The FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index rose for the fourth consecutive quarter to 24 in 1Q2020, from 22 in 4Q2019. While higher, the current index level still means that the majority (more than seventy-five per cent) of respondents are dissatisfied...
Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (“SBSA”) has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the private sector, part of the World Bank Group. It is a 10-year facility with the...
The Minister of Finance’s pronouncements on measures to revive the construction economy have been welcomed as a step in the right direction by the building industry. “We are pleased with the commitment to arrest criminal gangs that disrupt work on...
The Gauteng Provincial Government will in the next five years spend R60 billion on building and maintaining infrastructure. This will contribute to the creation of an additional 100 000 jobs, and facilitate the development of 50 black...
