Katja Hamilton articles

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Budget Speech

#Budget2023: Fresh billions in debt relief for Eskom announced

Katja Hamilton 22 Feb 2023

Source: Western Cape Government

Economy

#Sopa2023: Winde hits road running with R1bn commitment to energy resilience in WCape

Katja Hamilton 16 Feb 2023

Source: Reuters. President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Economy

#Sona2023: South Africans are staring down the barrel as state of disaster is reinstated

Katja Hamilton 10 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Standard Bank's chief economist, Goolam Ballim.

Economy

Standard Bank's chief economist: Emigration is a budding threat to South Africa's public finances

Katja Hamilton 9 Feb 2023

Source: World Economic Forum. Lesetja Kganyago, South African Reserve Bank governor, seen here last week at the Davos 2023, World Economic Forum annual meeting in Switzerland.

Markets & Investment

Interest rate hike adds to financial pressures on SA consumers

Katja Hamilton 26 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Lesetja Kganyago, the South African Reserve Bank governor.

Banking

Davos 2023: How much longer before the Reserve Bank rolls out retail digital currency?

Katja Hamilton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. David de Coning, Crossgate Technologies' chief executive officer.

Banking

Goodbye magstripe; hello EMV mobile... and paying for your coffee in crypto and gold

Katja Hamilton 24 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Nigeria's finance minister, Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed.

Taxation & Regulation

African nations stall global corporate tax deal

Katja Hamilton 20 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Regional managing director, southern Africa and Palops at Network International, Chris Wood, and Brendon Williamson, managing director at Payfast.

Financial Services

South Africa's biggest e-commerce players rebrand under PayFast

Katja Hamilton 17 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A general view shows Davos Congress Centre, the venue of the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023, in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January 14, 2023.

Economy

Davos 2023: "The world is between orders - we don't know what is coming" - WEF president

Katja Hamilton 16 Jan 2023

Source: DynaMedex.

Public Health

SA measles outbreak of concern, NICD warns as case surge hits 80% worldwide

Katja Hamilton 13 Jan 2023

source: The Government Communication and Information System. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.

Banking

Postbank plans for state bank underway

Katja Hamilton 12 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Kent Marais, head of Platform Domain at Standard Bank.

Fintech

Standard Bank's Kent Marais unpacks the acceleration of Africa's thriving platform economy

Katja Hamilton 11 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied.

Medtech

The Internet of Smart Clothing - yes, it's a thing and it could save your life

Katja Hamilton 11 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Mamello Matikinca, FNB's chief economist.

Economy

FNB's chief economist weighs in: where exactly is SA headed in 2023?

Katja Hamilton 23 Dec 2022

Source: Supplied. Alice Tomdio, chief financial officer at Yellow Card Financial.

Fintech

Paving the way for women in crypto

Katja Hamilton 15 Dec 2022

Banking

Upgrade on the cards for Discovery Bank app

Katja Hamilton 14 Dec 2022

Healthcare

SA's birth control stock shortage a major setback for women's reproductive health rights

Katja Hamilton 13 Dec 2022

Source: Crossgate.

Financial Services

R25m facility gears up to shake up the banking industry through novel distribution model

Katja Hamilton 5 Dec 2022

NHI

The NHI's newest generation of reforms are rolling out... but who exactly is in charge?

Katja Hamilton 29 Nov 2022