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Managing your finances in retirement is critical
While planning is a vital element of financial success, what you do with your money when you retire, needs just as much attention... read more>>



Finance
Accelerate Cape Town announces new CEO
Business leadership organisation Accelerate Cape Town recently announced the appointment of Ryan Ravens as its new Chief Executive Officer... read more>>
Insurance & Actuarial
Transport industry concerned about high risk of vehicle ownership
Leaders in the motor and transport industry have come out in solidarity against the cumulative high risk of vehicle ownership, highlighting the sea change required from the motor insurance industry... read more>>
Collective Dynamics scores with new ODDS data scoring model

Issued by Collective Dynamics

Collective Dynamics Administration, a leader in the direct marketing of simple insurance products and administration, has announced the launch of their new data scoring tool - ODDS. read more>>
Lack of security measures could render your insurance null and void

Issued by Hippo.co.za

Are you aware of the security measures - which can often be found in the fine print of your insurance documents - that could render your insurance null and void should you fail to adhere to them?... read more>>
Accounting & Auditing
JUSTpaper salutes an inspirational woman
When Thandeka Xapa finished school in 1997, she realised that she would never be able to look after her family and give them the life she had always wanted with only a matric qualification... read more>>

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Banking
Students spend 52% of stipend on transport
Stanley Hutcheson & Associates (SHA) recently conducted a survey on the daily challenges facing South African students and found financial issues to be the most pressing... read more>>
Getting to grips with an effective savings strategy
When a financial emergency hits, consumers' wallets may be pushed to their limits and they won't be able to set aside cash to pay their bills or save for the future... read more>>
Convenient collections system for tour operators
According to a report by iVeri Payment Systems, 'Payment Methods for Incoming Tour Operators in sub-Saharan Africa', the tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa currently directly accounts for 2.7% of the GDP in sub-Saharan Africa. read more>>
Financial Services
Engen introduces cashless payment options
Engen has introduced a range of fast and secure cashless forecourt payment options that brings convenience to motorists and protects their payment safety and security. It has updated its integrated payment solution for faster payments using contactless payment cards. Contactless-enabled bank cards can be used for purchases under R200... read more>>
Practical hints to manage personal debt
According to Glen Jordan, director of financial services provider IMB, South Africans continue to suffer from what many are calling a 'debt hangover'. read more>>
PayGate launches new payment collection service
Despite the fact that there are numerous small and entrepreneurial e-commerce businesses being formed locally, many of them fail to mature into sustainable online businesses. read more>>
Markets & Investment
Vantage Capital invests in Servest
Vantage Capital, Africa's mezzanine fund manager, recently announced that it has provided R356 million ($28 million) of funding to over 30 Servest managers... read more>>
HST lands ground-breaking Tanzanian contract
Health Systems Technologies, a subsidiary of African Equity Empowerment Investments Limited, has secured a contract with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health to implement Laboratory Information Management Systems... read more>>
Patient approach a rewarding style of investing

Dr Suhas Nayak

In life, we have a natural bias for action. From a young age, we are told stories about heroes who overcame great odds and many setbacks to do something great... read more>>
Taxation & Regulation
Review of main death duty changes proposed by Davis Tax Committee

Gary Boruchowitz

This reviews some of the amendments that the Davis Tax Committee report has proposed for South Africa's death tax system... read more>>
Miners spared windfall taxes

Linda Ensor

The Davis Tax Committee has made a far-reaching recommendation that the mining sector's special tax dispensation be scrapped and that it be taxed in the same way as other economic sectors... read more>>
Venture Capital
SA Florist, Dragon tamers
Tech4Africa is about breaking rules, upsetting trends and unsettling institutions, but first and foremost it's about content that gets people talking. SA Florist certainly had its audience talking after it presented one of the most captivating stories at this year's event... read more>>
Business
Concern about silence on key threats to SA's economic longevity
South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>>
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