by Daan Steenkamp | Dec 1, 2021 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Been there done that: our roiling markets reflect the uncertainty that another lockdown will do to those sectors of our economy affected most by the Covid pandemic. Think travel/hospitality/tourism. On top of this uncertainty are two negatives that also...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 24, 2021 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Some salient economic issues are: Old hat, but still – Our Post Office is in financial trouble; unsurprisingly, when last did you post a letter? What is not nice is that the Post Office has not paid over taxes on salaries, despite having deducted this. You try...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 18, 2021 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics There is some good news to report on and for this the Prez should be lauded even though much of this is not directly attributable to his leadership: Our new Minister of Finance stuck to the expenditure containment script and even stated that he prefers job...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 10, 2021 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy There are two tenuously related topics in our economic development, which are topical today: The world has been galvanised by the COP26 summit and we will see huge sums being spent on re-energisation. Good; the realisation that our current energy use is...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 1, 2021 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Since 1994, our per capita GDP, compared to the rest of the world, has deteriorated by approximately 20%. Even when compared to the rest of Africa, we have retrogressed. In 1994 Eskom generated more electricity per capita than the rest of the world. Today our...
