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11/08/2016

South Africa regains the continent's top economic position in dollar terms, more than two years after losing it to Nigeria

17/05/2016

I made so many mistakes as I didn't learn from the best. Now I know better. Come allow me to teach you to be awesome in your business.

04/03/2016

An open letter from Maria Ramos to South Africans:

Barclays Africa is here to stay. Absa is here to stay.

In 2013, we fulfilled our ambition to build a leading African bank when we brought together 12 banks across the continent and formed Barclays Africa. We put the future of this organisation firmly in our own hands. There are five things I would like you to know about the Barclays Africa that we built:

1. We employ 42 000 people whom I am immensely proud to call my colleagues and friends.
2. We have over 12 million customers who trust us with their money in 12 countries across the continent.
3. We have significant reach in Africa with 1 251 branches and 10 378 ATMs.
4. We are a leading bank in all of the 12 markets in which we operate.
5. We are independently listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and have a strong balance sheet of over R1 trillion and are well capitalised.

Today Barclays PLC announced their intention to sell down their 62.3% stake in Barclays Africa (Absa in South Africa) over the coming two to three years. This announcement will not affect you, our customers, in any way and we at Absa will continue to serve you as we have done for over 100 years.

Our future as Barclays Africa is very bright and our ambition to be Africa’s leading bank remains unchanged. We are deeply committed to the communities in which we live and work and today, when we announced our financial results I also said we will invest R1,4 billion in education and skills development across Africa over the next three years. That commitment extends to the way we serve our customers. Nothing in today’s announcements will make us deviate or change our course. We at Barclays Africa are neither exiting our operations in South Africa nor the rest of our African markets.

Our destiny is Africa and our business is one of shared prosperity. We look forward to building a future and helping you, South Africa and Africa, Prosper.

Kind regards

Maria Ramos
CEO of Barclays Africa

08/02/2016

For every finger pointing at someone else's mistakes, four are pointing directly at us. If each finger was to be a percentage, disregarding finger size, 20% should be the next person's failures and 80% would be our own failures. For us to move from our dead wood situations, we first need to take full accountability of our past failures. Only after accounting we can begin to device a workable plan with achievable key result areas followed by key activities, that we will see desired results. Again a great percentage of our key result areas should talk directly to the picture we want to achieve. For instance, if your picture is a debt free life. You must first locate your current situation and there after formulate between three to five key result areas for achieving such a goal. Work towards that picture systematically and diligently with determination, dedication and discipline................. With God on my side, it begins with me and not the next person. By Sandile Dube

22/01/2016

South Africa’s third largest mobile operator, Cell C says it will make WhatsApp Calling free to its customers from Sunday for the remainder of the month.

12/01/2016

The rand's drop to as low as R17.99 is no reason to panic insists the deputy president, who is confident South Africa will recover.

25/12/2015

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves: May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth, joy and love... and may the magic of this holiday season be yours today and throughout the coming year! I hope all your dearest wishes come true and in this loveliest of seasons may you find many reasons for happiness. Merry Christmas friends, colleagues, comrades and family, with love and best wishes.

17/12/2015

Ratings agency Moody’s has changed South Africa's credit rating outlook to ‘negative’.

15/12/2015

The telecomms giants have a combined subscriber base of more than 550 million.

10/12/2015

President Zuma stated that he has decided to appoint a member of parliament, David Van Rooyen, as the new Minister of Finance.