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- Investing in medical real estate Medical real estate is a niche within the real estate market – not only is healthcare a service everyone needs, it’s also a sector backed by demographic growth.
- Barriers to achieving financial literacy in South Africa By Jaco Prinsloo, Certified Financial Planner at Alexander Forbes Financial Planning Consultants. South Africa’s people face unique financial challenges daily, including high unemployment, extreme poverty and anaemic economic growth. One challenge we can all overcome, is taking the first step to financial wellbeing by seeking to financially educate ourselves. Financial illiteracy is expensive Due to...
- New AARTO Bill's potential impact on insurance premiums In a recent turn of events, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Bill into law. The bill proposes introduction of a demerit system for South African drivers, and it is expected to fundamentally change driving in the country.
- Silab decrypts mature skin’s microbial signature The research teams of Silab’s microbiota platform have shown ageing results in an imbalance of the cutaneous microbiota of Caucasian women. This important discovery has just been published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Applied Microbiology.
- Top 10 tips on managing your personal budgets – how to become financially savvy By David Crossley, Practice Manager at BDO Wealth For many people, the gentle art of actually budgeting for income and expenditure is something that is scorned at or only for “nerdy” people. These same people will generally lurch from one payday to the next with little regard for what they are spending their hard-earned money...
- Profica leads financial services head office projects in Africa A flurry of development for financial services companies in Africa has Profica’s teams in East and West Africa flexing their in-country development and project management skills to ensure sterling results for their clients. One of Africa’s largest banks has appointed Profica, award-winning property and construction solutions company which has 11 regional and associated offices throughout...
- Sorbet acquired by Long4Life Investment holding company, Long4Life has concluded a share purchase agreement, subject to certain conditions precedent, for the acquisition of the Sorbet Group. Sorbet comprises health, beauty and grooming outlets situated across South Africa and with an emerging footprint in the UK.
- Remote jamming on the rise – are you covered by insurance? The recent reports of a prominent journalist being the latest victim of a remote jamming incident caught on CCTV, once again brings this issue to motorists and insurers’ attention. Motorists should at all times physically check that their motor vehicles are locked when they leave their vehicles. This is according to Christelle Colman, CEO of...
- Financially independent parents on the wish list this festive season It’s the time of year again where South Africans nationwide swap work check lists for personal wish lists and the search for gifts becomes all-consuming. The festive season also presents a timely opportunity for pre-retirees and retirees to consider a more pragmatic approach to gift giving; namely to identify which gifts will give their children...
- Satrix MOMENTUM ETF lists on the JSE This new ETF tracks the proprietary Satrix Momentum Index, developed in-house by Satrix’s quantitative specialists.

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