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| The long-awaited amendments to the Financial, Agricultural and Construction Sector Codes were announced recently - but what changes do these codes mean for companies in 2018...?read |
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As South Africans are itching to get their hands on bitcoin, there's been an increase in swops and bitcoin-only sales on Gumtree.co.za, says Claire Cobbledick, head of core at Gumtree...read | 
Linda Ensor Global consultancy McKinsey has strongly denied allegations that it was involved in corrupt efforts to milk Eskom of hundreds of millions of rand...read |
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 | Bronwyn Williams In 2016 alone, over $17bn was invested in fintech start-ups. In 2017, those figures are likely to double... read | |  | Globally, the chartered accounting profession is being asked to look into a crystal ball. No one can say with certainty what the future will hold, but to continue contributing value to society the profession needs to reimagine itself. read | |  | Wynand Smit In South Africa, technology implementation is largely reactive - we're a nation of cautious adopters - yet there are many innovations likely to gain a stronger foothold in 2018 in the financial sector... read | |  | Rethabile Witkoei The world is ever-changing and dynamic. The key to survival is resilience and the proficient ability to continuously be reflective and responsive to market needs... read | |
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 | Novus Holdings, previously part of the Naspers Group, looks set to have its third grim year in a row, with reports that it is set to lose the crucial contract to print Media 24's newspapers and magazines to Caxton and a number of small independent printers... read |
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 | Nico Gous KPMG South Africa announced the appointment of a new chairperson and independent director on Wednesday... read |
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 | Matthew Westaway If your company is not thinking about embracing the global paradigm towards customer centricity, you should spend your remaining profits building a time machine to review the moments that lead to your demise... read |
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 | If its application is granted final approval by the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb), Bank Zero will become the country's fourth mutual bank... read |
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 | Ettiene Retief Trusts have long been the silver bullet for estate planning, but the way in which our living situations, financial planning, tax and legal provisions have changed over the past few decades... read |
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 | Coming off the back of a tough 2017, what can small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SME's) do to chart a new growth path and scale their businesses...? read |
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 | Dominique Collett Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were the hot topics in 2017, and will continue to be headliners this year, while there will be a number of other interesting developments around fintech in 2018... read |
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 | Investment into African tech startups hit the highest levels since records began in 2017, with 159 startups raising in excess of $195 million... read |
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 | Issued By Private Property The decision by the South African Reserve Bank to leave the repo rate unchanged at 6.75% has been met with mixed reactions by the property market... read |
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 | Olaf Weber and Vasundhara Saravade The "tragedy of the horizons," a term coined by Canada's Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has been haunting the financial sector ever since climate change began posing serious threats to the planet... read |
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 | Luke McMahon and Shawn Phillips For South African investors, rand appreciation against the US dollar played a major role in investment performance during 2017... read |
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 | The New Year kicked off with a positive start with the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) leaving the interest rate unchanged at 6.75%... read |
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 | The rand lost a bit of momentum on Monday morning, but the underlying trend remained strong following significant political developments at the weekend... read |
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 | Economic growth in Africa picked up steam last year and is set to accelerate strongly in 2018, but "massive investments" are needed in infrastructure, the African Development Bank (ADB) said Wednesday, 17 January... read |
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 | Des Kruger and Wesley Grimm The 10th annual edition of the tax statistics for South Africa provides data on the key trends in tax revenue collections and highlights the role the tax system plays in contributing to South Africa's fiscal health... read |
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 | Sunita Menon With the budget deficit projected to widen from 3.1% to 4.3% of GDP in the current fiscal year and tax revenue expected to fall R50.8bn short of earlier estimates, the Treasury is gripped by the challenge of finding new income streams. Many citizens believe, or fear, it will find them by raising taxes. read |
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 | Seelan Moonsamy The South African National Treasury published the Second Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment on 14 December 2017... read |
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 | Tom Jackson Partech Ventures has announced the launch of its Partech Africa fund, which has secured over €57 million ($70 million) toward its target size of €100 million ($122 million)... read |
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 | Automotive alliance, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has launched a new corporate venture capital fund that plans to invest up to $1bn to support open innovation over the next five years... read |
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 | PARIS, France: Bitcoin, the best known of hundreds of 'virtual' coins, slumped on Tuesday to a six-week low below $12,000 as analysts blamed a rush by various jurisdictions to regulate the sector... read |
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