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Discipline delivered: Why the 2026 Budget matters
Malcolm Charles, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, and Jaco van Tonder, Advisor Services Director at Ninety One South Africa’s 2026 Budget may well be remembered as the moment fiscal...
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National budget review 3.0 | Three strikes or a charm?
Sanisha Packirisamy, Chief Economist at Momentum Investments A larger primary surplus and a narrower deficit → but weaker economic outlook raises the debt ratio Although tax...
Budget 3.0 highlights
Izak Odendaal, Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth Compared to the fireworks of the first two proposed Budgets the third version was decidedly uneventful. However, in this...
Debt you don’t owe: Why millions are still paying expired credit in SA
Rynhardt de Lange, Director and Head of Legal at Milaw Legal In theory, prescribed debt offers relief: if a debt hasn’t been acknowledged, paid, or legally pursued within three years,...
More South Africans than ever are using loans to make ends meet
Benay Sager, executive head of DebtBusters Although consumer confidence has improved and the rollout of the ‘two-pot’ retirement system has provided some financial relief, more South...
Budget 3.0: Large expenditure cuts needed to maintain fiscal consolidation
Johann Els, Chief Economist at the Old Mutual Group South Africa’s highly anticipated national budget trilogy finale will take place on 21 May and is likely to show a significant...
Gen Z is rewriting the rules of work – and benefits need to catch up
Reo Botes, Managing Executive at Essential Employee Benefits Gen Z is entering the workforce in numbers too large to ignore. By 2030, they’ll make up nearly 40% of South Africa’s...
Universal healthcare is too important to get wrong
Craig Comrie, CEO of Profmed The National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill may sound like a great idea in theory, but its hope is marred by economic realities and too few practical solutions which...
Inflation targeting: What it could mean for the rand and more
Bianca Botes, Director at Citadel Global A move by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and Treasury to lower the country's inflation target could have positive impacts on monetary...
Extreme outcome avoided
Izak Odendaal, Investment Strategist at Old Mutual Wealth Investors have suffered serious whiplash over the past five weeks. After shaking the foundation of the global trading system...
Staying ahead of global rate cuts: capturing yield in uncertain times
Adam Furlan, Portfolio Manager, and Jason Borbora-Sheen, Portfolio Manager, at Ninety One Global markets have been turbulent this year, amid escalating tariff tensions and concerns...
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