Feb 26, 2016
South African youth are maximising the opportunity to invest in Tax-Free Savings. This follows a finding that 17% of FNB customers, aged between 21 and 30, have opened a Tax-Free Savings account and have opted for the shares option. Pieter Du Toit, CEO of FNB...
Feb 26, 2016
According to International Data Corporations’ (IDC) Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 25,6-million smartphones were shipped in India in CY 2015 Q4 – up 15,4% from 22,2-million units for the same period last year. But, similar to last year, smartphone...
Feb 26, 2016
Wipro and the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) have launched the second edition of their Future CIO learning programme for South Africa. The programme’s objective is to impart leadership skills, build proficiency in technologies of the future and help...
Feb 25, 2016
Dave Mohr & Izak Odendaal, Old Mutual multi-managers, unpack yesterday’s Budget speech. In our preview of the Budget Speech, we outlined four requirements for avoiding a downgrade to junk status. How did the 2016 Budget Speech measure up? A Budget based on...
Feb 25, 2016
The South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) has welcomed the focus on austerity in the 2016 budget tabled today in Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan. However, adds Ettiene Retief, chairperson of the National Tax and SARS...
Feb 25, 2016
The much anticipated 2016 National Budget Address brings feelings of reprieve on the decision by National Treasury to not increase VAT, companies and personal income taxes – where sin taxes, increase in the general fuel levy, the introduction of a new tyre levy...
