Rand prospects are fed linked

Cees Bruggemans has written a post on the recent rand/ dollar fluctuations. Read more on his expert opinion here.

Alec Hogg: What’s with the Rand?

Alec Hogg ponders the seemingly precarious nature of the future of South Africa’s currency, and where those in the money could be looking to hedge their bets.

Rand hits fresh 13 year low against US Dollar

South Africa’s rand fell to a new 13 year-low against the dollar early on Wednesday, extending losses triggered by a sell-off of emerging market currencies on expectations that U.S. interests rates could rise by mid-year.

Anthea Jeffery: Small business and the BEE burden

Twenty odd years later, BEE has grown out of proportion and deviated from its original purpose – to empower those who were historically disadvantaged – and rather ensures that not only is our society drifting further and further from its constitutional commitment to non-racialism, but too continues to create a gap between the top earners and the rest of the South African population.