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Another year, another budget

19 February 2010

Budget speech 2010 has come and gone. On Wednesday, 17 February 2010, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented his 30-page prepared speech to Parliament. Gordhan’s opening paragraphs suggested his budget would be an upbeat one. He acknowledged the “inimi

South Africa Inc laments skills shortage

05 February 2010

While our global peers worry about dwindling order books and a severe slowdown in economic activity, South Africa’s private sector executives singled out skills as the biggest obstacle to business growth. This fact emerged from the Grant Thornton Internat

The great consumption conundrum

24 January 2010

The best way for an economy to power out of recession is for consumers to spend. South Africans of all shapes and sizes need to return to shopping malls and display areas to purchase appliances, furniture and motor vehicles. But they can’t. Local consumer

Rental property struggling to shake recession

11 January 2010

South African investors who rely on rental yields could be in for a difficult 2010. Rode & Associate’s Q4 2009 Property Market Report refers to an ongoing ‘pinch’ across the rental property universe, including commercial, industrial and residential proper

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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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