Alarming rise in unsecured debt
Johannesburg – Payment holidays and successive repo rate reductions provided South African consumers significant relief in 2020, but for those reliant on unsecured... Read more.
Good old fashion investing still solid in changing times
Johannesburg – Creating a financially secure life can feel like a daunting task that requires the skills of expert mapmaker and a navigator. You need to figure... Read more.
A few tips on how to be ready for that rainy day
Johannesburg – We’ve all heard the expression “saving for a rainy day”, which suggests a future time of need that may never come. But the reality is... Read more.
A Zuma story: We’re a country of laws, not strongmen
Johannesburg – Victimisation is the folly of former president Jacob Zuma’s imagined universe, and the events of February 1 and all that surround them are... Read more.
Tardy provinces draw MPs’ ire for ill-prepared schools
Johannesburg – The KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape departments of education have drawn the ire of MPs for the slow pace of improving facilities and not being... Read more.
Sweeter deal for black sugarcane farmers
Johannesburg – South Africa’s competition authorities have given a lifeline to black sugarcane farmers after granting a variation to conditions imposed on... Read more.
MTN hauls GloCell to court over ‘pear-shaped’ 2013 contract
Johannesburg – Telecommunications group MTN is suing prepaid airtime distributing company GloCell for more than R170-million. MTN has roped in the services... Read more.
Lockdown has cost Sun International R2.2bn
Johannesburg – Sun International, one of Africa’s leading gaming and hospitality groups, has taken a hit of more than R2.2-billion in the first months of... Read more.
Spike in deaths highlights gravity second Covid wave has on families
Johannesburg – Data from the Department of Home Affairs has laid bare the destruction Covid-19, particularly the second wave, has had on families across the... Read more.
Blow for healthcare workers as AstraZeneca’s vaccine rollout halted
Johannesburg – Healthcare workers who are at the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 will have to wait longer before being vaccinated after the AstraZeneca... Read more.
