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Land Bank asks Treasury for another bailout

Timeslive · · 769 words · By Kabelo Khumalo
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The Land Bank is seeking R50bn in sovereign guarantees from the National Treasury to address a projected liquidity shortfall by the 2028 financial year. Despite Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 'tough love' policy toward state-owned enterprises, the bank is requesting support similar to that provided to Transnet and Eskom.

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“the Land Bank has gone cap in hand to the National Treasury as it looks to raise R50bn”
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While one web search result mentions 'Land Bank asks Treasury for another bailout', the provided evidence does not explicitly confirm the R50bn figure across multiple independent sources. Other results are irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Standard Bank (officially Standard Bank Group Limited) is the largest bank in Africa, as well as the continent's largest lender by assets. The company's corporate headquarters, Standard Bank Centre, i…
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“The bank, which underwent debt restructuring after a default in April 2020, will run out of cash by the 2028 financial year because of its dire liquidity position, according to its own projections.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of real estate listings and general Wikipedia entries about the year 2020 and land banking, which do not mention the Land Bank's specific financial projections or the April 2020 default.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Land banking is the practice of aggregating parcels of land for future sale or development. While in many countries land banking may refer to various private real estate investment schemes, in the Uni…
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“the bank has submitted a guarantee framework application (GFA) to the Treasury for consideration”
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The evidence provided consists of real estate listings and unrelated Wikipedia entries about the Land Bank of the Philippines and the Australian Treasury. There is no mention of a guarantee framework application (GFA) by the South African Land Bank.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), stylized as LandBank, is a government-owned bank in the Philippines with a special focus on serving the needs of farmers and fishermen. While it provides the servic…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury, also known as the Treasury, is the national treasury and financial department of the federal government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The treasury is responsible fo…
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“the Treasury, which falls under finance minister Enoch Godongwana, rebuffed its previous application”
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One web search result title 'Land Bank asks Treasury for another bailout' mentions Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, but the snippet does not explicitly detail the rebuffing of a previous application. Other sources only confirm his role as Minister of Finance.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enoch Godongwana (born 9 June 1957) is a South African politician and former trade unionist who is currently serving as the Minister of Finance since August 2021. He is a member of the National Execut…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tito Titus Mboweni (16 March 1959 – 12 October 2024) was a South African politician who served as Minister of Finance of South Africa in the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa from 2018 to 2021.…
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“The Treasury last year approved an additional R48.6bn in guarantees, along with another R46.2bn to mitigate risks from credit downgrades on Transnet’s debt, totalling R94.8bn in new support.”
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Three independent web search results (SAnews, a news report on taxpayers, and a transport approval report) all confirm the R94.8 billion guarantee boost for Transnet, specifically mentioning the R48.6 billion and R46.2 billion components.
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web search NEUTRAL — This additional guarantee support for Transnet amounts to R94.8 billion. This followed government's approval of an allocation of R51 billion in guarantees to Transnet on 22 May 2025. The allocation co…
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web search NEUTRAL — Government has approved two additional guarantees totalling R94.8 billion for Transnet to help the state-owned logistics company meet its debt obligations, maintain adequate liquidity, and mitigate th…
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web search NEUTRAL — South Africa's government approved R94.8 billion in guarantees to further support the beleaguered state-owned rail and port operator Transnet. The allocation includes R48.6 billion to ensure all of th…
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“The bank is exploring several funding sources for the 2027-2031 financial years... These include a $1bn (about R16.4bn) long-term loan, which is at the concept note stage; an R18bn technical assistance loan; and a $1bn sovereign-backed loan.”
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One web search result explicitly lists the $1bn long-term loan, R18bn technical assistance loan, and $1bn sovereign-backed loan. No other independent sources in the evidence provide this specific breakdown.
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web search NEUTRAL — These include a $1bn (about R16.4bn) long-term loan, which is at the concept note stage; an R18bn technical assistance loan; and a $1bn sovereign-backed loan. "The bank has received expressions of int…
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“Regular cash flow projections shared with lenders indicate that, without intervention, the bank is projected to face a liquidity shortfall by the end of the 2027 financial year.”
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The evidence provided for this claim consists of real estate listings for land in Los Angeles, which are completely irrelevant to the Land Bank's cash flow projections.
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“The Land Bank in September 2024 successfully concluded a landmark debt restructuring with all lenders, ending a four-year, R40bn debt default position.”
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The evidence provided consists of general Wikipedia entries about the month of September and a song by Earth, Wind & Fire. There is no mention of a Land Bank debt restructuring in September 2024.
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“The deal involved exchanging outstanding debt for new, partially amortising notes maturing on March 31 2028, backed by R10bn in government support.”
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