Tag Archives: South Africa

SA Rand gives or gets a Pounding!

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 [...]

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SA is ready for tourists! Are you ready to get on board?

As reported by Mail and Guardian – a South African newspaper– on 25 July 2010 South Africa is ready and on a mission. The country is aiming to increase the number of foreign tourists that visit the country from 7 million in 2009 to 15 million by 2020. SA’s Minister of Tourism – Marthinus can [...]

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TIme to invest in South African property

Property Investment in South Africa

Recently, South Africa has seen a major gush of investment in the country. This is in all sectors of real estate and relates to investors from the country itself as well as from abroad. Why has there been a surge of investment? Well buyers have been assured of great opportunities and ROI’s. It is a [...]

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Need to send money overseas?

Emigrating from South Africa and need to send money

Does this sound familiar? I’m emigrating from SA and want to send money overseas! What the heck do I do and how do I do it? If you are leaving South Africa or any country in the world, you will definitely need to convert your local money into a foreign currency. Globalfundi’s forex transfer services are [...]

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