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Home / Posts tagged “Debt”

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Video interview: New mutual insurer enters the market

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Key regulatory and compliance developments: looking back at 2024 and what’s ahead in 2025

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Issues around Budget 3.0 with tax specialist Louis Botha

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Two-pot withdrawals linked to surge in used car sales

The Bureau of Market Research discloses what South Africans have done with their savings benefit withdrawals since September 2024.

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Be aware of the difficulties when dealing with tax debt in business rescue

Can a creditor lose their right to enforce post-commencement debt? A High Court case sheds light on the fine print of business rescue rules and SARS’s role in enforcing tax obligations.

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Why your salary feels smaller: purchasing power plummets as debt levels soar

Even as inflation eases, high interest rates continue to erode incomes, forcing many South Africans to rely on loans to get by.

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How bank errors and unseen fees impacted customers

The OBS’s 2023 annual report unveils chargeback disputes, hidden fees, and administrative failures.

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South Africans are feeling a lot better about their finances – survey

The latest Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor finds a decrease in households dipping into their savings and cashing in their investments early.

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South Africans ‘ignore’ debt woes: survey highlights growing financial strain

The Money Stress Tracker survey finds that consumers’ response to financial strain is long on intent but short on action.

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Pre-retirement savings withdrawals ‘make sense in certain cases’

Preservation must be encouraged, but the reality is that a retirement fund is many South Africans’ only source of savings, says Alexforbes.

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More consumers turning to rewards to manage living expenses

These programmes are having a significant influence on the way people shop, according to the 2024 Sanlam Benchmark Survey.

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Government to withdraw R150bn from SARB’s gold and forex account to get a handle on debt

A proposed reform will see half the account’s R500bn distributed to a SARB contingency reserve (R100bn) and to Treasury (R150bn).

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Confidence in the economy at an 8-year low, Old Mutual research finds

Latest Savings & Investment Monitor contains insights into South Africans’ appetite for investment risk and investing offshore.

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Grave concern about increase in senior citizens applying for debt counselling

Instead of making provision for retirement, they are servicing debt.

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Consumers relying on unsecured loans as inflation and interest rate increases bite

Cash-strapped South Africans spending more on essential items such as food at the expense of insurance products, says DebtBusters.

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Important expenses not factored into the medium-term budget

A major concern is the contingent liability guarantees of municipalities and some of the state-owned enterprises.

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Ombudsman sets out what consumers should know about prescription

The Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) has issued a communication that alerts consumers to their rights when it comes to debt that has prescribed. According to ombudsman Reana Steyn, most consumers are ignorant […]

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Why do more South Africans feel better about their financial prospects?

According to a graph in this year’s Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor (OMSIM), 72% of respondents expect their financial prospects to improve over the next six months, whereas only 5% believe they […]

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Political messaging, juggling spending demands, and the outlook for SA bonds

Jeff Schultz, senior economist at BNP Paribas South Africa, provides the following perspective on the Budget. He discusses: What the ANC hopes the Budget will achieve politically. The outlook for government revenue and […]

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Curtailing spending is critical to lowering the debt ratio

The most notable feature of Budget 2022 is National Treasury’s intent to stabilise the government’s debt ratio, as it “saves” a significant portion of its current tax windfall, estimated at R181.9 billion in […]

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