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Your sporting calendar for March/April 2016
Welcome to your monthly finglobal.com sporting calendar! We’ve included important dates for your favourite sporting events around the globe for ...
South Africa’s junk status – what you need to know
Even before Moody’s put South Africa on notice for a downgrade on March 9, analysts had been weighing in on ...
Is moving your money out of SA the best option for you?
Many South African are worried about the state of the Rand, and wondering whether it wouldn’t be a better option ...
Reasons to immigrate to Australia
Welcome to our third feature of cashkows’ #ReasonsToImmigrateTo blog. Although we can’t prescribe which country would be best suited to ...
#TravelTuesday – best travel apps for one and all
With many South Africans setting off for Easter break or already on the road, you may have a need for ...
Rainbow Friday: the SA expat’s Friday shopping feature #6
We’re back in Australia this week after travelling to the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand. The one thing South ...
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 ...
