by Daan Steenkamp | Jun 10, 2022 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics A burning topic is the petrol price and its potential effect upon our economy. On the one hand there is a push for the state to drop the taxes which almost doubles the price of our fuel; on the other is the hard fact that our government is short on income...
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 | Jul 6, 2021 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics C Ryan: ”… the JSE Top 40, in red, looks decidedly pedestrian against the S&P 500, which returned 278% over 10 years against the Top 40’s 28.3%.” Our Reserve Bank governor held, a week-and-a-half ago, that there is a case for lowering the banks...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jun 21, 2021 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics You would, no doubt, have seen that our economy is now predicted to grow at some 5% this year. The interesting thing about this is that the economists, who so predict, say that we should be able to maintain that momentum – especially if the government is...
by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 8, 2020 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics When the Prez, this week past, addressed us on the shortcomings of our public services, he touched on the essence underlying our current dilemma with the implementation of political policy. I grew up with the (British) understanding that the civil service...
by Daan Steenkamp | Aug 31, 2020 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics You will recall that growing our middle-class was a hot political topic some years back – the thinking was that “we” needed a substantial middle-class to ensure the retention of a democratic capitalist state. This week past there were mutterings of our...
