Mac Lachlan Tax
Roxshanna du Toit and Sidney Fletcher on 27/05/2026

The taxman is reaching back nearly a decade to calculate trust penalties

Sars goes back to 2016 return to establish tax penalty rate.

R Roxshanna du Toit and Sidney Fletcher
Bonolo Mokonoto, Bloomberg on 27/05/2026

Billionaire-backed African parks goes local to preserve gains

To date, 745 rhinos have been moved to parks within South Africa, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

B Bonolo Mokonoto, Bloomberg
Liesl Peyper on 27/05/2026

Another Standard Bank exec defects to Absa

Leon Barnard to head pan-African business banking.

L Liesl Peyper
Moneyweb on 27/05/2026

Pension fund ordered to pay two-pot withdrawal benefit

Funds may not venture beyond registered rules, says adjudicator.

M Moneyweb
Randy Thanthong-Knight, Bloomberg on 27/05/2026

Thailand to quarantine travellers from Ebola areas for 21 days

The first country in the world to implement such strict measures.

R Randy Thanthong-Knight, Bloomberg
Diana Li, Bloomberg on 27/05/2026

Hong Kong overtakes Switzerland as top offshore wealth hub

Driven by an influx of mainland Chinese capital and a resurgent local equity market.

D Diana Li, Bloomberg
Peter Blumberg on 27/05/2026

Toy designer charged with stealing $1m in miniature cars

A hearing is set Wednesday for a judge to decide whether there is enough evidence for the case to move forward.

P Peter Blumberg
Simon Brown on 27/05/2026

Eastern Europe’s remarkable 20-year property investment success

'Real estate is a place where you start off with a large fortune and you end up with a small one. I think the opposite holds true for Eastern Europe over the past two decades' – MAS CEO Mihail Vasilescu.

S Simon Brown
Wendy Wells and Preeti Soni, Bloomberg on 27/05/2026

Gold holds loss as traders weigh prospects for US-Iran deal

Spot gold was little changed at $4 514.36 an ounce as of 12:49 p.m. in Singapore.

W Wendy Wells and Preeti Soni, Bloomberg
Bloomberg News on 27/05/2026

Oil dips as US sees progress in Iran deal despite fresh tensions

Brent for July settlement fell 1.6% to $98.00 a barrel at 2:29 p.m. in Singapore.

B Bloomberg News