Coastal property in South Africa is booming as buyers flock to popular seaside towns, driven by lifestyle appeal, semigration, strong tourism demand, and superior growth, sharply increasing prices across hotspots.
South Africa is likely to see falling interest rates through 2026 as inflation moves toward the new 3% target, government finances improve, the rand strengthens, and global conditions create room for the Reserve Bank to ease policy.
Over the past five years, South Africa has seized counterfeit goods worth R9.7 billion, with the boom in illicit trade presenting a notable risk to the country’s fiscus and citizens.
At first glance, the home may not seem too different from the others, aside from the collection of camel statues and cement owls with glass bottle eyes that stand on the home’s boundary.
Botswana President Duma Boko reiterated a plan to take control of De Beers, rebuffing a warning from the IMF that the diamond market’s prolonged slump makes it a risky undertaking.
One of South Africa’s oldest companies, Premier, has continued to grow from strength to strength, with the food producer well-positioned to continue this trend in the coming years.
South Africa’s investment landscape is undergoing a rapid shift as younger, tech-savvy investors move away from traditional unit trust funds and toward direct investing in shares, ETFs, actively managed certificates (AMCs) and even cryptocurrencies on digital and technology-driven trading platforms.
South Africa’s adoption of new global reporting standards for financial and crypto assets signals the end of crypto tax evasion, giving SARS unprecedented transparency and enforcement power.