Expat insights

Get news and useful articles for South Africans worldwide on our blog.

Expat insights

Get news and useful articles for South Africans worldwide on our blog.

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
post

March 2013: Find all the cashkows.com information you need on Linkedin

One of our key business principles is to respect customers and subscribers' privacy and adhering to The Electronic Communications and ...

March 2013: Howzit Superbru? Let’s talk rugga!

Two words that all South Africans love and know are howzit andrugga! The finglobal.com Superbru megapool is standing on 1,842 ...

March 2013: cashkows.com helping South Africans in need

With South Africans finding themselves spread all over the globe,it's a small world. The sad fact - from time to ...

March 2013: The need to knows of Double Taxation

We've all made peace with the inevitable - death and taxes - and become used to change being the one ...

March 2013: Bowls and the art of pension transfers

The thriving metropolis of Hermanus attracted no less than 58 companies in the 2013 Business League Bowls Championship. Not one ...

March 2013: South Africa’s finest – Gary Player

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of golf – a prized South African ambassador who ...

March 2013: What could be more South African than the perfect braaibroodjie

"My hande is so ingebraai en taai dat ek die wors met my vingers omdraai. As ek agter die braai ...

February 2013: Let’s talk the international language of rugby!

Rugby is an international language understood by people the world over. It brings together all walks of life... young and ...

February 2013: When we talk money – only the best will do!

When it comes to money matters, everything matters. For this very reason we're proud to announce Westpac as our banking ...

February 2013: Tax exemption on SA pension income

South Africans living abroad: Did you know you can apply for PAYE exemption directives and objections on your South African ...

February 2013: Transfer your retirement and pension fund sooner rather than later

You have emigrated from South Africa. You have a Pension Preservation or Provident Preservation Fund. You have made the legislated ...

February 2013: Coming soon – the SA Budget Speech – February 2013

While we cannot predict what Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's 27 February 2013 Budget Speech may hold for South Africans living ...

February 2013: What does FSP #42872 mean?

finglobal.com is licensed by the South African Financial Services Board to advise and assist clients who live abroad but still ...

February 2013: More of our South African legends – Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt

Dr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt (28 December 1880 - 12 April 1947) was a celebrated South African who apart from ...

January 2013: New Years resolutions – maybe this year will be different

We survived the Mayan apocalypse, ate and drank our way through the holiday season, celebrated the New Year in style ...

January 2013: SA businessmen investing in the USA – “‘n Boer maak ‘n plan”

South Africans are well known for their tenacity and business skill... The old expression ''n Boer maak 'n plan' is ...

January 2013: The Fiscal antidote for South Africans living in the USA

South African expats living in the USA may have what the doctor ordered to counter the 2% income tax increase ...

January 2013: Nobody ever lost money taking a profit

South African stocks ended the year near record highs, after a 22 % surge that marks their best annual return ...

January 2013: Ubuntu System Operating Software – Mark Shuttleworths pride and joy

Mark Richard Shuttleworth, born 18 September 1973 is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who gained worldwide fame on 25 April 2002 ...

December 2012: There is no such thing as a good tax

Death and taxes are two inevitable facts of life, but those emigrants who used our professional taxation advice and planning ...

December 2012: Sustainbility – long term prospects

Sustainability has become an “everyday” word in our vocabulary, with far-reaching implications for our daily lives. In the good old ...