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Netcare warns of health skills exodus

21 May 2008

Netcare warns of "terrible unintended consequences", if concerns about plans to amend the National Health Act are ignored.

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‘Negative sentiment’ drags property down

21 May 2008

Political uncertainty, the Eskom crisis and crime are hot on the heels of interest hikes as key factors driving the residential property market’s current nosedive.

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Time Ripe for Property Buyers to Negotiate Rates and Fees

20 May 2008

Patrick O'Shea, CEO of Engel & Völkers, explains why borrowers should get tough with their mortgage lenders

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Beware! Scammers are targeting you!

19 May 2008

Fraudsters are targeting bank customers with ingenious scams - when in doubt, check with your bank

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Super rich home buyers shrug off rate hikes

16 May 2008

Cape Town marina duplex apartments have a price tag of R100-million each

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More inflation on way, warns Reserve Bank

15 May 2008

Interest rate increases of 4.5 percentage points are dampening consumer spending but inflation is still rising, according to the Reserve Bank monetary policy review, released yesterday

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A formula to help you stretch your rands

15 May 2008

The cost of inflation – are we working to live, or living to work? The price of oil has been rising daily and is currently above R915 a barrel.

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Check that you aren't haunted by unpaid debt

14 May 2008

Beware that debts still registered as unpaid may well keep you on the blacklist.

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Coronation sees market volatility continuing

14 May 2008

Coronation Fund Managers expects the recent market volatility to continue for the foreseeable future, but the worst could be over for the local financial and industrial counters.

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Repo to increase again

14 May 2008

Standard Bank's Economics Unit expects one more increase in the repo rate in June, taking prime to 15.5%, then a static stance for eleven months before a cut in the repo by 50 basis points in June 2009.

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Load shedding drags down Astral stock

14 May 2008

Not being a trader in shares, I don’t often bother to look at the Stock Exchange News on the day the reports appear.

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Slowdown in world economy hits tourism

12 May 2008

Players in the tourism industry say the global economic situation is "badly" affecting the industry.