by Daan Steenkamp | Mar 13, 2023 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy There is little fresh that a layperson (yes, I am PC) can say about our economy which has not been aired in the past week. What remains is to step back – consider the following graph drawn from Statista: This, accompanied by our debt service costs, drawn from...
by Daan Steenkamp | Feb 22, 2023 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy There is little, which is favourable, to report on our economy. The fact is that our country, at most levels, has deteriorated under the current political leadership. This has led to not only the immediate disastrous results (a projected two quarter “technical...
by Daan Steenkamp | Feb 9, 2023 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy The IMF has raised its growth outlook for the world economy to a GDP of 2.9%. Slower than expected but still good news. Predictions for the South African GDP are all over the place, but appears to be in the order of 1%, which is better than a recession but...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jan 25, 2023 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy 2023: Predictions by world financial giants are that this year will bring a global recession. This should bring dampened inflation and a halt in interest-rate rises. If this does happen, the dollar will probably strengthen, it being seen as a safe haven in...
by Daan Steenkamp | Dec 6, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Practice News: Golegal published a brief explanation of the accrual regime: Reference if the term SLAPP is new to you – the term is used for a so-called strategic lawsuit against public participation; intended to silence or intimidate critics by forcing them to run up...
by Daan Steenkamp | Nov 22, 2022 | Business, Economy, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economy Not quite in time: South Africa (we rank 12th in the world as polluter) will be given R10.8bn by France and Germany to promote our green transition, which transition will probably come too late to assuage the latest Eskom report on the future of load-shedding....
