by Candi Ferreira | May 6, 2025 | Articles
“Good in parts” (Like the curate’s egg) Transfer duty threshold increased by 10% You pay no transfer duty if the property you are buying sells for less than the set threshold. The threshold wasn’t increased last year, so this year’s proposed 10% increase from...
by Candi Ferreira | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles
Derived from French “mort” and “gage” (literally “dead pledge” because it “dies” when settled), a mortgage secures a creditor’s claim and enables it to sell the bonded property if the debtor defaults in repaying the debt. In the context of a home loan, strictly...
by Candi Ferreira | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2025 Budget proposes several key tax and fiscal changes that will directly impact individuals and businesses. The most notable change is the phased increase in VAT, with a 0.5 percentage point hike planned to take effect on 1 May...
by Candi Ferreira | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2025 by 4.4% from R27,58 per hour to R28,79 per hour. Domestic workers: Assuming a work month of 22 days x 8 hours per day, R28,79 per hour equates to R230,32 per day or...
by Candi Ferreira | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles
“The right of self-defence is the first law of nature.” (St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries, 1803) South Africa’s chronically high crime rates have left many of us wondering what the limits are when defending ourselves and our families from criminals....
by Candi Ferreira | Apr 1, 2025 | Articles
“If you didn’t hear it from the horse’s mouth, it came from the other end of the horse.” (Anon) The rapid rise of AI is hard to ignore. DeepSeek’s AI assistant, only launched on 10 January this year, has grown to rival ChatGPT in popularity, making it the most widely...
