SONA 2025: Concerns over banking sector transformation in South Africa
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent State of the Nation Address fails to address critical concerns regarding the ...
South Africa Banks Seek New Scorecard on Apartheid-Redress Plans
A South African banking-lobby group wants the government to complete a review of a charter created to address inequalities ...
World Bank Lifts South Africa GDP Forecast on Energy, Logistics
The World Bank raised its economic-growth forecast for South Africa because of a sustained recovery in its energy and ...
SA Reserve Bank cuts interest rates by 0.25%
This comes after the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted for a 25BPS cut today, which translates to a 0. 25% cut in the repurchase rate (repo rate).
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On the trail of the elusive pangolin at a South African safari reserve
Photograph by Jonathan Gregson Working to ensure the mammal gets to amble through another few million years is Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Owned by the ...
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Ramaphosa meets with the Board of the SARB – Presidency
President Cyril Ramaphosa has today met with the Board of the South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Tshwane The meeting, which was attended by the Deputy ...
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Partnerships now vital to keep South Africa’s business wheels turning - RMB
“The South Africa Reserve Bank’s intervention in the bond markets last week for example helped improve liquidity and brought some stability to markets. Cutting the repo rate by 1% was also very ...
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‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ Takes Audiences Inside Harlem Salon
Taking place within the span of one day, the Tony Award-winning play follows the lives of five hair stylists and Jaja’s teenage daughter, and shows the struggles of being West African immigrant ...
BI Davos Diary Day 2: Donald Trump and AI have dominated conversations at the World Economic Forum
Tuesday saw the World Economic Forum in Davos begin in earnest. Not even a star turn from David Beckham could stop AI ...
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Reserve Bank heads to court, and DA disagrees with its own minister
Here’s what is happening in and affecting South Africa today: Reserve Bank wants Jooste’s data: The South African Reserve Bank has gone to court to obtain the data from phones and computers it ...
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Video of South African firefighters wrongly linked to LA fires | Fact check
A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a large group of people singing, dancing and holding South African flags in an airport baggage claim. "South African firefighters landed ...
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Inside South Africa's Illegal Gold Mine Siege: A Deadly Showdown
South African police launched a challenging operation at an illegal gold mine near Stilfontein, where a camera was used to investigate the depths for potential survivors or corpses. This follows a ...