by Daan Steenkamp | Mar 4, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Goldman Sachs has suggested that the global economy may have bottomed out and that green shoots are emerging. The Daily Maverick reported that the cost of state capture over the second term of the Zuma administration cost around R1.5trillian: this is...
by Daan Steenkamp | Feb 25, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Snippet
Economy I had long known that tax comprises a large part of the cost of vehicle fuel; I had not known that taxes account for some 42% of new car prices. It appears that local vehicle taxes are proportionately much higher than that of larger markets in Europe, the US...
by Daan Steenkamp | Feb 4, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Sweden has adopted The as its official coin: Reference Business On 1 February I received a notice from Google+ to the effect that it was closing down its Googleplus accounts owing to low usage: a self-confessed nerd explained that Google had lost the fight...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jan 28, 2019 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy The Absa PMI rose to marginally positive in December, the best level of last year. The Business Confidence Index deteriorated marginally to 31 in the last quarter. The Consumer Confidence Index settled at a marginally positive rate. Spending: in order to get...
by Daan Steenkamp | Dec 13, 2018 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economic review The Auditor-General reports an irregular first and second tier government spend of R51bn. Add to this a similar non-compliant spend by SOE’s of 24bn; mind boggles when politicians speak of oversight and other challenges. That wonderful racial...
by Daan Steenkamp | Dec 4, 2018 | Economy
The Auditor-General reports an irregular first and second tier government spend of R51bn. Add to this a similar non-compliant spend by SOE’s of 24bn; mind boggles when politicians speak of oversight and other challenges. That wonderful racial stereotype where the...
