Archive for June 9th, 2009

RMB’s Rudolf Gouws discribes the last… »

A leading economist gardens for… »

Top JHB trader, makes sense of all the… »

Banks expect regulatory changes in South Africa in the face of the current financial crisis, a report out on Tuesday found.
Data supplied to auditing group, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its 11th survey on banking in South Africa found that a possible increase in minimum capital… »

Vygie Mentor, who chairs the public enterprises portfolio committee, made her presence felt on Tuesday when she slammed the department for saying that South African Express (SAX), the feeder airline, was in a good state financially – in contrast to its big brother, South African Airways…. »

The new Public Enterprises Minister, Barbara Hogan, threw a couple of hand grenades into the debate surrounding state-owned enterprises (SOEs), suggesting first of all that failing state enterprises may be sold off, and secondly giving strong backing to the request by Eskom for a 34% increase in tariffs…. »

South Africa’s ‘Big Four’ banks expect less growth than previously forecast, due to the current credit crisis and difficult economic climate.
Data supplied to auditing group PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for its 11th survey on banking in South Africa, released on Tuesday, revealed that the ‘Big Four’ currently had 34.5 million accounts, and… »

While independent steel research consultancy MEPS says its price forecasts for the carbon steel flat products sector are little changed from April 2009, it believes prices are close to the bottom of the current cycle…. »

South African white maize futures ended slightly lower on Tuesday with a local trader citing international pressures on commodities as the main reason for the fall in prices…. »

We are not in the business of strengthening or weakening the currency and are not currently traders running a casino, said South African Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni on Tuesday…. »