Standard Chartered

As foreign banks retreat from the continent, local lenders are stepping up to fill the gap

The commission says the case highlights the difficulty of prosecuting global and domestic cartels that exploit legal loopholes to delay proceedings

Lower prices are good insofar as inflation is concerned but they suggest that economic troubles lie ahead

South Africa’s biggest banks, and most of their foreign counterparts, are no longer up for prosecution following a competition appeal court order

After nearly six decades of independence the need for real change in the country hasn’t diminished

Policymakers have been warned to remain disciplined as economies navigate headwinds — no matter how much it hurts

Analysts say the Reserve Bank could start tightening monetary policy as early as next month

The Zupta decade: Governments and global corporates, banks and consultants must stop enabling money laundering

Standard Chartered has started the year strongly, but faces more challenges as the world economy struggles through its worst downturn in decades.

Old Mutual has declined to comment on a weekend report that it is planning to offload its 53% holding in South Africa’s Nedbank.

Global markets and the JSE continued to clock up losses with the All Share Index now below levels seen two years ago.

British companies doing business in Zimbabwe must find the noise from their government and the international community disconcerting.

Last month British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged British companies to stop investing in Zimbabwe, saying his government was preparing sanctions.

President Robert Mugabe rejected fresh calls for economic reform at a rare meeting with the heads of Zimbabwe’s largest business groups this week.

South Africa’s producer price inflation (PPI) accelerated unexpectedly to 12,4% year-on-year in April, increasing the possibility of a bigger than previously expected…