The fact that the African National Congress (ANC) agreed after persistent demands from the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) to place a discussion around the issue of the nationalisation of South Africa’s mines on the agenda of the forthcoming National General Council (NGC) may be little more than a ploy to make the debate go away, if some sources in the ANC are to be believed – but it is nevertheless causing some real harm to the industry’s investment prospects at a time when the country can ill afford it. Read more... |
Debate alone does serious harm
The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) recently ann... Read more... | |
Most people would at least have a basic idea of what the terms bull and bear markets mea... Read more... | |
Just how well governed is your organisation? The answer to that question may be more complex th... Read more... | |
While pundits continue to calculate the material value of South Africa’s hosting of the 2... Read more... | |
“Worth a read?” is not your ordinary book review; it is a meta-review. In o... Read more... |
SARS and SARB disclosure programmes
Daddy, where do bulls and bears come from?
New online assessment tool launched
SA Wines keep scoring off 2010 tournament
The power of networks and the strengths of weak links
Media Releases
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Media Release RBS offers emergency E9 service free to clients Risk Benefit Solutions (RBS) announced on Monday, 19 July, it is making the Emergency 9 (E9) service - an intelligent location, information and distress...
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The National Credit Regulator Consumer credit demand slowing as credit performance stabilises Credit bureaus create consumer credit profiles based on credit information received from credit providers. The National Credit Regulator...
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Ernst & Young launches Banking Index Q2 2010 Renewed investor uncertainty keeps banking confidence weak A survey released by Ernst & Young today indicates that although banking profits are slowly recovering from levels seen during the 2008...
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OVERVIEW OF UNIT TRUST RETURNS By Dr Prieur Du Plessis, chairman of Plexus Asset Management and author of the Investment Postcards blog. Global equity markets experienced their third worst quarter of the past eight years as investor...
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Inaugural Africa Leadership Retreat Investing in Africa's expansion With Africa's first-ever soccer World Cup under way, the future of the continent is promising. Business is booming, and it is appropriate that tournament host South Africa...
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No matter what industry sector an organisation falls...Read more... | ||
On the economic front, the South African outlook continues to be mixed: gradual recovery from the recess... Read more... |
A shift in South Africa’s currency policy – long resisted by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and... Read more... | ||
“Worth a read?” is not your ordinary book review; it is a meta-review. In other words, it provides an overview... Read more... |
In this second article on the role of morality - or the lack thereof - in the financial and... Read more... | ||
Is the world indeed experiencing a financial crisis, or are the troubling times in which financ... Read more... |
Spotlight on scarce financial sector skills Recognising that skills shortages across all sectors of the economy is a constraint to... Read more... | ||
 “The only way to know how customers see your business, is to look at it through their eyes.” – Daniel R. Scroggin
Servi...Read more... |
Do you believe in fate, or perhaps you are a person committed to the simple idea of coincidence? Then again, you could be a lucky...Read more... | ||
 The recession has changed consumer psyche forever
Hylton Kallner Globally, many inches of newsprint have been devo...Read more... |
 Survey reports tell the story
Elke Pienaar When reading the World Wealth Reports by Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and P...Read more... |
Reliability is key – telecoms in the financial services industry
Signals remain a mixed bag
Certain changes on the cards
The Ascent of Money
Can a professional oath turn the tide?
Is the real crisis one of morality?
