Price Increases in 2016 – Neil Roets

Pursue your dreams with passion, stamina

A brilliant matric pass isn’t everything, says hip young self-starter you have your matric, but not a university pass. Now what? Don’t give up – and keep following your dreams because with passion, stamina and energy you can and will succeed. That’s the message from at least one young man who was disappointed by his […]

No shock increases on the horizon, at this stage

A YEAR of hard work for property and consumer-related sectors appears likely, given the mediocre outlook for the economy and household sector. Perhaps the good news is there is little currently to suggest any more than very mild interest rate hiking, FNB household and property sector strategist John Loos said yesterday in the first “Property […]

Jobs crisis facing matric class of 2015

Cape Town – The matric class of 2015 is facing the stark reality that fewer than four in every 10 matriculants are going to get jobs, according to Neil Roets, CEO of debt management firm Debt Rescue. This means close to 500 000 youths will be joining the ranks of the unemployed this year and […]

South Africans will not stand for VAT hike in 2016: economist

Independent economist Dawie Roodt says that South Africans will simply not stand for an increase in value added tax (VAT), should it be proposed in 2016. VAT is an indirect tax levied on most transactions, and is presently at 14% of the sales price in SA. It is widely expected that the government will raise […]