Germany has offered South Africa loans at significantly below-market rates, with longer tenures and grace periods, German Special Envoy for the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), Rainer Baake, ...

South Africa's overdue loan balances rose R12.7-billion in the fourth quarter of 2025, bringing the total overdue amount to R224-billion. South African seniors took 840,000 new loans in 2025's fourth ...

The sustained improvement in home loan performance is a positive recovery indicator, as mortgages represent the largest portion of consumer debt.

The average take-home pay tracked in the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) rose again in August 2023, with average nominal pay for August up 5.8% year 0n year, moving to R15,578. Shergeran ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's central ⁠bank ⁠wants to scrap the ⁠country's prime lending rate as soon as next year to make its main monetary policy rate the reference point ‌in ...

The Credit Stress report revealed that defaulting on loan repayments has grown significantly among senior citizens.

South Africa’s state-owned freight company Transnet is asking lenders to relax financial tests on loans as it prepares to roll over $200 million-plus in debt in planned refinancing this year, it told ...

An estimated 16.8 million South Africans remain outside the formal credit system, prompting fintech leaders Mukuru and Jumo to launch Fast Loan — a scalable, mobile-first solution designed to expand ...

Germany is in talks with South Africa over an additional €720 million in concessional climate financing under the Just Energy Transition Partnership, according to Rainer Baake, Germany's special envoy ...