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Demographeid: Re-engineering South Africa’s population demographics

28 February 2011 | The Stage

Between 1948 and 1993 South Africa’s National Party government pursued a system of legal racial segregation known worldwide as Apartheid. Under this system the country’s inhabitants were classified as black, white, coloured or Indian and segregated – ofte

Easy come, easy go! The finance minister has big plans for your tax revenue

28 February 2011 | Featured Story

After catching snatches of finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2011 Budget Speech I settled down for a careful study of the 46-page document. I wanted to get a better feel for the direction South Africa would take over the next three years. My first observa

Forget Star Trek V – retirement is the final frontier

11 February 2011 | Straight Talk

Every journey has a beginning, middle and end. The successful retirement plan begins with the first pension fund deduction from your first pay cheque and hopefully ends with the purchase of an annuity age 65. According to John Williams of the Retirement P

You can keep your flowery rhetoric... South Africa wants action!

11 February 2011 | The Stage

The problem with politicians is they don’t deliver. You need only follow a Cabinet Minister on the campaign trail to back up this statement. During township walkabout the minister functions like a machine built for converting the proletariat’s complaints

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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