Standard & Poor’s said that it sees signs of change in the corporate lending landscape in South Africa, in a report published today, “Tough Conditions, Strong Potential: South African Corporate Credit Outlook.”
Companies from Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to China’s Huawei Technologies Co. scouring Europe for fiscally attractive shores are turning to an unlikely country:France.
In Davos this year, many of us were treated to a glimpse of the future through The Second Machine Age, a brilliant new book by two MIT professors. Erik Brynjolfsson and Andy McAfee admit they got the idea for the book after visiting the Google Campus where they were staggered by driverless cars that have … Read more
To us Senzo was a hero, and will always be a hero even in his death. Senzo, even though born from the loins and the girth of the Meyiwas, belonged to South Africa.
Communities affected by platinum mining find themselves caught up in the tensions created by unaccountable traditional leaders, the failure of the state to respond to pleas for intervention, and cavalier attitudes by mining companies, says the Institute for Security Studies
When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria’s leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focused on the multimillion-dollar “megachurches”
When new SARB boss Lesetja Kganyago left the CNBC Africa studio I felt comfortable that the country’s central bank – and its currency – are in good hands.
Absa’s Chris Gilmour assesses the surprise takeover offer for Blue Label which has gotten the company’s share price running – justifiably he reckons.
An extraordinary interview with an extraordinary result. Solidarity’s General Secretary Gideon du Plessis is calling enough on what he believes is crony capitalism of the highest order – and targeting Solly Bhana, one-time partner in the Aurora Gold Mine disaster. There is much in this interview that rankles. On the face of it anyway. Not … Read more
Meet Chris Duncan (right), the newly appointed manager of a five star hotel in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Chris is a typical South African male who has been transported to a very different world. A member of the Biznews community tipped us off to a blog he’s been writing since arriving in Africa’s most populous nation … Read more