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Economy The expected GDP growth in China is down to 4.9% from 7.9 in the preceding quarter. There are several reasons for this, amongst which...

Property There’s not much new news on property affairs: Our property market is recovering except for the office rental sector. Predictably, the markdown of shopping...

Property General news: will our property market maintain its momentum? My understanding is that the market will tick over but that the boom is probably...

Economy   The SA inflation rate for August is 4.9% – compare this with Kenya which hit 4.5% in January…and the EU which averaged 0.68%...

Economy   Our economic news is mildly interesting: our economy grew by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter; Old Mutual forecasts a 5.5% economic growth for...

Power Surge Remember that your home (bricks and mortar) can suffer damages through power surges in the same way that your TV can be damaged. ...

South African women are changing the face of homeownership by purchasing property on their own without help from a partner in higher numbers than ever...

Gentle Reader This will be my last newsletter for a few weeks as I will shortly depart to go dirt-biking in Georgia (the country) with...

Economy   Reform? Us? Those who govern us are not listening: the World Bank says that SA’s medium-term growth outlook is too low to significantly...

Economy Our state needs to save money to meet budget restraints. Transnet employees were given a 5% rise. The state has just made an increase...