Rental Crisis Hits the Western Cape

High Demand and the Growing Risk of Exploitative Practices If you’re renting in the Western Cape, you already know how tough it is to find a decent property that suits your budget. Cape Town has become one of the most expensive cities to rent in South Africa, with demand far outstripping its supply. The steady […]

Common wealth-planning mistakes

In his poem The Mistake, James Fenton talks about the sad truth in making mistakes. He beautifully describes that even with blatant warnings that are ignored or subtle hints that have gone unnoticed, we sometimes go about our lives not knowing about the mistakes we are making and how they will impact our loved ones […]

Budget 2021: What was missing?

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivered his third annual budget address on 24 February 2021. While there was plenty of information on both income and expenditure issues, as well as proposed tax amendments, some aspects were, concerningly so, not addressed at all. Exchange control In 2020, the Minister indicated that changes would be made to South Africa’s capital flow system regulated through the South African […]