Tag: finance
Aston Martin’s finance boss to leave as losses deepen
Aston Martin’s chief finance officer will leave the company following a tumultuous 2019 in which the luxury carmaker’s losses ballooned after sales dropped and...
Spring is here, it’s time to spring clean your finances
The year is flying by, but don’t let it pass without taking stock of your financial decisions, writes Lettie Mzwinila.
The idea of spring cleaning...
Regulators walk the ‘mobile money’ line
African telecom authorities must walk a fine line when it comes to regulating the move of mobile operators into financial services. They want to...
Devastating year for households’ net wealth
South African households experienced a devastating year in 2018. Collectively they lost about R450 billion or half-a-trillion rand of their real net wealth (the...
New rules will expose hidden fees in South Africa
Big financial services companies may soon need to find new ways to pad their earnings, as a new industry standard is threatening to expose...
Borrow money in a way that won’t break the bank
Entrepreneurs looking for funding could feel overwhelmed by the different options available and could wonder, with right, which financing options to use for their...
Basics of business finance
You’ve recently set up your first business, it’s been registered, and you’re even starting to see some customers come in. So what’s your next...
Eskom – a dinosaur monopoly nearing extinction
Looking at the financials, Eskom is in serious trouble. It is in a death spiral with rising tariffs, leading to further drops in demand...
SAA battling to get off the ground
Troubled SAA is unlikely to get out of its financial troubles any time soon, with audited statements painting a dire situation for the airline.
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Confidence levels in SA are highest in 6 years
Business chief executive confidence in South Africa reached levels last seen in 2012 in the first quarter of the year, led by a surge in sentiment among financial services’...