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Most of South Africa was up in arms when Denise Ganas was denied payout and asked to repay a R50,000 cash benefit in 2017, after her husband being shot in a hijacking attempt... read
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Corporate failures related to a lack of proper governance have destroyed close to R800bn in value for retirement fund members in recent times...read
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Expectation is said to be the root of all disappointment. This seems to be case for South African investors lately, who are looking for future earnings that are significantly higher than the majority of their global counterparts...read
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Accounting & Auditing
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LIA LABUSCHAGNE, ISSUED BY SAICA
Helping others to help themselves is at the heart of sustainability and also of many successful NGOs who succeed in reaching their objectives... Read
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Banking
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The rise in first time loan defaulters across credit card, vehicle loans, personal loans and/or home loans continued in the second quarter of 2019 with total new default balances of R15.55bn... Read
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ISSUED BY OMBUDSMAN FOR BANKING SERVICES
As of 1 October 2019, all bank-related complaints, including credit bureau listing related complaints that involve a bank, may be lodged with the Ombudsman for Banking Services... Read
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Financial Services
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NICCI BOTHA
You just have to track Michael Jordaan's various projects to see he has never shied from the exploiting the potential of technology, particularly in the financial space... Read
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Fintech
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Lack of interoperability standards will prevent pervasive blockchain deployment across financial services ecosystems for at least three years... Read
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Insurance & Actuarial
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ISSUED BY AIG SOUTH AFRICA
Research by the National Small Business Chamber shows that 68% of South African SMMEs are not insured. For SMMEs to succeed this has to change... Read
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Markets & Investment
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President Donald Trump's regular Twitter outbursts imposing or threatening to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods, have reminded investors of just how vulnerable emerging markets are to what happens between the US and China... Read
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CHARLES BRASTED
As the United Kingdom's constitution continues to be tested, the Brexit fundamentals remain unchanged... Read
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Many high net worth South Africans are looking to move 50% or more of their investable assets offshore, given the country's protracted political and economic uncertainty... Read
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Taxation & Regulation
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Cova Advisory and Xnovos have announced a new partnership to produce a software system to help companies to cope with the demanding requirements of the new Carbon Tax... Read
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ELVIRA BOLAT AND NASIRU TAURA
Digital technology has created new opportunities for businesses in sub-Saharan Africa to compete on a more equal footing, but obstacles remain... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The opening keynote of Gartner Symposium 2019 was a comprehensive session on 'winning in the turns' through leadership in a digital society. See key outtakes from Gartner senior vice president Valentin Sribar on reaching 'techquilibrium' below... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
GetVen is a South African online marketplace to find and book space for meetings, events and production, and has announced its arrival Read
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The South African venture capital sector is gradually maturing and through tax incentives like Section12J, a significant amount of money is now available for investment in promising young technology businesses... Read
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ALAN HOCKEY
Hopefully I caught your attention with a promise to get your product to market without failing. I have possibly, erroneously I might add, have made the whole process seem very simple, where it is actually quite complex... Read
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