Brace yourself for higher interest rates to 2020 – Reserve Bank
The South African Reserve Bank sees higher interest rates in the next two years to help contain accelerating inflation.
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Michael Jordaan’s Bank Zero starts trials, eyes mid-2019 launch
Michael Jordaan announced on Tuesday that his new bank startup, ‘Bank Zero’, has entered a phase of alpha testing after being registered as a mutual bank with SARB.
Bleeding continues for KPMG as it’s set to lose Nedbank
Major corporates continue to distance themselves from KPMG SA as Nedbank has now announced that it plans to ditch the auditing firm.
Investment summit report card: SA must listen to Jack Ma – Azar Jammine
Azar Jammine says following the three Es mentioned by Jack Ma is essential if South Africa wants more than temporary improvements.
Ramaphosa’s Investment Summit – more than just The Greatest Showman
Astute journalist Ferial Haffajee, compares Cyril Ramaphosa to an emperor, enthroned as he was on a white chair as global billionaires sang his praises and pledged solid cash investments in the newest version of South Africa.
Naspers heeds Ramaphosa investment call, injects R4.6bn in SA
Africa’s biggest company by market value will put R1.4 billion toward local start ups, with the balance going to Naspers.
SA economic outlook; when numbers give way to faith
The Moody’s of the world don’t list faith very high in their assessment criteria. They want hard turnaround numbers – or at least evidence of a strong positive trend.
Here’s what investors REALLY care about: land reform – budget analysis
South Africa is hoping investors will look past Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s bleak mid-term budget as the country seeks to woo $100 billion into its economy.
SA’s fiscal situation could be better than we think – Jammine
In the first five months of the 2018/19 fiscal year, government revenue has held up remarkably well, despite feeble growth.
Path to prosperity: Ramaphosa, please give up on land grab push – IRR
Terence Corrigan of the Institute of Race Relations outlines how Ramaphosa could herald a real New Dawn at the conference, firstly by pulling back from the land expropriation path that would entail constitutional amendments.