Ep 13: Explaining the profession of financial planning
Francois Le Roux, CFP® of Old Mutual Private Wealth Management answers the questions below.
- Explain the meaning of "professional financial planner" in SA, and...
South Africa’s economic recovery plan has a bit of everything –...
South Africa’s new finance minister Malusi Gigaba has unveiled a 14 point plan designed to help the country fix its declining economic fortunes. Sibonelo...
Have your say on the Medium Term Budget
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has invited South Africans to make inputs on what they would like to see reflected in the Medium Term Budget...
South Africa needs a radical rethink about how it runs its...
Since South Africa adopted an inflation targeting policy regime in 2000, there have been growing concerns that its Reserve Bank is being rigid with...
Time to throw in the towel, or should we hold out...
Questions that are most probably top of mind for a multitude of foreign investors is ‘Why South Africa and why now?’, and one could...
Budget 2024: Pre-insight
The annual budget speech is, at the best of times, a statement of intent in which economic and fiscal prudence competes with political expedience....
Economic indicators for 12 October 2017 (07:00)
Below are the economic indicators for 12 October 2017 as at 07:00
(Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.)
Rand / US Dollar R13.50 (R13.67)
Rand /...
South Africa: Ramaphosa appoints Eskom Sustainability Task Team
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed an Eskom Sustainability Task Team to advise government on actions to resolve Eskom’s operational, structural and financial challenges.
The high-level...
Government to dispose of its Telkom shares
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has announced that government will dispose of its Telkom shares in order to cover a shortfall of R3.9 billion.
The Minister...
Economic indicators for 19 June 2017 (07:00)
Below are the economic indicators for 19 June 2017 as at 07:00
(Values in parentheses indicates previous closing values.)
Rand / US Dollar R12.81 (R12.86)
Rand /...
SA records marginal higher traveller movements over festive season
South Africa has recorded 6 852 972 traveller movements at its ports of entry, up from 6 811 510 movements in 2018.
Briefing the media...
Impala urged to engage government on restructuring plans
Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe has called on Impala Platinum to engage government in an effort to look at alternatives to its restructuring...
