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Government’s mandate is ostracising SARS

05 November 2013 | The Stage

While there have been many reports in the media outlining the need for the South African Government to increase the capacity of the South African Revenue Services in order for it to increase its level of tax collection, the pressure which it is placing on SARS to reach a certain quota in terms of this collection is placing the company in a position where it is isolating itself from the tax payer, causing an untenable situation which is fast becoming unsustainable.

Growth on African continent is shaping the business agenda for CEOs

23 October 2013 | The Stage

Africa has always been regarded as a continent that has the potential to offer significant growth opportunities. However, this comes with a certain amount of risk as the country is still largely regarded as an unknown. This is driven by issues such as bribery, corruption and onerous regulation.

Don’t have misguided trust

22 October 2013 | Straight Talk

The South African financial services industry is presently facing many challenges, which it needs to find solutions to. And fraud looks like it is one of the most pertinent of these challenges. The apparent ease of which certain brokers are able to scam money out of their clients is a bad reflection on the industry and is an affront to credible brokers who make up the majority of the industry and will now be looked at with a certain measure of scepticism.

Brokers are invited to join the King Price expansion

21 October 2013 | Featured Story

After spending a year establishing itself as one of South Africa’s fastest growing short-term insurers, King Price made the decision on 1 September to diversify its insurance model by expanding it to now also include the broker market. The company reports that the main motivation behind this is that King Price feels that consumers need choice and the constant demand from numerous brokers could no longer be ignored.