Vaccine-in-Arms Race
As of 28 June 2021, a total of 2.66bn vaccine doses have been administered worldwide with China administering at least… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Less than 1% Vaccinated
Vaccinations for South African teachers began on 23 June 2021 and, as of two days ago, 185,000 teachers and other… Read More
Riding the Waves
On 27 June 2021, South Africa’s NICD reported 15,036 new cases of COVID-19, 66% of which were in Gauteng. In… Read More
The age of debt
While the age at which the largest number of people have a Retail Account is 31, for Mortgages, it is… Read More
It can be hard to recover
In 2021Q1, the current balance on loans increased by R4.5bn (half of what it was last quarter). The number of… Read More
Defaulting despite Wealth
This quarter saw particularly strong growth in the proportion of defaulters among the wealthy. The proportion of credit active consumers… Read More