Budget 2026: What it Means for You and Your Investments

Economy, Financial Planning, Saving & Investing, tax

Good news at last. Budget 2026 wasn’t just delivered on time, it also contained plenty to make South African investors smile.

It provides relief for taxpayers, assists small businesses and – very importantly – encourages savings by adjusting various tax brackets, caps and limits.

There is also real optimism about the country’s economic growth prospects. So much so that Budget 2026 has been called a fiscal turning point for SA, as important milestones are achieved. Read more good news from the Budget here…

The year of the ballot

Economy

Elections often move markets. This year, eight of the world’s 10 most-populous nations – across the Global North and South – go to the polls in the same year for the first time ever. FX markets are often the best way to express views or hedge positions in and around elections, and FX volatility presents…

Budget 2024: What it means for you

Economy, Financial Planning

“Our bigger challenge… is that our pie is not growing fast enough and this limits our ability to generate sufficient revenues to distribute among our priority areas.” (Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana – Budget 2024) Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s third Budget Speech in an election year contained few surprises, but also little in the form of…