With over 30 years of experience in the banking and home loan industry, my hope it is share what I have learnt over the years with my blogging community, inspire conversation around the subject and in the process discover unique insights into this ever changing environment.
It was 6 weeks ago that a shoulder injury was operated on and set me back for what will be a few months. However, the benefit of being able to do nothing on the face of it is that you get to watch the RWC2019 without feeling guilty. As I watched England getting dumped in […]
We celebrate Spring Day on 1 September 2019. But really Winter is from Friday, 21 June to 23 September. From the 23rd, our nights begin to shorten and our days lengthen. Nature comes alive and I wish I could send you some of the pictures and videos that I have received. You can Google the […]
As you could read, my previous blog just sprung on me as I sat down to write this one. However, as raw as it was, Hope still needs to be our mantra. In the recent Nedbank Private Wealth Client Newsletter, JP Landman similarly wrote of the cry from the beloved country, to reference Alan Paton’s famous […]
I sat down this morning to write a blog called HOPE. It is a title I have used before but it always bears repeating from all its various angles. But, I was captivated by this article. Imploring and sarcastic, compelling and raw, true and angry. You may not like it or even agree with all […]
We have a crisis. There is no other term to describe it. 9 milion people unemployed is actually too big to blog about, too indescribable for words and could simply be imagined as a sea of despair. You and I get out of bed every morning with work to attend to. For stay-at-home moms, it’s […]
I emailed Vincent the other day to ask for blog titles. Given the news and views in the market at the moment I’m scratching my head for subjects. I really enjoyed writing the Land series. Its foundation, its worth and why, and the proposals which unfortunately seem to result in an inevitable amendment to Section […]
We have journeyed through the Land issue of our country. No matter how well-informed, no one knows who was where when [Part 1]. The issue may boil down to the Cultural value of land, the Commercial value of land and the Capital value of land. These three characteristics were covered in Parts 2&3. My opinion […]
We discussed Culture and Commerciality as part of the value of land in Part 2 of our blog on Land. We begin with Capital in this feature. CAPITAL: Us laymen understand this best. But in order to gain a full perspective, we will incorporate the other two. I was once corrected when I told a […]
From Biznews, 19 July 2019. What a compliment to a man who has fought his fight in a team of fighters to retain the independence of the SARB. Thank you for the rate cut, Mr Governor, But even more so, Thank you for fighting for what is right…. “Lesetja Kganyago has had a tough time […]
The issue of land predominates our thinking these days. In a short series under the name, we will explore some aspects of land and what gives it worth. I do not expect every reader to agree with me. Nor do I imagine that every reader will take from my opinion anything other than their own […]