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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
Energy & Mining
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
Finance
Ghana to default on most external debt as economic crisis worsens

Christian Akorlie and Cooper Inveen 20 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.
Finance
SA finance minister: Ramaphosa should stay in job, macro framework remains

Alexander Winning 2 Dec 2022

Source:
Finance
Could the Ukraine invasion spark a global financial crisis?

Nasir Aminu 7 Mar 2022

Source: ©Franco Volpato
Finance
Credit ratings are punishing poorer countries for investing more in healthcare during the pandemic

Ramya Vijaya 17 Aug 2021

Performing in a pandemic: Bonitas announces healthy annual results
Healthcare
Performing in a pandemic: Bonitas announces healthy annual results

Issued by Bonitas 5 Aug 2021

Carmen Nel, economist and macro strategist, Matrix Fund Managers
Finance
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
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
Finance
South African rand extends gains as rating agencies maintain outlook

Promit Mukherjee 24 May 2021

Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times
Entrepreneurship
Reinventing emerging enterprises in turbulent times

Cecil Ramonotsi 6 Apr 2021

#BudgetSpeech2021: Tax relief, further fiscal consolidation welcomed
Property
#BudgetSpeech2021: Tax relief, further fiscal consolidation welcomed

Dr Andrew Golding 25 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: The platform isn't going to matter
Marketing & Media
#BizTrends2021: The platform isn't going to matter

Richard Lord 6 Jan 2021

The forex roller coaster rider isn't over yet
Finance
The forex roller coaster rider isn't over yet

Daniel Kibel 3 Dec 2020

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

Paul Marais 27 Nov 2020

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni
Finance
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
Finance
Why downgrading countries in a time of crisis is an exceptionally bad idea

Misheck Mutize 4 May 2020

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

23 Apr 2020

Clive Eggers
Finance
Finding investment opportunities among the many Covid-19 risks

14 Apr 2020

Shawn Phillips
Finance
Uncertainty is the enemy - SA downgraded to junk status

Shawn Phillips 3 Apr 2020

What does life after lockdown look like for business?
Entrepreneurship
What does life after lockdown look like for business?

3 Apr 2020

Moody's downgrade hits as lockdown begins
Finance
Moody's downgrade hits as lockdown begins

30 Mar 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo
Finance
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
Finance
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
Property
#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
Finance
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
Legal
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
Finance
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
Finance
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
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
Logistics & Transport
The biggest threat to SA's economy, business and supply chains

5 Apr 2019

Moody's blues could hit SA
Finance
Moody's blues could hit SA

29 Mar 2019

Papering over the cracks
Finance
Papering over the cracks

22 Feb 2019

South Africa’s Finance Minister Tito Mboweni preparing to deliver the budget. EPA-EFE/Elmond Jiyane
Finance
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
Property
#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
Finance
#BudgetSpeech2019: Hoping for a great escape

Craig Pheiffer 18 Feb 2019

Can SA solve its energy crisis?
Energy & Mining
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
Finance
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?
Property
#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
Property
#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
Agriculture
#BizTrends 2019: Land reform - the year that was, as we look ahead to 2019

Peter Setou 7 Jan 2019

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Energy & Mining
No leave for Eskom managers till load shedding is sorted

6 Dec 2018

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Photo: Sebastiao Moreira
Finance
Why Ramaphosa's "new dawn" will break slowly for South Africa's finances

Seán Mfundza Muller 22 Oct 2018

Maura Feddersen, economist at PwC
Finance
What the ratings agencies will look for in the medium-term budget

12 Oct 2018

Image © Prazis via .
Marketing & Media
#YouthReport2018: Generation jobless and the high inequality economy

Leigh Andrews 7 Sep 2018

Cover image of Youth Report (2018). UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing & Instant Grass International.
Marketing & Media
#YouthReport2018: Who are those 'SA millennials' you're marketing to?

Leigh Andrews 6 Sep 2018

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