231 When someone phones with an offer that seems too good to be true, it probably is and it could be debt review without your consent. Consumers are warned about someone calling…
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Is buying a car with a balloon payment a debt trap?
208A new shiny car is not in everybody’s budget these days and car financers are trying to help them with balloon payments. It is so tempting. That lovely shiny car will cost…
Responses to US tariff increases may trigger closer tax scrutiny
249Graphene Economics says even Mauritius is looking into intra-group transactions more closely. Global crises – such as the 2008 financial crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the recent international trade tensions created by…
Standard Bank pockets R24 billion in six months, while Capitec eyes earnings to surge above 22%
270 Headline earnings are a way of measuring a company’s core profit. The first half of 2025 seems to be a great time for banks as they are pocketing billions in headline…
Samsung celebrates successful completion of ICT training
225 Software Development Internship Programme: Designed to provide graduates with hands-on experience, skills development and industry exposure to enhance their employability JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – XX Month 2025 – Samsung celebrated the…
Mashatile warns of serious consequences if SA can’t secure trade deal with US
248 Government will send another delegation to the US to push for better trade terms. Deputy President Paul Mashatile has warned of the consequences South Africa will face if the country fails…
US tariffs: SA sugarcane growers plead with Tau to help them
235 In addition to the US tariffs, sugarcane growers are concerned about cheap imports entering South Africa. Amid a punishing tariff increase on South Africa imposed by US President Donald Trump, sugarcane…
Here’s why gambling can’t help you get rid of debt
198 Although some people win big, gambling is more likely to make you sink deeper into debt. Many South African consumers have turned to gambling to fix their finances, but unfortunately, experts…
City of Joburg to repeal private CCTV by-law
208 Sapoa, which is among three organisations legally challenging the bylaw, believes it’s unconstitutional and invalid. The City of Joburg intends to repeal its controversial private security by-law, adopted in February, which…
local data good for local GDP
239 Although this week’s economic data looked good for GDP, there is a pervasive sense of waiting for the US tariff that affected unemployment. It was a busy week on the economic…