Your currency: Building vs buying property
In this week's reader question we look at whether buying a house with a R1m bond, or building on a R300K plot is the…
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Scrapping the VAT hike isn’t going to push South Africa into a debt crisis. But without real growth and spending cuts, we’re drifting closer…
How to start saving on any salary
A financial planner admits he didn’t follow his own advice – until debt hit. Now he shares the lesson he really learnt: think why,…
Hot mic or not, Kieswetter was right on taxes
What the VAT standoff has done is force a reckoning over the trade-offs needed to balance South Africa’s books…
How rubber is Godongwana’s arm?
Enoch Godongwana will deliver his budget amid a flurry of demands from his own party for money at Transnet and elsewhere. How rubber will…
The déjà vu deficit: Keeping South Africa on the budget tightrope
SA’s deficit – the gap between what we spend and what we get in – is likely to be ugly when Enoch Godongwana unveils…
What is a primary budget surplus, and how can it benefit us?
South Africa’s debt has hit 75% of GDP, with interest payments now the biggest budget item. A primary budget surplus could steady the ship…
Boxer’s off with a bang!
A brilliant JSE debut for the retailer raises the question of which stock to buy: the fast-growing soft discounter or its parent, deeply discounted…
Why you’re a terrible saver (and how to get better)
Most people struggle to save due to poor financial literacy, often lacking essential money-management skills like budgeting. Others grapple with self-control, driven by the…
How Pick n Pay shortchanged retail investors with Boxer’s IPO
A new listing on the JSE is about as rare these days as an honest ANC politician. So you’d think any company going public…
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