South African taxpayers will bear the brunt of National Health Insurance
South Africa’s government recently released the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill whose aim is to extend universal healthcare to all South Africans.
But the Bill...
Moody’s getting impatient with the SA regime?
The poor economic conditions, unemployment, little foreign interest, the power-hungry land grab program, Eskom and other entities' financial inability are all reasons why the...
South Africa close to ‘junk status’ from all three rating agencies....
The rating agency Fitch recently revised the outlook on South Africa’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating down from “stable” to “negative”. A credit rating...
NHI: R14 billion lost in health care shares, JHB stock exchange
The FF Plus is seriously worried about the negative impact that the tabling of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill in Parliament last Thursday...
Economy: NHI already having a negative impact, Discovery group’s shares fall
The FF Plus's foreboding that the National Health Insurance (NHI) will have an extremely negative impact on South Africa's economy already seems to be...
Bank of Baroda slapped with R400k fine
The Prudential Authority (PA) has issued the Bank of Baroda a R400 000 administrative sanction for non-compliance with certain provisions of the Financial Intelligence...
Brexit may benefit South Africa’s financial sector
Brexit is the talk of the street. And by street, I mean the whole world. It is such a controversial topic that some politicians...
Petrol price to rise by 11 cents
Cash strapped consumers will have to fork out more at the pumps as the petrol price is set to increase by 11 cents on...
Perceptions about retirement can inform whether black South Africans save or...
Every person who is younger than retirement age is encouraged to plan and consistently save for retirement. However, few individuals actively plan for their...
South Africa’s finances are in bad shape. It’s running out of...
South Africa’s public finances are in a perilous state. There are four main reasons for this. First, economic growth is low or non-existent. Second,...
Treasury increases bond auctions
The National Treasury has announced an increase in the fixed-rate and inflation-linked bonds weekly auction levels.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the National Treasury...
SA unemployment higher than USA and Germany combined – 10 million...
10 million South Africans suffer in silence and 900 hundred join them every day. We are all too clever as we talk about public...
