Orlando Pirates have confirmed that midfielder Ben Motshwari has recovered from Covid-19 ad is ready to resume light training. Motshwari tested positive last month, the only Premier Soccer League player known to have contracted the virus, but has now had two separate negative tests, showing his recovery. “I would like to thank everybody for the […]
04 JUN 2020 Absa and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) will be ending their sponsorship relationship of the Absa Premiership when the sponsorship contract expires at the end of the current season. Absa has had a 16-year relationship with football in South Africa, 13 of which have been as sponsor of the Absa Premiership since […]
For the first time in the history of the Miss South Africa pageant, the top three finalists will represent the country at the world’s three most prestigious pageants. Previously, the Miss South Africa Organisation has sent a representative to both Miss Universe and Miss World, but will also now be fielding a candidate to […]
FNB has been harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to reimagine risk management and forensic due diligence processes. The result is the ability to have a more robust forensic due diligence process, review profiles for various financial crimes holistically, more rapidly, and more consistently, and free up the time of analysts to perform the functions that they […]
FNB Life expects to approveapproximately R100 million worth of credit life insurance claims by June 2020 for consumers whose finances have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The insurance provider is a division of FNB, which previously announced relief measures for customers including assistance with credit insurance where relevant. Lee Bromfield, Chief Executive of FNB Life […]
The latest insights from FNB have shown a slight boost in card spend since the start of level 4 lockdown. However, the Bank states that despite the increase in consumer spending, activity is still averaging significantly lower compared to pre-lockdown levels. Interestingly, FNB insights also show panic-buying in the 3 days before the start of […]
Daniel Kibel, Founder and Director of CM Trading gives his thoughts on how we can deal with investment conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 lockdown situation is virgin territory, and investors have a big decision to make at this stage. If they choose to stay on course with their existing investment strategies, in many cases, it […]
Payment breaks worth over R4.3 billion since 1 April 2020 FNB and WesBank have approved payment breaks on more than 500 000 credit agreements for nearly 150 000 individual and business customers since 1 April 2020. The relief includes payment breaks and/or credit insurance assistance in excess of R4.3 billion to help customers whose finances have been […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how people live and do business across the world. While it is inevitable that things will take time to go back to being normal again, PRIMEDIA Broadcasting has established a plan to help save the small local businesses. PIMEDIA Broadcasting has combined its efforts with Dineplan in an aim to […]
While South Africa’s government and all its essential care providers are hard at work, leading the fight against Covid-19, civilians are in another battle against Gender Based Violence. Statistics show that during the national lockdown period, reported cases of Gender Based Violence have spiked from less than 1500 to over 5000 per week. This spike […]