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St. Patrick’s day around the world
You don’t need to be Irish to know about St. Patrick’s Day. In fact, this observance is celebrated across the ...
Reasons to immigrate to Sweden
Welcome to our second feature of cashkows' #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog. People have different reasons they immigrate, and of course there are ...
Emigrating from South Africa? What about your policies?
Emigrating from South Africa could be a challenging experience - the administration and organisation involved is a huge and laborious ...
South Africa at the Rio 2016 Olympics
The 2016 Rio Olympics is still a ways off, but South African breasts can already swell with pride as we ...
Reasons to immigrate to the USA – feature no. 1
Welcome to our first feature of the finglobal.com #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog. In these posts we’d like to take you on a ...
#TravelTuesday: best working holidays abroad
Not everyone wants to travel just to see the world. Of course, other than travelling for business, this is the ...
Favourite meals from around the world
In South Africa we love our pap and wors. And if you’ve emigrated to another country, you're probably be craving ...
Rainbow Friday: the SA expat’s Friday shopping feature #5
It’s the first Friday in March, and over here at finglobal.com we wish teleportation was already on the cards so ...
Emigrated to the UK? Time to transfer your SA pension
Getting money back from the taxman is not something you hear often, especially not if that figures comes in at ...
Financial services trends for 2016
With the current economic and political turmoil in South Africa, it’s easy to lose sight of what’s going on around ...
#TravelTuesday – travel hacks you need to know
It’s a fact - travel after emigration is not an ‘if’, it’s a ‘when’. Indeed, after emigrating from South Africa, ...
Budget speech 2016 – junk on hold but outlook still critical
Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan gave his budget speech last week, and though South Africans are tentatively relieved, analysts have ...
Rainbow Friday: the SA expat’s shopping feature #4
It’s Friday people! That means it’s almost weekend. It also means your Rainbow Friday feature is here. Today we travel ...
You may be eligible for tax relief under a DTA
Many South Africans living abroad aren’t aware of their rights and the possible tax relief available to them if South ...
Interesting immigration facts from around the world
For those who plan to ship off and relocate to distant shores, it’s not always easy to tell which countries ...
#TravelTuesday – your guide to seeing the world
As part of finglobal.com’s #TravelTuesday feature, we will show you a host of destinations, locations, gadgets and hacks to make ...
Honour thy mother language – linguistic facts from the world
Yesterday, 21 February 2016, was international mother language day around the world. This year’s theme is quality education, language(s) of ...
SONA 2016 – key outtakes and impact on South Africa
The State of the Nation Address, including retorts from prominent opposition parties to President Jacob Zuma’s address, has been the ...
Your sporting calendar for February/March 2016
Welcome to your monthly finglobal.com sporting calendar! We’ve included important dates for your favourite sporting events around the globe. Remember ...
Famous South African Roger Bushell
March 2016 marks 72 years since iconic Great Escape mastermind, Roger Bushell’s death. But who was he and why is ...
Economic focus: moving your money out of SA could be your best bet
We’ve discussed the state of the Rand at some length in the last few months. Unfortunately, there’s no way of ...
