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South Africa

playing with fire

South Africa is close to ‘junk status’ from all three rating agencies. What comes next?

Evidence from around the world suggests that economic crisis often follows unanimous junk ratings. ...

till death

Shoprite slumps as consumers struggle in Angola and Nigeria

Shoprite is feeling the pinch of troubled economies in key markets ...

Don't cry for us

Standard Bank ends its Argentine adventure

Africa’s leading bank, the Standard Bank Group, will sell its remaining stake in ICBC Argentina to its Chinese partner, the Industrial and ... Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for $181-million, thus completing its refocus on Africa that began in 2011.

Catch 22

South Africa: Stretched Western pension funds may yet buy SA debt

The dearth of options available to global investors in government debt may end up working in South Africa’s favour as Moody’s continues to ... delay action on the country’s last remaining investment-grade rating.

sochi rendezvous

Russia-Africa: Putin’s continental strategy

From south of the Sahara all the way north to the Maghreb, Vladimir Putin wants his country to play a leading role in Africa, as it did during ... the Cold War.

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state rapture

The battles of South Africa’s Public Protector: why the law must win

The new locus for the battle for the soul of South Africa: the law ...

money moved

Paypal enters the African market with Xoom

A new competitor enters the crowded African money transfer market. ...

half the job

The fourth industrial revolution risks leaving women behind

A renewed focus on science and technology needs to ensure women get access to the right training and skills. ...

tick tock

South Africa is running out of time to fix it’s finances

A decade of mismanagement leaves the country close to the brink. ...

corporate citizenship

South Africa’s social development must come from the private sector

South Africa's Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policy was designed to redress the economic imbalance caused by apartheid. Launched in 2003, ... and having gone through several revisions, it still has a long way to go to bring dignity to all South Africans.

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