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I recall about 20 years ago when the then Top Rabbi of New York told his fellow Jews who were leaving South Africa, that the safest place to be in the beginning of the 201….. somethings was South Africa.  Even with the high crime rate, we seem to be living fine here, politics are exciting, [...]

So because I am new to to making Regular Overseas Payments, and my existing payments have ended, I am now ready to take out a new plan and have someone manage my regular payments.  - Quote Alan Holloway  What has this meant – well a saving of up to ZAR 4,500 a year on bank [...]

An interesting month September 2012, as the month ended with the SA Rand trying to create a comeback against Sterling in the closing of the month’s sessions, sending the GBP ZAR exchange rate down to 13.3135 in trading. We must remember that the pair’s three year high of 13.6122  appears a long way off, however [...]

  Where is our hard-earned money going? It is obvious that today’s 2012 budget speech by Pravin Gordhan will affect everything that we are going to be paying for in the coming year; this includes our insurance premiums, the interest rates on our bonds, borrowing money, education, and all the utilities that we use on [...]

What an interesting week for the SA Rand.  Fisrt big gains against the US dollar, then losing ground and last week saw the British pound and ZAR exchange rate stage a mini-recovery. The pair was languishing below the 12.0000 level last Monday – and of course by Friday lunch time, it had recovered to trade [...]

Even though this may sound daunting it is quite simply one of those things you will need help with.  Once you have declared all your taxes on the other side, you can freely transfer your money over to South Africa, without any additional taxes waiting for you.  So thank you to our associates in SA [...]