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Avoid paying this tax
“In this world,” wrote American statesman Benjamin Franklin to French physicist Jean Baptiste Leroy as the French Revolution kicked off in 1789, “nothing can be certain, except death and taxes.” It’s as true today as it was 234 years ago. You are subjected to tax from the moment you are born till after you are…
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Flying – like insurance is a grudge purchase
Flying – like insurance is increasingly a grudge purchase I can say without fear of contradiction that flying has lost its allure since Covid. Despite the emergence of some feisty new competitors there is little joy to be had in pretzelling oneself into the sardine-can conditions of economy on either domestic or international routes. For…
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New brooms across FirstRand
Africa’s most valuable banking group FirstRand has announced sweeping leadership changes which take place over the next six months which will see a new board chair, CEO and boss of its retail banking division all starting their new roles within a short space of time. CEO Alan Pullinger stepping down next year after 6 years…
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Pick n Pay hires pensioner as CEO
South Africa’s once-dominant food retailer Pick n Pay has gone back to the future and hired a former CEO, who at the age of 70, is relishing a return to the fray. Sean Summers, whose resignation as CEO of Pick n Pay 17 years ago, was followed by a decade and a half of underperformance by…