The SA Reserve Bank wants to sell its stake in African Bank in a year or two, moving a step closer to bringing the lender back into private ownership after being rescued from collapse under a wave of unpaid consumer loans.
African Bank nearly collapsed in 2014 after its mainstay low-income clients struggled to pay back personal loans amid a slowing economy and job losses, prompting the Bank to step in with a bailout package...
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