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We sacrifice for Covid, so we can fight global warming

Coronavirus John Davenport - 2 Jul 2020

We just have to ask ourselves if we are as willing to sacrifice to save our grandchildren as we have shown ourselves to be when it came to trying to save older people, the sick and the poor from Covid-19

Financial distress? What distress?

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Oct 2016

The M&G went looking for financial distress in South Africa. This is what we found.

Weary world beggared by borrowing

Article Staff Reporter - 16 Jul 2015

About 95 countries are either in a debt crisis or facing one, but South Africa isn't one of them.

Greek referendum: A yes vote would be messy, a no even messier

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Jun 2015

Referendums settle matters definitively, right? Not in Greece. Both outcomes next Sunday would raise as many questions as they answer.

Global markets plunge as Greece shuts banks

Article Roland Jackson - 29 Jun 2015

Markets across the world tumble as Greece orders its banks to shut for a week and imposes capital controls after its citizens emptied ATMs.

Greek debt crisis: Key points of Athens bank controls

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Jun 2015

Greece's Alex Tsipras publishes a decree in the official government gazette setting out the capital controls to be imposed on the country.

Cracks showing in economic crust

Article Larry Elliott - 16 Apr 2015

Reading the International Monetary Fund's half-yearly global financial stability review feels similar to watching smoking volcanoes.

Eskom is likely to remain in the financial red

Article Sapaxxxx - 3 Feb 2015

Moody's Investors Service are not holding out on Eskom's finances improving any time soon, and neither should the country.

Our next financial crisis – due in 2015

Article Larry Elliott - 21 Jan 2014

Financial crises come round every seven years or so – if history is a guide, the next crisis should come along some time soon.

Closer ties needed to avoid future banking crisis

Article Jill Treanor - 1 Nov 2013

Policy group calls for banking supervisors to be paid more.

‘Don’t just blame the bankers for the crisis’

Article Staff Reporter - 24 May 2013

The outgoing governor of the Bank of England has called on the British people not to "demonise" bankers.

IMF: World economy risks new phase of financial crisis

Article Larry Elliott - 18 Apr 2013

The IMF has warned that the repair job on the world's financial system is partly completed and failure to finish it risks a new phase for the crisis.

Cyprus President calls on country to share weight of financial burden

Article Sapa - 29 Mar 2013

Banks have opened for normal business for the second day, but with strict restrictions still in place on how much money their clients can access.

Year-end optimism over Italian financial market

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Dec 2012

Italy is ending 2012 on an upbeat note, with renewed market confidence and optimism among analysts that the worst of the financial crisis is over.

Department boss calls for urgent help

Article Mmanaledi Mataboge & Charles Molele - 23 Sep 2011

The department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs is seeking a chartered accountant to rescue it from its worst financial crisis.

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We sacrifice for Covid, so we can fight global warming

Financial distress? What distress?

Weary world beggared by borrowing

Greek referendum: A yes vote would be messy, a no even messier

Global markets plunge as Greece shuts banks

Greek debt crisis: Key points of Athens bank controls

Cracks showing in economic crust

Eskom is likely to remain in the financial red

Our next financial crisis – due in 2015

Closer ties needed to avoid future banking crisis

‘Don’t just blame the bankers for the crisis’

IMF: World economy risks new phase of financial crisis

Cyprus President calls on country to share weight of financial burden

Year-end optimism over Italian financial market

Department boss calls for urgent help

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