The English proverb “Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves” is backbone to many a cutting back on small luxuries strategy. Sacrificing your daily…
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By Ryno Viljoen Moving money from South Africa is subject to Reserve Bank exchange control regulations and in most cases SARS tax clearances. The underperformance of the Rand against the…
Not only has modern technology shrunk the planet it’s also made it possible for Pretoria Oupas and Oumas to talk to the grandchildren in Perth and Portland as often as…
You can bet your bottom dollar that everybody you know, yourself included, has been asked the question – do you think money grows on trees? To which the answer would…
Exactly 100 days from today we’ll be celebrating, hugging, kissing, texting, phone calling and wishing friends, family and strangers a prosperous 2015. If you’re an SA Expat living abroad –…
To the point we set our alarm clocks to crazy early hours to haul wife and kids out of bed … to watch the Bokke fearlessly take on the Wallabies,…
Daar’s derduisende Afrikaanssprekende Suid-Afrikaners wat deesdae in die buiteland woon – heel gelukkig met baie dinge in gemeen. Soos? Hulle ondersteun die Springbokke, hou van Afrikaanse musiek en fliek, gek…
Retirement is a day in time we’re all looking forward to – the luxury to stop working and to start taking it easy … However, given the era in which…
When’s a good time for South Africans living outside the country to get their financial affairs in order, to cash-in their unclaimed policies and retirement annuities and to think of…