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Standard rides the lending wave Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala expects strong growth in loans to continue as households and businesses take heart from greater political stability… by Vernon Wessels March 14, 2025 Investing & Finance
Call in the diplomatic SWAT team South Africa’s high-stakes diplomatic gamble: can a delegation to the US defuse tensions?… by Tim Cohen March 6, 2025 News
Fear and tariffs at the G20 Donald Trump threw a grenade into South Africa’s first meeting of the G20 finance ministers, with a threat of 25% tariffs for Europe… by Rob Rose February 28, 2025 Economy & Markets·News
Why Trump hearts Elon AI, tech and info wars shape US dominance as South Africa gets caught in the crossfire of Trump’s ambitions to Make America Great Again… by Vernon Wessels February 12, 2025 Politics
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The holes in Parks Tau’s new BEE tax extraction plan What are the chances of getting the minister’s R100bn fund off the ground – let alone getting it to work effectively?… by Ann Crotty January 24, 2025 Investing & Finance
The SARB’s Trump headache Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ policies threaten to stoke inflation worldwide. Investors and households better brace for fewer interest rate cuts… by Vernon Wessels January 24, 2025 Economy & Markets
The exchange … with the Brenthurst Foundation’s Greg Mills It’s time to play a smarter game in our relations with the US if we want to prosper under Trump 2.0… by Giulietta Talevi January 24, 2025 Politics
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