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Health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s campaign against the private healthcare sector escalated earlier this week when she told journalists that “the current challenges in the private sector are best resolved through legislative interventions.” Her th
Liberty Group’s 2007 annual results were strong despite pressure on its investment earnings due to a shaky third quarter on the JSE. The group’s headline earnings (BEE normalised earnings per share) were up 18.3% for the year to December 2007. Total new b
In his 2008/2009 budget speech, finance minister Trevor Manuel allocated a record R121.1bn to education. This is R15bn more than the amount allocated to welfare (the second largest beneficiary) and represents 5.3% of GDP. It entrenches South Africa’s posi
During the course of 2007 FAnews Online often carried articles on the need for professionalism in the financial services industry. We recall a presentation by FAIS Ombud Charles Pillai which focussed on exactly that. This week we attended a Life & Disabil
If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?