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The banking sector has to meet challenges head on

05 March 2010 | Straight Talk

In 2006 the Competitions Commission launched an investigation into bank charges. Their voluminous findings were distributed widely and critically received by the media and consumer rights bodies. Little has changed since – that is – until comments in Fina

Wake up South Africa! You don’t have it that bad…

19 February 2010 | Featured Story

The recession has left its mark on consumers and businesses alike. South Africa Inc shed more than a million jobs through 2009 as companies went into survival mode. Motor manufacturers and home builders have traded through an unprecedented slowdown and ar

More questions than answers as Zuma addresses nation

Another year, another budget

19 February 2010 | Straight Talk

Budget speech 2010 has come and gone. On Wednesday, 17 February 2010, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his 30-page prepared speech to Parliament. Gordhan’s opening paragraphs suggested his budget would be an upbeat one. He acknowledged the “inimi