Lending confidence rebounds: What’s behind the rise in South Africa’s credit activity?

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2504/769994-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Green Building Africa (GBA).” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Green Building Africa (GBA).&lt;/span><p>The Reserve Bank’s latest Quarterly Bulletin for Q4 2024 highlights notable shifts in South Africa’s...

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Rand collapses to new depths against pound

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2504/769984-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Reuters.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Reuters.&lt;/span><p>On 7 April 2025, the rand hit a historical low of R25 to the pound before slightly recovering. It remains weak,...

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Macpherson calls for lifestyle audits into IDT bosses, gives update on delayed oxygen plants probe

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2504/769921-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).&lt;/span><p>The Independent Development Trust’s (IDT) senior management should be subjected to...

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Stocks plunge, markets bay for rapid US rate cuts

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<p><img src=”https://biz-file.com/c/2504/769911-240×135.jpg?5″ width=”240″ height=”135″ alt=”Source: Reuters.” align=”left”><br><span >Source: Reuters.&lt;/span><p>Major stock indexes plunged in Asia on Monday as US President Donald Trump showed no sign of backing away from his...

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Why retailers suck at going offshore

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Spar Group (code: SPP) is the latest in a long line of South African retailers that have burnt their fingers trying to go offshore with their businesses. From Shoprite...

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Looking at Strong Rand Beneficiaries

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The Rand has been strengthening, so of course analysts are now turning bullish on it (FirstRand turns more bullish on SA’s economy, rand). How long and how much are...

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SA Systemically Important Financial Institutions to start issuing Financial Loss Absorbing Capacity Instruments in 2025

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By Daniel Makina (FIFM), University of South Africa Background In 2015 the Financial Stability Board (FSB) issued the Principles on Loss-absorbing and Recapitalization Capacity of Global Systemically Important Banks...

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ALPLA Recycling SA’s Ballito Plant Officially Opens, Pioneering Sustainable Recycling in South Africa

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ALPLA Recycling SA has officially opened its state-of-the-art PET bottle recycling facility in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal. This milestone follows a significant R1 billion investment pledged at the 2023 Presidential Investors...

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