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Rhodes University conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) on the Professor of Development Studies at Nelson Mandela University, Janet Cherry.Cherry has successfully combined an academic life with activism for more than 40 years, with most of her work focused on the Eastern Cape.During…

Social housing is a powerful tool to integrate divided towns and cities by providing reasonable rental accommodation for low-and moderate-income working households. It can bring communities together in concentrated urban areas and revitalise run-down settlements where municipalities have gone…

By Stuart GreenInvesting is a key aspect to creating personal wealth. Broadly speaking, an individual can select the stocks or bonds themselves, or outsource this to a fund or investment manager. Making the right choice when selecting a fund manager is key to long-term gains.This can be done…

South African consumers may be faced with steeper loan repayments as the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) has not ruled out implementing yet another interest rate hike in May, making life difficult amid volatile economic and financial conditions.The SARB’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Thursday…

The recent increase in interest rates has piled more financial pressure on consumers who are already feeling like they are stretched thin.The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the benchmark repo rate by 50 basis points to 7.75% at its March 2023 meeting.…

Homeowners will be the most impacted by the cost of borrowing in South Africa, which has risen to its highest in nearly 14 years, in spite of dwindling economic growth forecasts.The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) yesterday shocked the market with a severely hawkish stance, and raised its…

Even though measures were introduced by the government (silently on 22 December 2022) to strengthen South Africa’s anti-money laundering and terror financing legislation in an attempt to remain off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist after South Africa’s performed weakly on the…

South African consumer finances took another hit today as the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee Meeting (MPC) hiked the repurchase rate by 50 basis points (BPS). !function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];n=e.…

The average cost of a household food basket is R4 966.20, according to the Household Affordability Index by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group (PMBEJD).The Household Affordability Index tracks food price data from 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries in five major cities in the…

To ensure that your financial journey is a success it is important that you have a good relationship with your financial adviser. A financial adviser can help you steer you to wealth, and to the best investments you can make to become financially stable in life.Most successful adviser/investor…

As the country braces for an expected interest rate hike, the cost-of-living crisis is triggering a major shift in consumer behaviour. Recent data shows that consumers are resorting to new cost-saving strategies such as cashback and discount platforms as food prices and essential household items…

The increases in municipal rates and tariffs are putting immense pressure on property owners and tenants, with little relief in sight. These above-inflation increases, which industry players say are likely to continue, place further strain on the property market and people’s pockets.According to…

South Africans celebrate Human Rights Month in March but do they know about their consumer rights. Consumers have a wide range of protection in the form of legislated consumer rights that have developed over many years into the framework that people know today.Reana Steyn, the ombud for banking…

In an effort to teach children to gain money management skills, Nedbank announced on Tuesday that it became the first bank in Africa to launch a game on Robolox. Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program games and play…

In January the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) increased interest rates by 25 basis points escalating the repo rate rate to 7.25% and the prime lending rate to 10.75%.According to Bertie Nel, head of Financial Planning and Advice at Momentum, economists warn that an…

Lesego Makgatholesego.makgatho@inl.co.zaIF YOU are in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry and are looking for a way to give your innovation firm a boost you should get in touch with the African Innovation Academy if you are .Established earlier this year for African small…

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is expected to increase the repo rate at the next MPC meeting, according to 95% of the Finder’s panel of experts.The panel comprises of 22 economists, property specialists and academics who were asked what they think the SARB’s MPC will do at the March meeting…

South Africans should avoid the effects of over-indebtedness, such as legal action and bad credit records due to non-payment, by keeping a close on the amount of debt that they take on.In 2022, consumers in the country owed R2.8 billion collectively, which they failed to honour, according to Stats…

India has been attempting to internationalise the rupee for a long time. Nowadays, currencies like the US dollar, Euro, Japanese yen, British pound, and to a lesser extent, the Chinese yuan can claim to be a global reserve currency. But, recent reports suggest that India has made tremendous…

The headline is inspired by the statement of the monetary policy committee issued by Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank issued on January 26, 2023. The Governor states: “While the South African economy grew by a relatively strong 1.6% in the third quarter of 2022, the…