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Infrastructure & Utilities

Africa Finance Corporation hits record $1bn revenue with landmark projects

9 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters. Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Taxation & Regulation

VAT increase versus spending cuts: South Africa’s budget dilemma explained

28 Feb 2025

The business case for ESG in hard times

ESG & Sustainability

The business case for ESG in hard times

Kristina Gubic, Issued by ESG Africa Conference 20 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Economy

Kenya begins national debt audit, finance minister says

Duncan Miriri 16 Sep 2024

Source: Supplied. Wikimedia Commons

Finance

Africa needs its own credit rating agency: here's how it could work

Misheck Mutize 27 Jun 2023

ESG investor demands in the mining sector continue to rise

Sustainability

ESG investor demands in the mining sector continue to rise

Susie Davies, Jo Hewitt, Isabel Carty 8 Feb 2023

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Economy

Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 20 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Economy

SA finance minister: Ramaphosa should stay in job, macro framework remains

Alexander Winning 2 Dec 2022

Markets & Investment

Could the Ukraine invasion spark a global financial crisis?

Nasir Aminu 7 Mar 2022

Source: ©Franco Volpato

Economy

Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Carmen Nel, economist and macro strategist, Matrix Fund Managers

Economy

The real impact of the unrest on SA's economy

Carmen Nel 27 Jul 2021

Gibs South Africa's Economic Outlook Conference: Charting the Road to Recovery hosted by Prof Saville

Higher Education

Gibs South Africa's Economic Outlook Conference: Charting the Road to Recovery hosted by Prof Saville

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 2 Jul 2021

South African bank notes featuring an image of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at an office in Johannesburg, file.Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Economy

South African rand extends gains as rating agencies maintain outlook

Promit Mukherjee 24 May 2021

Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times

SMEs

Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times

Cecil Ramonotsi 6 Apr 2021

#BudgetSpeech2021: Tax relief, further fiscal consolidation welcomed

Markets & Investment

#BudgetSpeech2021: Tax relief, further fiscal consolidation welcomed

Dr Andrew Golding 25 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: The platform isn't going to matter

Trends

#BizTrends2021: The platform isn't going to matter

Richard Lord 6 Jan 2021

The forex roller coaster rider isn't over yet

Markets & Investment

The forex roller coaster rider isn't over yet

Daniel Kibel 3 Dec 2020

Economy

Ratings agencies not convinced about SA's economic recovery plan - expect further downgrades

Paul Marais 27 Nov 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni

Markets & Investment

SA moves further into junk status

23 Nov 2020

The street market at Mont-Bouët in Libreville, Gabon. The country was one of 10 on the continent downgraded this year. Getty Images

Economy

Why downgrading countries in a time of crisis is an exceptionally bad idea

Misheck Mutize 4 May 2020

Economy

No quick economic bounce back: SA needs a long-term growth plan

23 Apr 2020

Markets & Investment

Finding investment opportunities among the many Covid-19 risks

14 Apr 2020

Markets & Investment

Uncertainty is the enemy - SA downgraded to junk status

Shawn Phillips 3 Apr 2020

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

Community

What does life after lockdown look like for business?

3 Apr 2020

Moody's downgrade hits as lockdown begins

Markets & Investment

Moody's downgrade hits as lockdown begins

30 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Budget Speech

Of wishlists and tax incentives

Elizabeth Lombaard 24 Feb 2020

Ethiopia’s economic growth hovered between 8%-11% for over 10 years but its sovereign credit rating has not been upgraded Shutterstock

Markets & Investment

African countries aren't borrowing too much: they're paying too much for debt

Misheck Mutize 20 Feb 2020

#Sona20: We're talking in the right direction, but actions speak louder than words

Markets & Investment

#Sona20: We're talking in the right direction, but actions speak louder than words

Carl Coetzee 14 Feb 2020

Moody’s, the only rating agency that keeps South Africa above junk, is scheduled to review its credit rating in November 2019. Shutterstock

Markets & Investment

South Africa close to 'junk status' from all three rating agencies. What would follow?

Misheck Mutize & Sean Gossel 23 Aug 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Corporate & Commercial Law

The objective of due diligence is to entrench value

Lerato Thekiso 9 Jul 2019

Rating agencies have been at the centre of major financial crises. Shutterstock

Markets & Investment

Why credit rating agencies are still getting away with bad behaviour

Misheck Mutize 24 Jun 2019

South Africa has seen a steady rise in the number of protests Shutterstock

Markets & Investment

Ramaphosa's critical choices to get South Africa back on track

Sean Gossel 14 Jun 2019

Election results set to boost commercial property prices, lower yields

Retail & Hospitality Property

Election results set to boost commercial property prices, lower yields

John Jack 16 May 2019

The biggest threat to SA's economy, business and supply chains

Supply Chain

The biggest threat to SA's economy, business and supply chains

5 Apr 2019

Moody's blues could hit SA

Markets & Investment

Moody's blues could hit SA

29 Mar 2019

Papering over the cracks

Budget Speech

Papering over the cracks

22 Feb 2019

South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni preparing to deliver the budget. EPA-EFE/Elmond Jiyane

Budget Speech

South Africa's budget was missing ideas from the left. Why this isn't a good thing

Steven Friedman 22 Feb 2019

#BudgetSpeech2019: No quick fix for SA's Budget, but there's some hope

Markets & Investment

#BudgetSpeech2019: No quick fix for SA's Budget, but there's some hope

Dr Andrew Golding 21 Feb 2019

Craig Pheiffer, chief investment strategist at Absa Stockbrokers and Portfolio Management

Budget Speech

#BudgetSpeech2019: Hoping for a great escape

Craig Pheiffer 18 Feb 2019

Can SA solve its energy crisis?

Energy

Can SA solve its energy crisis?

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 28 Jan 2019

Bianca Botes, corporate treasury manager at Peregrine Treasury Solutions

Markets & Investment

Another rollercoaster ride for the rand in 2019

Bianca Botes 9 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Will 2019 be the turnaround for the economy and property market?

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Will 2019 be the turnaround for the economy and property market?

Samuel Seeff 9 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Residential market in for an interesting time

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Residential market in for an interesting time

Berry Everitt 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends 2019: Land reform - the year that was, as we look ahead to 2019

Trends

#BizTrends 2019: Land reform - the year that was, as we look ahead to 2019

Peter Setou 7 Jan 2019

Energy

No leave for Eskom managers till load shedding is sorted

6 Dec 2018

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Photo: Sebastiao Moreira

Markets & Investment

Why Ramaphosa's "new dawn" will break slowly for South Africa's finances

Seán Mfundza Muller 22 Oct 2018