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|  | | Hazel Chimhandamba has been appointed Hollard’s new chief marketing officer (CMO)...read |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY It’s in times like these – global uncertainty, inflation, low growth and other terms so beloved of economists – that your investment advisers will tell you that you must “give it time” when you start worrying that your retirement fund is being overtaken by aforesaid inflation... Read |
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 | PRERNA BEDI Nedbank Group names Jason Quinn, former Absa finance director, as CEO-designate... Read |
 | CHARL FOUCHé, ISSUED BY AFRIGIS In the rapidly evolving landscape of financial services, the integration of geospatial data is marking a new era of efficiency and precision... Read |
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 | ED STODDARD South Africa's October Consumer Price Index surged to 5.9%... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON South African Reserve Bank keeps repo rate steady at 8.25% amid economic challenges... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Initially, the Sarb's repo-rate announcement seemed unremarkable, with Sarb keeping its rate steady at 8.25%. However, as governor Kganyago delved into Sarb's involvement in various market-manipulation investigations since 2002, a more intricate narrative unfolded... Read |
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 | Parliament overrides Treasury, advancing two-pot retirement to March 2024... Read |
 | Economic stakeholders advocate tapping South Africa's Gfecra to preserve government funding... Read |
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 | Irrespective of the size of an enterprise, its location or what its product offering is, with the right payment and transaction mechanisms, it can compete equally alongside other companies worldwide... Read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Naked’s On Hold Yoga digital campaign takes a humorous look at the frustrations of being on hold for a call centre agent... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SIMPLY FINANCIAL SERVICES A no-cost, no-commitment funeral cover offer for SMEs and NPOs... Read |
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 | South Africa signs $1.6bn in loan agreements to support the country's Just Energy Transition... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA South Africa’s top finance and asset management companies advertise on Daily Investor thanks to its large, influential audience... Read |
 | AA-ISHA HASSIEM The sixth annual African Agri Investment Indaba recently took place from 20-22 November at the CTICC in Cape Town... Read |
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 | NIRVASHA SINGH AND SAKIWE CANCA National Treasury has released proposed amendments to the Income Tax Act to encourage taxpayers to invest in alternative energy generation as a matter of urgency... Read |
 | National Treasury has announced the appointment of Eileen Meyer as the new chairperson of the Ombud Council for a period of four years... Read |
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 | Global Entrepreneurship Week took place from 13 November - 17 November 2023 and coincided with the annual Allan Gray Orbis Foundation’s Ignite Africa conference... Read |
 | AHMED ELJECHTIMI Morocco's competition council said on Thursday, 23 November, it had fined the nine fuel companies operating in the country 1.84 billion dirhams ($180m) because of non-compliance with free competition rules and price fixing... Read |
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 | Despite assurances, the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill was adopted unchanged, indicating the government's disregard for private sector input... Read |
 | Busa/B4SA calls on NCOP and deputy president to defer Bill, for NCOP to properly consider concerns raised by provinces and many stakeholders... Read |
 | SAHPC resists NHI Bill approval, emphasising opposition to the controversial health legislation... Read |
 | KATE COLLIER The processes for reporting dangerous workplaces can significantly differ from one organisation to another. Notably, there seems to be a lack of consideration for an anonymous reporting mechanism... Read |
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