Latest articles on Financial Crisis

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 bogdan TagDiv - 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.

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Basic income grant on the cards as Covid-19 threat intensifies

Sarah Smit - 13 Jul 2020

The pandemic has triggered a global economic crisis that will leave many South Africans without income security

Coronavirus

Taxis and Covid-19: ‘The ideal doesn’t exist’

Sarah Smit - 13 Jul 2020

After months of complaining about the regulations imposed on the industry, taxi owners have been given a lifeline

Coronavirus

Mask rules are not meant to ‘criminalise’ the public

Sarah Smit - 13 Jul 2020

Shop owners and taxi drivers can now refuse entry to people who defy mandatory mask-wearing regulations

Press Releases

Special Reports

Yvonne Chetty: a passion for an efficient public sector and mentoring

special reports - 13 Jul 2020

'Being affiliated to a professional body such as SAICA makes providing expert guidance and support to my colleagues that much easier'

Special Reports

Full-time Johannesburg-based CEO required for HI HOPES

special reports - 8 Jul 2020

An entrepreneurial, business-minded, impact-driven individual is sought to lead the organisation as it looks to scale and grow

Special Reports

Balwin properties and Absa launch South Africa’s first green home loan

special reports - 8 Jul 2020

Balwin Properties’ Edge registration of over 16 000 units was a global first, covering more homes than any single property developer in the world to date

Special Reports

Young professional gets a career boost from PSETA

Staff Reporter - 8 Jul 2020

SAICA makes ongoing efforts to encourage the professionalisation of financial offices in private and public sector organisations

Special Reports

Colgate-Palmolive South Africa donates one million bars of soap

special reports - 7 Jul 2020

The combination of limited access to quality soap and a lack of knowledge of how to properly wash hands is a challenge in many vulnerable communities

Special Reports

Cheque value bundles – real value

special reports - 7 Jul 2020

Most people do not pay much attention to what bank account they have and whether or not it is suited to their daily realities

Special Reports

Absa Rewards puts cash in your pocket

special reports - 6 Jul 2020

In addition to the cash benefits, you will receive special offers and exclusive deals from selected Absa Rewards partners

Special Reports

Municipal audit outcomes reveal public sector financial management must be professionalised

special reports - 3 Jul 2020

SAICA calls for a review of the mandatory minimum skills and qualifications required for all key financial management positions within the public sector