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With the surge in natural disasters in the last decade, the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Lesetja Kganyago, has called on leaders in the Group of Twenty (G20) to bridge the gap in ...
Future Forex is transforming the way South Africans manage international payments – offering 30-50% lower fees than the banks ...
Parliament is set to hold public hearings on the South African Reserve Bank Amendment Bill, which aims to nationalise the central bank and make the State its sole shareholder.
“We recently wrote that the Sarb would likely drop the inflation target in the third quarter” to 3% – with a possible 1% plus ...
The United States’ decision to impose a 30% tariff on all South African exports from 1 August 2025 is more than just a shift in trade policy, it is a direct threat to South African jobs, export ...
Lesaka Technologies has announced the acquisition of Bank Zero for R1.1 billion, which it said will help it become a fully integrated fintech powerhouse in South Africa. Still subject to ...
The average forecast for consumer inflation during 2025 fell to 3.9% in the second-quarter survey from 4.4% in the previous ...
Officials also stressed the importance of central bank independence. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes ...
Treasury has not specified which projects the World Bank loan will fund, but says the financing plan includes an interest grace period.
South African Reserve Bank data earlier showed the country's money supply growth last month was at 6.86%, up from 6.12% in April. Credit growth for May came in at 4.98%, from 4.60% the previous month.
The South African rand was stable in early trade on Tuesday, before the release of a purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey for the local manufacturing sector and vehicle sales data.