by Daan Steenkamp | Apr 15, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Business confidence dropped further to 91.8% in March, holds the SA Chamber of Commerce’s BCI. The primary factors contributing to this are the Rand exchange rate, interrupted power supply, electricity tariff increases and slowing manufacturing output. On the...
by Daan Steenkamp | Apr 8, 2019 | Practice, Property, Snippet
Property Instant Property Network has started a platform for property transactions using Blockchain: the intent is to create a trusted record which eliminates duplication and middlemen. Whilst firms have been slow in taking up this technology, Barclays and the Royal...
by Daan Steenkamp | Apr 2, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Skills: a note written by Bernstein, head of the Centre for Development and Enterprise, attracted my attention: she wrote on what was necessary to prime the virtuous cycle of growth. Our politicians, in seeking to attract votes, make wild promises which can...
by Daan Steenkamp | Mar 24, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy StatsSA reports that our government’s gross loan debt stands at R2.2trl at present and should stabilise at R3.5tln. This equates to a present debt of R40 000 per person in South Africa. For a country where the long-term per capita income is expected to trend...
by Daan Steenkamp | Mar 18, 2019 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics Is it possible to grow an economy, paying attention to exclusion and inequality: inclusive prosperity? A Harvard professor believes that we could move away from what he describes as a perverted Keynesian model; yawn, take a look: Reference The hemline index:...
