South African banking sector under scrutiny

The Reserve Bank’s (SARB’s) recent bailout of African Bank has raised concerns over the state of South Africa’s wider financial sector. But as we explain in this Watch, although other smaller banks that follow the same business model as African Bank could also run into trouble, at the aggregate level the banking sector still appears to be in good health.

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