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 | Phakamisa Ndzamela Sanlam says it has R3bn in discretionary capital that is earmarked for growth opportunities mainly in Africa and South-East Asia. Read more >>
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 | Sanlam Emerging Markets (SEM) has acquired a 63% interest in Soras Group Limited, Rwanda's largest life and non-life insurance company for $24.3m (or approximately R254m at current exchange rates). Read more >>
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 | In efforts to ensure that the market has enough competent internal auditors, the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa (IIA SA) has raised the bar for internal auditors in terms of the requirements to become a certified internal auditor (CIA). Read more >>
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 | Sanral says it has noted the rulings by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) regarding two of its ad campaigns, which have been described as misleading. Read more >>
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 | Students who fail to find a job soon after graduating, or allow their student-loan debt to increase, could be burdened by decades-old debt well into their 50s. Read more >>
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 | If you still haven't decided on how you plan to pay your bills while you're in Brazil for the FIFA World Cup - cash or credit card - it is time to do so. Read more >>
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 | Booking holidays late in the year often means paying higher rates for travelling and accommodation, making holidays a pricey affair. There is a solution, however, which doesn't include incurring debt or banking on your bonus to cover the costs, but rather planning early and working towards the perfect holiday at the end of the year. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser Small- and medium-sized engineering companies must create niche markets for themselves to supply Transnet with parts for the locomotives that the freight logistics company envisages building within the next two to three decades. Read more >>
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 | The Merchantec CEO confidence index rose 1.4% on a quarterly basis to 51.7 points in the second quarter just slightly higher than the 51 points in the first. Read more >>
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 | Nick Hedley Kyalami's wailing glory days may be behind it but the once world-class race track still has the chance to win a title for itself; that of the highest price for a property in liquidation. Read more >>
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 | Three prominent farms near Franschhoek in the Western Cape - Dassenberg, Von Ortloff and Dieu Donné - have been amalgamated within Indian businessman Analjit Singh's Leeu portfolio, under the name Leeu Dassenberg Estates. Read more >>
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 | The annual CFA Institute African Travelling Conference, to be hosted by the CFA Society South Africa, will be held on 9 June at the Cullinan Hotel in Cape Town and on 10 June at the Country Club Johannesburg in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. Read more >>
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 | South Africa climbed two spots to become the 13th most attractive destination for FDI globally according to the senior executives surveyed from 300 of the world's leading corporations. The US maintains its first place position from last year followed by China and Canada. Read more >>
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Supply chain management specialist Santova‚ could look to push into busy African markets in the financial year ahead. Read more >>
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi and Nick Hedley New data show that manufacturing, the second-biggest sector in the economy, contracted for the second consecutive month in May‚ raising red flags for the outlook for the rest of the year. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson London- and JSE-listed paper and packaging company Mondi said that it would buy the US industrial bag and kraft paper business of Graphic Packaging International. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet Age taxi app Uber rose to the elite ranks of Silicon Valley with a round of funding that gives the California-based start-up a whopping $17bn value. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: A new generation of wearable technology is promising not only to log data about users' health but to predict and avert crises, from drivers falling asleep at the wheel to runners wearing themselves out in a marathon. Read more >>
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 | Chandrakumar BJG The global mining industry, with its role in the resources supply chain, acts as a core force influencing the health of the 'global economy'. Numerous industries across the globe depend on the supply of commodities. Read more >>
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 | Eric Levenstein Business rescue transactions have created a new environment in South Africa for buying cheap distressed assets and adding value to them. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson Emira Property Fund says it will undertake a third expansion phase of its Wonderpark Shopping Centre in Pretoria. The centre is the largest and most valuable asset in Emira's R10.2bn portfolio. Read more >>
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 | Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene and United States (US) ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard have signed an intergovernmental agreement to improve international tax compliance and to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser South Africa relies too heavily on just two taxes in the total tax mix and, as the current tax system is already "at full stretch", any further demands would distort economic activity and taxpayer behaviour. Read more >>
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 | Philani Nombembe The City of Cape Town is embroiled in a bitter court battle in an attempt to make the SA National Roads Agency make public the "secret" costs of the proposed introduction of e-tolling on the N1 and N2 highways in Western Cape. Read more >>
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 | The first hint of possible future tax hikes was given in an oblique statement by the Treasury on new areas of work for the tax review committee headed by Judge Dennis Davis. Read more >>
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 | Nigerian companies have a "huge appetite" for investing in South Africa, says the Nigeria-SA Chamber of Commerce. Read more >>
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 | Issued by AfriGIS A multimillion-rand geographical information systems (GIS) implementation at SARS has assisted in the identification of various remote locations eligible for mobile registration and registration campaigns, enabling the organisation to grow the taxpayer register. Read more >>
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 | Brett Bowes The creation of a Small Business Development Ministry under Lindiwe Zulu has received a positive response. Read more >>
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 | TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Once a star of the intensely competitive smartphone sector, Taiwan's HTC has seen its fortunes collapse - but the success of its latest model provides a glimmer of hope for the company. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Samsung unveiled plans to produce a co-branded tablet computer with US bookseller Barnes & Noble (B&N), which has struggled with its Nook line of devices. Read more >>
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Chrysler's US sales of cars and truck climbed by 17% in May from a year ago as Jeep and Ram brands racked up strong gains. Read more >>
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 | The South African economy is unlikely to fall into a recession in the upcoming second quarter, the Reserve Bank said on Tuesday. Read more >>
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