Standard Chartered pleaded guilty to currency manipulation (which included the rand) between 2007 and 2013
But the retailer’s recapitalisation plan rests on securing a new investor, and its landlords and lenders being on board.
Should the giant be left to sink or should it be helped to stay afloat in South Africa’s retail storm
The GEPF is facing increasing heat over its performance and increasing costs
The utility is labouring under a debt burden of about R420-billion and its cash from operations is not enough to service its interest payments
Several new entrants will spark a war of attrition rather than a full-frontal assault and customers will be the winners
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago says the bank’s mandate already includes a focus on ‘balanced and sustainable growth’
The suggestion in the ANC’s election manifesto on prescribed assets has drawn fire
Alternative thinking suggests that countries could use different ways to tax errant multinationals
Here’s our round-up of the outlook for electricity, taxes, fuel, wages and the economy