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Investor Property – invest in property in Australia

Investor Property are experts in the new property investment space and have been helping South African clients realise their investment ...

South African recipe – Bunny Chow

Ah, few things scream South Africa like a proudly South African bunny chow, courtesy of our fellow saffas in Durbs ...

Mothers day: Sunday 8 May 2016

Sunday 8 May is Mother’s Day in South Africa, but although this is a South African holiday, it’s celebrated by ...

Famous South African – Gary Player

He’s been in the news again lately, and for what an amazing feat. At 80 years young, veteran golfer became ...

Your sporting calendar for April/May 2016

Welcome to your monthly finglobal.com sporting calendar! We’ve included important dates for your favourite sporting events around the globe. Remember ...

What the Panama Papers mean for you

It’s all over the news - a leak of over 11.5 million files from the fourth biggest offshore law firm ...

South African emigrants and their PPS policies

South Africans who have relocated abroad often have several policies and assets left back home. Though they usually repatriate some ...

Benefits of transferring your pension to the UK

Relocating abroad is such a costly affair, many South Africans who have relocated abroad are wary of moving any existing ...

Reasons to immigrate to New Zealand

We know you’ve been looking forward to your #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog. As a South African there are many reasons to consider ...

South African is lekker – a guide to the best safa slang

Hello, hallo, sawubona, molo, lotjhani, dumela, ndaa, avuxeni – yes, speaking South African is fantastic, isn’t it? We simply have ...

Friday shopping: South African shops in Australia

Yay, it’s Friday! That means braais are coming, friends are visiting and we’ll relax after a long work week. It ...

Reasons to Immigrate to Italy – cashkows.com’s 5th stop

We’re on issue number five of the cashkows’ #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog. This week we travel across continents from Brazil to Europe ...

SARS could owe you money for periods worked abroad

If you’ve worked overseas while you were a resident of South Africa you may be exempt from South African tax ...

#TravelTuesday – places that are most like South Africa    

Welcome back to this week’s finglobal.com Travel Tuesday feature. We are travelling across the globe today – looking at destinations ...

Encash your retirement savings before retirement, here’s how…

We all know the rules of retirement savings in South Africa - that is, you need to keep it in ...

Rainbow Friday: the SA expat’s Friday shopping feature #8

Welcome to your #RainbowFriday feature no.8. This week we’re travelling back to the amicable country, and favourite South African immigration ...

Strange traffic rules from around the world

Our news feeds are full of it - people arguing about right of way at traffic circles, cyclists, drivers and ...

Victorian visas for SA business professionals

There are a myriad of emotional and lifestyle push and pull factors which influence emigration and immigration. But for many ...

#TravelTuesday – 10 hacks for business travellers

This Tuesday we take a look at business travel and some of the best hacks out there for optimising your ...

Is financial emigration the right choice for you?

The thought of financial emigration may fill you with fear and anxiety. The fact of the matter is that many ...

Rainbow Friday: the SA expat’s Friday shopping feature #7

We’re back for another instalment of your #RainbowFriday feature and heading back across continents to the Big Apple. Can you ...