If you watched President Jacob Zuma’s 2017 State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered in Parliament on Thursday the 9th of February, you might be wondering what the future holds…
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A few years ago South Africans weren’t allowed to transfer the proceeds of their retirement annuities offshore before age 55. In 2008, however, a change in tax legislation made it…
Emigrating from South Africa presents a host of novel challenges – you’ll find you have to acquaint yourself with regulations, procedures and terminology you’d never have had to concern yourself…
As South African expats, we have an eye for tech and travel trends. Most importantly, although we are living abroad, we always have one proverbial foot back home, and so…
The Corruption Perception Index, published each year by Transparency International, uses expert analysis as well as public opinion to determine levels of perceived corruption for countries across the world. What…
Heidi Hetzer is a 79-year old former rally driver, auto dealer and German celebrity who has been circumnavigating the globe for the past two years. During a stopover in Ballito…
As a female expat, you need to be aware that sexism can almost be the ‘national sport’ in some countries. Despite this, generalising countries as “sexist” is never a good…
The first month of 2017 is already on its head, and if you’re like most of us, you’re probably still scrambling to get all your ducks in a row. One…
Semeyi Zake of Business Day recently interviewed finglobal.com CEO, Ryno Viljoen, to discuss some of the options available to South African emigrants around their retirement savings as well as the…
Next up in our “far-flung places to immigrate to” series are the Cayman Islands, which are part of the British Overseas Territory in the western region of the Caribbean Sea….