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 | KATJA HAMILTON Hundreds gathered to honour Pravin Gordhan at his funeral, where President Ramaphosa and other dignitaries praised his sacrifices and contributions to South Africa...read |
|  | PRERNA BEDI South Africa's consumer confidence recovered further in the third quarter to its best since 2019, helped by improved willingness to spend...read |
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 | DAVID LEWIS, NUPUR ANAND, DUNCAN MIRIRI JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon plans a mid-October Africa visit to Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Ivory Coast, expanding JPMorgan's presence... Read |
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 | NQOBILE DLUDLA FirstRand reports 4% annual profit increase even amidst UK finance industry investigation costs... Read |
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 | BUYELENI SIBANYONI AND DEWALD VAN RENSBURG In its last two annual reports, Investec announced financial provisions to cover potential ‘outflows’, including penalties arising from its involvement in allegedly fraudulent ‘cum-ex’ transactions, but the bank is using an ‘extremely rare’ accounting rule to hide the potential scale of the damage... Read |
 | RMB backs Metier in the strategic acquisition of Mertech Marine... Read |
 | NQOBILE DLUDLA Standard Bank expands its Business and Commercial Banking services to small and mid-sized African businesses in Mauritius, leveraging its business-friendly environment... Read |
 | SFUNDO PARAKOZOV Discovery Ltd expects its digital bank to become profitable by 2025, after narrowing losses and surpassing its target of 1 million clients... Read |
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 | PAUL MAKUBE South Africa’s consumer price inflation slowed in August 2024 to its lowest in 40 months, falling below the Sarb’s target. Monthly inflation rose slightly but remained below the previous month's increase... Read |
 | KOPANO GUMBI Fitch affirms South Africa's BB- rating; reform plans in full swing... Read |
| Education & Training |
 | This World Rhino Day the Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary celebrated 10 years of conserving South Africa’s black and white rhino population... Read |
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 | PAUL MENGE With two-pot withdrawals, Sars can push you into a higher tax bracket, leading to unexpected penalties and future tax liabilities... Read |
 | Metropolitan starts first payouts under new 'two-pot' system... Read |
 | NICHOLAS WOODE-SMITH The Brics currency proposal is misguided, risking South Africa's trade, monetary sovereignty, and alignment with more profitable Western trade partners... Read |
 | PayRetailers offers a unified simple payment solution that will be a game changer for cross-border online merchants looking at Africa as their next move for strategic growth... Read |
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 | BRIANA MARBURY, ISSUED BY SEMAPHORE COMMUNICATIONS The Interledger Summit from 26 to 27 October in Cape Town will discuss how the public and private sectors can participate in responsibly building digital public infrastructure... Read |
 | FSDAi Nyala Facility invests $1m in First Circle Capital Africa Fund I to support early-stage fintech companies across Africa... Read |
 | JASPREET KALRA India's NPCI is negotiating with African and South American nations to develop digital-payment systems based on UPI, expecting two launches by early 2027... Read |
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 | Meet Allistair Khanyi, the new force behind Hollard's marketing transformation... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA The complaint revolved around the campaign’s play on the words "wait" and "weight" loss, which some listeners found insensitive, particularly those grappling with body image issues and eating disorders... Read |
 | SFUNDO PARAKOZOV OUTsurance's shares hit a record high after reporting a 20% profit increase, declaring dividends, and expanding in Australia and Ireland despite challenges... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The MPC cut South Africa's repo rate by 25 basis points to 8%, citing inflation risks, geopolitical uncertainty, and weak investment... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS The Fed cut rates by 50bps, weakening the dollar initially, but Powell’s comments on limited future cuts led to a dollar recovery... Read |
 | ANDRE CILLIERS The Bank of Japan and People's Bank of China kept rates unchanged despite inflation and economic concerns... Read |
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 | CHETAN VANMALI, YAEL SHAFRIR, EMILY GAMMON, SIDRAH SULIMAN, LAUREN JIMMY & DANICA JONKER Recent changes to the imposition of customs duties on online retail orders shine a light on the South African fashion industry... Read |
 | After a decade of energy savings and job creation, Sanedi wants the 12L tax incentive to stick around… Read |
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