Balancing your bank account?
Friday, May 11, 2007
First it was FNB and their 'Islamic' fixed-repayment loans, then Stanbic and their no-minimum-income accounts and loans. Recently, Barclays have been suggesting the extremely rapid issue of debit cards.
This week, Standard Chartered Bank announced two rather remarkable new ideas. Both involve at least one customer getting some money, although the amounts in question vary enormously.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...