The Covid-19 induced market volatility has not deterred investors. South African unit trusts attracted the highest quarterly investment ever recorded by the industry in one quarter in the three months to June.According to statistics released by the Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (Asisa), investors put R88 billion into the local Collective Investment Scheme…
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe) Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said infrastructure investment is needed to grow the economy post-Covid-19.The government has committed R100 billion over 10 years towards an infrastructure fund.Mboweni says together with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the government has identified projects that will be funded through the budget…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…