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April 2013: Mrs Balls or Mr Broker – who do you miss the most?

Dealing with South African clients the world over - last count 63 countries - we've come to know the two ...

April 2013: If you have money in SA you need a bank account!

You may think you no longer have money in South Africa, but chances are you do. Any funds lefts behind ...

April 2013: How to get rid of the tax skeletons in your closet

SARS has extended the Voluntary Disclosure Program deadline to indefinite, which is good news. This gives taxpayers living with concerns ...

April 2013: What you don’t know about J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien was born 3 January 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa! At age three he went to ...

March 2013: SA budget deficit – who’s fooling who

...was an '80's R&B hit song by Al Hudson. Sitting through budget comments at a recent tax seminar considering the ...

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 ...