Barclays exercises more caution in lending
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Van der Merwe
While borrowers have not cut down on loan demands, the bank says it has become more prudent, resulting in an overall marginal drop in customer loans and advances during the half-year ended June 30, 2017.
For the period under review, the bank’s loans and advances decreased by 0.32% to P9.96 billion from P9.99 billion in the corresponding period last year.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...