In this issue

In this issue of Finweek: From print to Prosus - How Naspers is expanding its online foothold; Green capital: Funding SA's clean power ambition; Global Markets - Beware the bounce; Spotlight - Growthpoint SA - CEO on navigating Covid-19 and Share views on: Purple Group, Stor-age, Walmart.

The Paradoxes Of Pandemics

As with the varied impact of the 1918 Spanish flu, the long-term consequences of Covid-19 can’t be predetermined.

4 mins

Hotly Contested Township Markets

As formal retailers like Shoprite and Pick n Pay vie to expand into the spaza shop market, Andile Ntingi weighs in on the diametrically opposed views of black business on the subject.

4 mins

Anglo's plan to exit thermal coal

The mining giant is considering either a trade sale or return of shares for its export coal business.

4 mins

‘Nobody Ever Forecasts For Zero Revenue'

With increased capital-raising activity on the JSE, investors should monitor their holdings that are under pressure.

3 mins

Building An Emergency Fund

Establishing an emergency fund and contributing to it should be seen as a goal independent of your other savings.

4 mins

New ETF Tracking Chinese Stocks Launches In SA

While the increased choice of global exchange-traded funds on the JSE is welcomed, Simon Brown does warn against concentration risk that comes with the new Satrix ETF tracking the MSCI China Index.

3 mins

The surge and pause explained

Maarten Mittner sheds some light on why investors should be cautious of climbing in now that markets are at improved valuations.

3 mins

More Than Just A One-Trick Pony?

In the wake of the release of Naspers’s annual results, Brendan Peacock analyses the performance and outlook for the JSE giant and the verticals it is invested in. Among others, a consolidation in the global food-delivery space may be a sweet spot for Naspers, but investors should also keep tabs on the risks to its largest investment, Tencent.

10 mins

Banking On Clean Power

Despite a lack of clarity from government on actioning SA’s renewable energy build programme, the appetite for investment in this sector is still healthy. But this could become subdued if government fails to ensure policy certainty, among other things, writes Jaco Visser.

10 mins

Steering A Sector Through A Pandemic

Growthpoint’s CEO of South African operations, Estienne de Klerk, has been at the helm of the property industry’s response to Covid-19.

5 mins

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