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 | | Capitec has launched the #LetsStartToday campaign that allows people to pin a dream (such as buying a car, starting a business, or owning their first home) on an interactive digital map... read |
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 | | Ubank was placed under curatorship by finance minister Enoch Godongwana earlier this year...read |
|  | BHARGAV ACHARYA AND ALEXANDER WINNING South Africa's headline consumer inflation slowed to 7.5% in September from 7.6% in August, but it is still well above the Sarb's 3-6% target range...read |
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 | RENAUD FOUCART Facebook may not be the original social media platform but it has stood the test of time - until recently... Read |
| Banking |
 | RAY MAHLAKA The state-owned lender is profitable again. The Land Bank is lending money to emerging and established farmers after suspending such activity for nearly two years. But it still faces smothering operational problems... Read |
 | FNB contributes R200m to the Vumela Enterprise Development Fund for deployment into new, innovative alternative SME financing solutions, aiming to benefit approximately 150 businesses, and creating over 1,000 jobs... Read |
| Economy |
 | BHARGAV ACHARYA South African manufacturing activity improved in October, but rolling power cuts and a crippling strike at freight rail and ports company Transnet prevented a stronger recovery... Read |
| Financial Services |
 | Acquiring funding for business property involves more rigorous vetting procedures and due diligence than applying for residential property... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | GARTH NAPIER While the transition to a low-carbon economy is critical, this should not be done to the exclusion of developing economies... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JNPR Emerging markets are resilient and better positioned than developed markets to face the current uncertain global environment, according to Franklin Templeton Emerging Market Equity's, Andrew Ness... Read |
 | LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY AND NELLIE PEYTON The African Development Bank raised $31bn in investment commitments for projects during the Africa Investment Forum... Read |
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 | The South African Revenue Service (Sars) participated in two multilateral meetings recently to cement international tax co-operation in Africa and among the Brics countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Read |
 | The South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (Samlit) - which consists of regulatory authorities, the Financial Intelligence Centre and Sarb, 26 banks and banking industry bodies - gained fresh ground this year... Read |
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 | REECE MAY Social media platforms have given people from all corners of the globe the opportunity to broadcast their content in exchange for monetary rewards... Read |
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 | MARTIJN ASLANDER The hope was once that computers would help people to work smarter and more efficiently... Read |
 | VÍCTOR RESCO DE DIOS AND MIGUEL ÁNGEL DE ZAVALA GIRONÉS Despite agreements at previous COPs, the UN estimates that emissions in 2030 will be higher than in 2010... Read |
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