South Africans are in for a ‘bank’-ride this year with at least four new banks hitting the high streets, shopping malls or just smartphones The banking and financial services industry will probably get more attention this year than any year since the Cape Town doors of Lombaard Bank opened in 1793. And as a stakeholder…
So much has changed since the start of the Industrial Revolution. If you were to compare what the media, advertising and the world have been selling you for a so-called happier life, it is almost contradictory. What has the opportunity costs been for these lies? Today you know that true fulfilment comes from within. Happiness…
We recently binged the Netflix show 13 Reasons Why. The series is about a teenager committing suicide after suffering demoralising circumstances and the 13 reasons she gives for ending her life is getting a lot of attention. 2017 Estimates by the World Health Organisation show 800 000 people die as a result of suicide every…
In Spitsbergen, somewhere between Norway and the North Pole, millions of life-giving seeds are stored in the Global Seed Vault. The vault (referred to by some as the ‘doomsday” vault) houses more than 900 000 varieties of seeds that we plant to eat daily on Earth. The safeguard of these seeds is vital to human…
I bought my first annuity when I was 22. Few questions were asked; I was actually flattered that a big company contacted me to set up a portfolio with them. For the last two years, we haven’t had a financial broker, for several reasons: bad service, their inability to answer real questions, and our own…
SAICA researches the future world of work The future of the professions Debating the Future Data analytics: Disrupting the traditional audit approach SAICA RESEARCHES THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK Research indicates that many functions in the professional services field are likely to be automated in the near future. To prepare for this disruption and to…
2017 started with a bang, despite most people saying they wanted a slow start after a hectic 2016. Unfortunately for most of you, slowing down is not always up to you. There are so many distractions and opportunities that, without you being fully aware of them, derail you from the course you wanted to be…
Donald Trump was Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2016 and Google’s most-searched individual. I definitely don’t want to talk about him but I do want to learn from his victory and how it can impact your and my life, career and business in 2017. Mr Trump’s victory turned the tables for politics worldwide (for…
The past three months have probably taught me more about myself than the previous twenty years together. Being a professional coach, I’m pretty aware of internal and external changes because clients continuously force me to reflect. Despite that, the past few months still took me by surprise. In July we were blessed with an opportunity…
During the holidays, after a trip that took us through Lesotho, the Kruger National Park and the family farm in the Free State, we spent a day in the famous Northern Cape Town on the Orange River, Orania. Orania seems to be very popular internationally with news and documentary makers, specifically for its political stances,…