After years of market turbulence followed by surprisingly resilient recoveries, many investors are asking an unexpected question: “Am I being too cautious?” Let’s look at how recent experience shapes our...
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Is Private Healthcare Becoming Unaffordable?
For many South Africans, the annual medical scheme increase has become one of the most dreaded notifications of the year. As healthcare costs continue to outpace inflation and salaries, more...
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Why Are More People Building ‘Career Insurance’?
For a long time, a second income was a nice-to-have: a “side hustle” that brought in some extra spending money, or was a way to express your interests and creativity...
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Market Update: Why Markets Keep Finding Their Way Back to the Same Place
This year, just about everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. But despite the turmoil markets have shown remarkable resilience. Time and again, investors have been confronted with events...
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Cut Your Tax Bill: Rebates and Incentives Available This Tax Season
Wish you could pay less tax? The 2026 tax filing season is in full swing, with individual non-provisional taxpayers facing a 23 October 2026 deadline, while trusts and individual provisional...
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National Wills Month: Do You Have a Business Will?
Most business owners think their personal will has the business covered too, but that's usually not the case. The term “business will” refers colloquially to a specialised directive, such as...
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Some Companies are Going Back on Automation. Should you?
Automation once promised a cleaner, leaner future with lower costs, faster service and fewer repetitive tasks. Yet some businesses are now reversing course and humans are being returned to jobs...
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SARS Moves Traveller Declarations Online
Anyone leaving or entering South Africa faces a new SARS requirement: an online declaration of goods, cash and other items before crossing the border. This article cuts through all the...
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Your Tax Deadlines for September 2026
07 September: PAYE submissions and payments 19 September: Start of Trust Filing Season 2026 25 September: VAT manual submissions and payments 29 September: Excise duty payments 30 September: VAT electronic...
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Provisional Tax Time: First Payment for 2027 Tax Year Due 31 Aug
For individual provisional taxpayers and for companies with a February year-end, the end of August brings yet another tax deadline: the first provisional tax payment for the 2027 tax year,...
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Everyone Makes Them: Here’s How to Recover from a Bad Business Decision
Every business leader, from the corner office to the corner store, has a story they wish they could rewrite. A product launched too early, a hire made too hastily, a...
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The Subscription Trap: SMEs are Losing Thousands to “SaaS Creep”
As cloud-based software delivery has lowered the barrier to adoption, many companies are starting to lose track of the number of software subscriptions they have. This phenomenon is known as...
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CIPC, SARS, UIF, COIDA … Our Expertise Makes Compliance Easier
Running a business in South Africa is a challenge. Quite apart from the political and economic conditions, every business must also comply with a web of governance, regulatory, tax, and...
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Your Tax Deadlines for August 2026
Disclaimer: The information provided herein should not be used or relied on as professional advice. No liability can be accepted for any errors or omissions nor for any loss or damage...
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2026 Tax Season Opens: Experience the Power of Done
SARS's "The Power of Done" campaign promotes seamless, digital tax compliance for Tax Filing Season 2026. The season officially opens on 13 July, although auto-assessed taxpayers will receive notifications from...
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Mandela Day: Why Younger Consumers Support Purpose-Driven Businesses
Millennials and Gen Z – two generations raised on social media, shaped by climate anxiety, and equipped with instant access to information – are now rewriting the rules of consumer...
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Which Trust is Right for Me? Ask a Professional
Understanding the tax benefits and limitations of a trust or special trust is crucial to ensuring the trust beneficiaries are provided for as intended. South Africans can choose between several...
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5 Things Big Companies Do That Small Businesses Shouldn’t Copy
Big businesses have big budgets, big teams, and big safety nets. Small businesses have none of these things … And at times this can be to their advantage. The mistake...
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