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 | DANNY BRADLOW The South African government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $4.2bn. The money would come from a facility that provides financingto countries facing an urgent balance of payments need, without the need to have a full-fledged programme in place... read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT Standard Bank announced earlier this month that it has changed its brand positioning and tagline and adopted one that epitomises where it sees its role in Africa today...read |
|  | | Recent research has shown that the average price of cigarettes has increased by nearly 250% compared to pre-lockdown levels...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY SAICA At Saica's recent Leadership in a time of crisis series, actuary and innovator Dean Furman spoke about how the greatest innovation is created in tough times... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM From gaming to game farming, learner to leader, don't miss your chance to be featured or make possible this most comprehensive showcase of women on the African continent in Biz... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY SAICA In 2015, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) discovered that several candidates sitting the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) examination had allegedly breached the assessment's ethical expectations... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LEAP COMMUNICATIONS Retired South Africans who own homes but are cash-strapped may now apply for a loan, or "reverse mortgage", suggested in a recent policy paper by the World Bank as a way to supplement pension income... Read |
 | TIM ACKER Covid-19 has disrupted the lives of most people around the world with tragic consequences for some. There is still debate around the lockdown strategies adopted, with no shortage of vocal armchair experts on social media... Read |
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 | The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) approved the 2020 Division of Revenue Amendment Bill during its plenary sitting on Wednesday... Read |
 | NICCI BOTHA When the world shut down to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, the planet started to recover. A state of being that should have corporates asking how they can be doing business in a better, kinder way... Read |
 | MILLS SOKO The remarkable economic transformation of Asia in recent decades has attracted global attention. It has ignited scholarly and policy debates about the region's development models and strategies... Read |
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 | SAMANTHA LANCE The state of the South African economy and the shortfall in tax collection has raised the debate once more of whether affluent South Africans should be contributing more to the country's coffers through wealth tax. Read |
 | JOON CHONG Commission earners could make an argument to Sars that they should be allowed to deduct their normal range of business expenses, even if commission is no longer more than 50% of their total remuneration under the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | Cash-constrained companies faced with scheduled dividend payments could find themselves and their preference shareholders in further financial straits if they do not act swiftly. Missing a dividend payment without renegotiating preference share terms could have devastating income tax implications... Read |
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 | SAM KINYANJUI & SHARON FONN The Covid-19 pandemic has put global emergency preparedness under sharp scrutiny. It's also placed national health systems' capacity to predict and respond to major emergencies under the microscope... Read |
 | Prior to the pandemic, Africa was identified as one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, with household consumption growing even faster than GDP... Read |
 | The distributed renewable energy sector in Africa has grown rapidly since 2013, but it has so far failed to include locally-owned companies and initiatives... Read |
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 | In addition to Covid-19 being a global health crisis, the pandemic has unleashed extensive socio-economic impacts, putting many companies at risk of being forced out of business... Read |
 | SOROMFE UZOMAH The global impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had not only on public health, but on business, cannot be underestimated... Read |
 | A virtual business networking community has been launched to offer local businesses hard hit by Covid-19 a much-needed resource to help keep trading. Read |
 | Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Booi says the Covid-19 Temporary Employers/ Employee Relief Fund, set up to help those who found themselves out of work due to lockdown, will be extended to August... Read |
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