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What is a Business really worth |
Valuation does not equal price. Read what Sanlam Cobalt has to say about a business's worth... |
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A return to dark interest rate days |
We may not get to 25% interest rates, but pain is going to feel the same. Read more... |
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Breeders barking mad |
The question on the lips of dog breeders, animal welfare organisations and vets after the South African Veterinary Council (SAVC) announced that from June 1, veterinarians who docked dogs' tails could be prosecuted. Read more...
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Banks take a tougher line on home loans |
Absa, South Africa’s largest bank, has announced an increase in the deposit that potential homebuyers must pay when asking for a home loan. Read more...
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Companies to put focus on indirect tax |
Most large global companies believe governments will rely more on indirect tax, such as VAT or general sales tax, in the future, according to a study released by KPMG.
Seventy-five percent of businesses expect this trend to develop in the next five years. Read more...
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Court asked to consider multiple Muslim wives |
The Cape High Court has been asked to recognise polygamous Muslim marriages for purposes of the duty of support between spouses, the Womens' Legal Centre (WLC) said. Read more... |
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Change course on land or face grave consequences |
This is an issue that affects the very foundation of our 1994 constitutional compromise on property rights. Read more... |
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Call to reduce fuel taxes |
Trade union Solidarity has called on government to temporarily reduce fuel taxes. Read more... |
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Clearing your record |
How can I get a listing off my credit record? Read how here... |
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Cellphone payments huge risk |
Contactless payments made via cellphones pose the greatest future threat to the security of consumers' financial details, a leading security expert says. Read more... |
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Food prices and the poor |
It’s not entirely clear why the cabinet has chosen baby food, sorghum and chicken as the three items to target. Read more... |
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Govt eyes new mobile, fixed operators |
Government will license a fourth mobile operator and a third fixed-line operator in 2009. Read more... |
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Hold on to your home |
Homeowners should bear in mind throughout these difficult economic times that the quicker a home loan is paid off, the less interest will be charged. Read more... |
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House Prices: The Market Bites Back |
Last year, as the house price boom continued in many countries across the world, we asked whether the laws of economics had been repealed. Now, we can see that they remain as true as ever. But just how deeply is the housing price crunch going to spread? Read more... |
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Land bill faces legal challenge |
AfriForum is threatening to take the expropriation bill to the constitutional court, because, they say, it breaches rights to property, the right to access to the courts, and to just administrative action. Read more...
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Litany of woes hits residential property market |
Forecasting a period of price deflation, that is, falling prices. Read more... |
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Legal Judgement Personal Liability |
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Mboweni sets scene for new repo rate rise |
Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni sent another strong signal that interest rates would rise again this year. Inflation pressures had spread far beyond food and fuel, he warned. Read more |
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Mortgage fraud BE WARNED |
Fraudsters are prowling the Legal fields. Dont be caught act legal wise. Some red flags to notice before its too late. Read more... |
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New TV station to give Cape Town civil society a voice |
SA’s newest TV station, Cape Town TV (CTV), is planning to start broadcasting to the greater Cape Town area in August being awarded a one-year renewable community broadcast licence by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa). Read more... |
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Nedbank sets auditors on its old law firm |
Nedbank took an unusual step of stating publicly that it had instituted an investigation into alleged irregularities by long-standing legal advisers Findlay Niemeyer in failing to account for money it collected from the sale of repossessed homes. Read more...
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Old Mutual agrees to healthcare merger |
Old Mutual and Lethimvula Investments have agreed to merge their healthcare businesses to form SA’s largest medical insurance administrator. Read more... |
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Protection for retired home buyers |
John Gomes, Director of Cliff Dekker and Chairman of the Cape Law Society Property Committee says one of the most valuable lessons learned from the Masterbond debacle was that the investor needed greater protection by the law. Read more...
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Police to Google Earth? |
The SA Police Service (SAPS) will use satellite imagery to help it monitor the country's borders, says deputy national commissioner for operational services Andre Pruis. Read more...
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Registering a patent in SA takes patience |
Yet South Africa, although credited with inventions such as the CAT scanner, Kreepy Krauly and Dollosse, still has a low level of innovation. The country's rate of registering patents - long held as the measure of a country's level of innovation - remains low, while entrepreneurs complain that the patenting process remains complex and costly. Read more... |
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Sales from Estates |
Sales from estates has elicited a response from Donald Moore of Guthrie & Rushton. Read more... |
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SARS shifts income tax focus to employers |
The South African Revenue Services (SARS) announced that the responsibility of completing and submitting Personal Income Tax (PIT) forms would shift to the employer for the 2008 Tax Season. Read more... |
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Seven ways |
Plan long term, intensify your marketing, look after your staff, spend wisely, and don't panic! |
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SA household debt exceeds R1-trillion |
Credit extension to households rose from R289,8bn in 2002 to R1,1-trillion this year. Mortgages accounted for more than 50% of the debt, while other credit classes, including overdrafts, leases, instalment sales and credit cards chalked up the balance. Read more... |
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SARS and your allowance |
What are the implications if I do not buy a new car or choose to use that money to pay off a car we already have? Read more... |
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Sectional Titles Why knowledge is power |
In this very competitive world we are living in, the person with the combination of the best qualifications and relevant industry experience will probably get the job. Maybe this is not always the case. Read more... |
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The expeditious prosecution of crime legislation |
In view of rampant crime which threatens to derail SA's constitutional commitments and government's manifest difficulty in curtailing it, members of the legal profession have decided to step forward to offer to deploy their services without charge in the establishment of a 24 hour court system. Read more... |
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Turkey widens smoking ban |
A law extending a smoking ban in Turkey to most enclosed areas - including taxis, ferries and shopping malls - came into effect on Monday in the nicotine-addicted nation. Read more... |
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Tiger Brands an honest company |
When interviewed, CEO of Tiger Brands Peter Matlare was asked if he was running an honest company. Read more about his reply... |
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Technology enables inappropriate content |
The rapid advancement of technology means that children are at increasing risk of being exposed to, or being used in, the production of pornography, say three reports by the Human Sciences Research Council. Read more... |
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VAT relief on food for poor considered |
The government is considering zero-rating more basic food items such as chicken, sorghum products and baby food as part of a package of proposals to help the poor deal with soaring food prices. |
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Woolies donates yoghurt |
Woolworths is donating to charity all the gelatine-tainted yoghurt it has removed from its shelves, the company said. Read more... |
