Expat insights
Get news and useful articles for South Africans worldwide on our blog.
South African shops in Australia no.4
Guess what? It’s Friday again! And you know what that means – it means we’re taking another stroll down under ...
Leaving your elder relatives behind – the hard choice of emigration
Making that tough decision to emigrate is hard enough – but having to leave your parents, grandparents or other elder ...
Are you missing out on your share of R20 billion?
South African emigrants living abroad may be missing out on unclaimed benefits back home. On August 2015, the Financial Services ...
#TravelTuesday – interesting country facts (A – C)
In this week’s Travel Tuesday feature, we’re taking a trip around the globe, looking at some of the most interesting ...
Transfer your pension fund or retirement annuity offshore
If you’ve emigrated from South Africa you can now convert your retirement annuity or pension fund to cash and transfer ...
South African shops in Australia no.3
Well hello Friday! Fancy seeing you here Another weekend coming up, and for those of us in the southern hemisphere, ...
The financial emigration checklist for SA expats
Considering whether or not to emigrate financially is a rather big move for South Africans who have relocated abroad. However ...
South African shops in Australia no.2
It’s Friday again folks. So we’re here to see to your shopping fix in Australia. We’re stopping off in Perth ...
Reasons to immigrate to Germany
We’re on issue number seven of the cashkows’ #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog and this week we’re stopping off to visit ze Germans ...
#TravelTuesday – what does the future of travel look like?
It’s Travel Tuesday again, and this week we’re looking at the future of travel. What will it look like 20, ...
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 ...