Bradley Elliott In June this year, the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Strasbourg Plenary deemed South Africa successful in “substantially completing” its 22-item Action Plan for removal from the FATF greylist. This has set the stage for an authorised onsite visit in October when FATF will determine whether South Africa can finally be scrubbed from...

Webinar connects SMMEs with practical tools for growth and compliance The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) is helping small businesses tap into the opportunities within the beer industry through its recent Brewing Business Success webinar, which connected over 50 participants with experts in compliance, digital marketing, retail, and skills development. “There’s a huge appetite among entrepreneurs...

 As the rising cost of living continues to strain household budgets across South Africa, many families are looking for smarter ways to manage their money and stretch their resources further. As National Savings Month comes to a close, FNB is encouraging homeowners to take a fresh look at how their home loan access funds facility...

John Loos  When it comes to broker perceptions of commercial property investor demand relative to supply across South Africa’s major metro regions, the City of Cape Town continues to be perceived as the strongest market, showing the most significant “under-supply” across all three major commercial property sectors. At the other end of the spectrum, Greater...

Louis Van Ravesteyn      A soybean harvested in Mpumalanga today moves through a value chain more structured than it was a decade ago. It travels from farm to storage through coordinated channels, often under the oversight of commercial offtakers with long-term supply relationships. Crushing plants are structured around scheduled throughput, aligned with feed manufacturers forecasting...