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Economy and business   Trends: The UN says that our estimated growth for this year will be only 0.5%. Interestingly, it warns against debt sustainability,...

Economy/business Trends: Hearteningly, there appears to be green shoots in what had been rather dismal financial predictions of late. Y-o-y private sector capital expenditure in...

Economy/business MTBPS Budget: Our Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement has come and gone and there is little to be said about our economy which is not...

This is according to Renier Kriek, managing director at Sentinel Homes. “Enjoying one’s home to the greatest extent possible during blackouts and maintaining its future...

A new whitepaper from the Department of Tourism threatens the additional income small-time Airbnb hosts make from renting out rooms or garden cottages. The department...

229, or 89.1%, of the country’s municipalities are not working properly. Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa has painted...

Apparently, this is a return to normal. It used to be worse. Close to half of SA’s landlords say they are considering selling their investment...

Economy/business Trends: Times are tough, financially speaking, in South Africa today. This is reflected in Famous Brands’ (think Steers, Debonairs, Wimpy, Mug & Bean, FishAways...

Gentle Reader             Yes, I did get married.   Daan Steenkamp           under new management     Economy/business Trends Our exchange rate was trading...

‘All the people we speak to do believe that in 2024 we’re likely to see rate cuts of ideally somewhere between 50 basis points and...