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06 Dec 2016

Reviewing your insurance policy regularly is a MUST!

As we head toward the end of the year, it is a good time to reflect on some of the changes that have happened this year. We buy furniture, sell or give away other items and generally make changes to our households. Informing your insurer of these changes is a must before you head off...
05 Dec 2016

How much do you really need to retire?

When you’re young and carefree, it’s easy to forget that you will age, and your retirement lifestyle will depend on how much money you have saved while you had the opportunity to do so.
05 Dec 2016

Scramble for top managers sees spike in demand

There has been an increase in demand of more than 100% for senior leaders from South African companies over the past three months, as businesses urgently play catch-up to fill their top posts.
03 Dec 2016

South Africa avoids downgrade - economists comment

Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Ratings ratings yesterday evening said it had lowered the long-term local currency rating on the Republic of South Africa to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’ and affirmed the ‘A-2′ short-term local currency ratings.
02 Dec 2016

South Africa avoids downgrade as S&P maintains rating

Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Ratings ratings this evening said it had lowered the long-term local currency rating on the Republic of South Africa to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’ and affirmed the ‘A-2’ short-term local currency ratings.
02 Dec 2016

Medical industry warned about data breaches

According to the recent 2016 Mid Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), the national health insurance grant will be increased by R9 million to fund the strengthening of health information systems in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. While this is incredibly positive, when healthcare organisations digitise patient information and records or adopt new technology it is...
02 Dec 2016

S&P downgrade: remember the rand debt is two notches above junk

Arthur Kamp, investment economist at Sanlam Investments, says that as fixated as we are with the possibility of a downgrade to sub-investment grade by ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P), all may not be as gloomy as predicted.
01 Dec 2016

New HIV Vaccine Efficacy Study Begins

The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among South African adults.
01 Dec 2016

Advancing outward investments part of SA's strategy towards industrialising Africa

South Africa’s promotion and facilitation of outward investments is an important element that contributes in advancing industrialisation priorities for Africa. This was said by the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Trade Invest Africa, Ms Lerato Mataboge at the Africa Industrialisation Day celebration in Pretoria yesterday.
01 Dec 2016

Economies make progress in simplifying tax compliance on business

Economies around the world continue to make progress in simplifying and reducing the burden of tax compliance on business, according to the latest edition of Paying Taxes 2017, a report by the World Bank Group and PwC.

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