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The Franc wealth index surveyed nearly 4,000 South Africans. Its key finding: what you do with money matters far more than how much you…
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Credit is neither good nor bad – it’s a tool. South Africa’s debt crisis shows what happens when it’s used in the wrong way…
Iqbal Survé’s 13-year, R458m reckoning
For over a decade, Survé’s Sekunjalo paid neither capital nor interest on a R150m loan given to build his media empire. A new ruling holds…
The utility – and tragedy – of a boring budget
South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this week’s safe and cautious budget…
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…
Debt peak in sight as South African budget pivots to growth
Government is finally looking to slay its debt monster, as it thrashes out a new way of living within its means…
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Feel like you’re making less than you did a decade ago? Net incomes have edged up 2% over 10 years, while inflation has grown…
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