/29/2020
Wednesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced a dusk-to-dawn curfew (7pm-5am), effective Friday, March 26, exempting 13 groups of workers offering essential services.