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Budget 2026: fiscal restraint, financial opportunity
Treasury’s restraint brings modest tax relief and a firmer debt path. For investors, the opportunity is to channel extra cash into savings and bonds…
JSE: strong results, stuck exchange
The JSE has paid a special dividend on a jump in profits amid ongoing delistings, a fight with A2X and continued debate over its…
The stunning rebound of South Africa’s PGM producers
Northam is the second PGM miner to post a colossal improvement in profits. Is it just a flash in the pan though?…
South African value legend on what he’s buying, and why fund management is broken
John Biccard began his career at the dawn of the dot-com boom. He tells us how his fund has managed to outperform the JSE…
Treasury lifts TFSA limit to R46,000
It’s a windfall for savers and investors countrywide as Treasury lifts the annual contribution limit, for the first time in half a decade…
Spar denies cash crunch but shares hit 16-year low
Spar management has tried to settle nerves that it is not facing a cash crunch, but not all are buying it…
Gold to breach $7,000? Standard Bank’s expert reckons so …
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