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Mark Barnes
Banking on change: How the post office plans to reinvent itself
[Danette Breitenbach] Mark Barnes plans to transform the post office - one step at a time... read


Finance
Bizters are doing it for bread
Bizters are doing it for bread

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Brothers and Bizters, this year sees Bizcommunity launch the inaugural Bizters for Bread Corporate Challenge, whereby we are inviting our fellow Cape Town-based biz communities to rise to our challenge to walk against hunger... read
Insurance & Actuarial
KPMG digital partnership aims to transform the insurance industry
KPMG digital partnership aims to transform the insurance industry
A new alliance is driving digital transformation in the insurance industry that addresses regulatory requirements, while focusing on the customer... read
Banking
Danette Breitenbach
Banking on change: The post office reinvents itself

Danette Breitenbach

It's Mark Barnes' mission to transform the post office... read
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Barclays in an orderly retreat from Africa
Barclay's Plc's retreat from Africa is not a "sudden divorce" that will leave subsidiary Barclays Africa and its operations picking up the pieces... read
Financial Services
New freight, logistics and finance powerhouse in the making
New freight, logistics and finance powerhouse in the making
Imperial Logistics announced the acquisition of a controlling share of Sasfin Premier Logistics, creating a "formidable" new player in the freight and logistics market... read
Markets & Investment
Mark Duff
Sanlam acquires 49% stake in First Global Asset Management
Graviton Financial Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sanlam Investment Holdings, has acquired an equity interest in First Global Asset Management... read
New stock exchange set to launch with T+0
New stock exchange set to launch with T+0
A local real-time stock exchange is set to outperform the JSE in terms of settlement time when it launches in September... read
FSB probes Discovery for possible insider trading
FSB probes Discovery for possible insider trading
The FSB is investigating possible insider trading in Discovery after the insurer's share price crashed inexplicably the day before a gloomy trading update... read
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JSE preview: Wednesday is shopping day for JSE

Robert Laing

The JSE looked set for its fifth day of gains on Wednesday, judging from markets trading ahead of it which were uniformly green... read
Maarten Ackerman
From risk free to return free

Maarten Ackerman

The Holy Grail of investing is to increase returns whilst reducing risk. But investors looking for this in today's environment will be sorely disappointed. read
Taxation & Regulation
Sugar tax paper set to stir up sticky debate
Sugar tax paper set to stir up sticky debate

Hilary Joffe

Now that the Treasury has published for comment its policy paper on the tax of sugar-sweetened beverages, a debate about the sugar tax proposal can begin in earnest... read
Venture Capital
Three things you can do to improve your odds of getting small business loans
Three things you can do to improve your odds of getting small business loans

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Startup financing is often the holy grail of entrepreneurs and it takes a high degree of commitment to your idea to go through the rollercoaster ride of raising financing for a startup... read
Business
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa
The evolution and revolution of business networks in Africa

Brett Parker

Trade is in Africa's blood. Its rich resources, numerous societies and access to the world have created a hotbed of trade civilisations... read
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