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Why Africa must adapt or die
[Martyn Davies] Is Africa's development inevitable? The conventional assumption is that all countries and regions will develop - albeit at different speeds - and eventually graduate from "emerging economy" status into the ranks of the First World... read more>>



Actuarial & Insurance
Businesses must safeguard against losses due to load-shedding
As load-shedding becomes a regular occurrence, businesses and property owners must seriously consider revising their current insurance policies to ensure that they are covered in the event of injury or losses resulting from load-shedding... read more>>
Accounting & Auditing
Hope for matrics that don't gain a place in accounting says Cassim
Head of South Africa for CIMA, Zahra Cassim says that there is hope for those who don't gain a place in an accounting degree programme at university. All is not lost she says, as there are other options including professional qualifications offered by professional institutes... read more>>
Banking
Banks can lend on tribal land if there is will to do it

Phakamisa Ndzamela

How are banks expected to fund farming activities on land that has no title deeds and is under traditional authority? read more>>
Education & Training
Finance is about understanding numbers
"Finance is not only about numbers - it is also about understanding those numbers," says head of the College of Accounting at the University of Cape Town, Professor Mark Graham... read more>>
Registration process going well at higher learning institutions
Admissions and the registration process at higher learning institutions are going well, the Department of Higher Education and Training said today... read more>>
Markets & Investment
R3bn investment into new CT suburb
Total investment into Sandown - adjoining Parklands North on the West Coast of Cape Town - is expected to exceed R3 billion, including an established top private school, easy access to MyCiti Bus routes, extensive recreational and open spaces as well as commercial mixed-use properties... read more>>
SA house price growth to remain in high single digits expects Barker
Standard Bank predicts South African house price growth to remain in the high single digits in 2015, allowing property investors to beat inflation, even as the central bank continues to raise borrowing costs in an effort to quell rising prices... read more>>
Volatility can have a profound effect on investment values
Due to the extremely low global volatility, investors take on more risk and forget how volatile and unpredictable markets can be... read more>>
Old Mutual, Pareto deal ensures full ownership of landmark malls
Old Mutual Life Assurance and Business Venture Investments, represented by Pareto Limited, have entered into an asset swap transaction involving major shopping centres, Menlyn Park and Cavendish Square... read more>>
Steinhoff deal tops list as acquisitions rebound

Gillian Jones

Steinhoff's R62.8bn acquisition of Pepkor was the highest-valued deal in Africa and the Middle East in 2014, a year that saw the level of global mergers and acquisitions return to post-crisis numbers... read more>>
Retail space still drives listed property sector

Brendan Peacock

Offshore property set to sparkle

Dave Marrs

New Frontier Properties set for inward listing on JSE

Alistair Anderson

Taxation & Regulation
Budget 2015: Have your say
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has asked South Africans for their views on the upcoming Budget Speech and the general state of the economy... read more>>
Claiming notional input tax credit

Louis Kruger

Where a VAT Vendor acquires fixed property from a Non-VAT Vendor, such transaction is subject to Transfer Duty at the prescribed rates... read more>>
International
Midas Awards reveals inaugural Brand Rankings Report
NEW YORK CITY, US: MasterCard, Absa, Citibank Top the List. read more>>
Four key issues on the agenda for WEF Davos 2015

Sebastian Buckup

The world is changing at a breathtaking pace. In the past year, it seems to have become a darker place, marked by deepening geopolitical fault-lines, which jeopardise the era of economic expansion... read more>>
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