Public Protector u-turn on SARB challenge, still tackling Absa, Gigaba
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane considered legal advice and decided not to oppose the application…
Barclays Africa Group Articles
UPDATE: Excess demand sees Barclays increase sale to $2.9bn, 33.7% stake in Africa division
Barclays is increasing the size of the stake it’s selling in its South African…
Gigaba confirms SAA wrecking ball Myeni is out – OUTA welcomes the decision
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s confirmation that Dudu Myeni…
Shuter gets stuck in at MTN, shakes up roles to boost profit from cell data
Rob Shuter is just a few weeks into his new role as MTN’s Group…
Politics steals the show as CompCom names and shames ‘rogue currency traders’.
Rogue traders implicated in a currency collusion case have been named in an affidavit…
CompCom hits 17 banks (incl. Absa, Investec, Std Bank) for forex collusion. Seeks prosecution.
The Competition Commission referred a collusion case to the tribunal for prosecution against 17…
Bob Diamond confirms funding secured – poised to bid for control of Absa
Atlas Mara, the African investment vehicle of former Barclays boss Bob Diamond, has held…
Barclays Plc starts to attract rational investors; smart #EPL deal shows why
For the last 15 years, Barclays has used the global popularity of Premier League…
Fitch downgrades Barclays Africa as UK parent seeks buyer
Fitch downgraded Barclays Africa citing a lower likelihood of support from the bank's British…
Barclays sale of Absa: An abject lesson in the cost of overpaying – and not
Barclays' possible withdrawal from South Africa may turn out to be the economy’s biggest…
Falling Rand means Barclays to lose £400m on decade-long Absa investment
Barclays Plc is poised to lose around £400m of the £3.8bn capital it invested…