On the 16th of February, South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his maiden State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a South African public holding its breath, desperate for…
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Many South Africans who plan to move abroad in 2018 and those who plan to use their annual foreign investment allowance are delighted at the recent strengthening of the rand…
If you live in South Africa, the UK, USA and Europe you will be very aware that politics can play a central role on the strength of your currency. As…
Globally the rand is regarded as one of the most volatile currencies. In 2017 analysts were predicting that with the deteriorating political climate the rand would drop down to R20…
One of the main reasons that South Africans give for leaving the country and emigrating abroad is concerns about the economy. Those that plan on staying in the country are…
The South African rand plummeted to a 10-month low on Wednesday 25th of October, following Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s weak and uninspiring budget speech. A bleak outlook Finance Minister Malusi…
As every South African knows, the rand is an extremely volatile currency and at times it can be performing strongly against the US dollar and pound and at other times…
South African expats living abroad will be delighted to know the South African rand has strengthened substantially during the past months and is now trading at a three-year high against…
Semeyi Zake of Business Day recently interviewed finglobal.com CEO, Ryno Viljoen, to discuss some of the options available to South African emigrants around their retirement savings as well as the…
After a year of dubious teeter-tottering, the Rand managed to gain back some of its former clout following the announcement by NPA head, Shaun Abrahams, that the charges against finance…