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Sep 4, 2026, 6:13 AM
One of the benefits of being in the financial services industry for 43 years is that I can look back, as a participant, to the impact that legislation has had on our industry. Nowhere is that impact more visible — or more personal for so many South Africans — than in medical aid.
Sep 4, 2026, 6:07 AM
From Rosettenville to Ndlambe: How the professionalization of politics and the death of accountability turned public service into a corporate enterprise.
Sep 4, 2026, 6:03 AM
While the government was "punting" the then-new Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) with its modest monthly limits, it was penalising a massive, over-taxed industry that was doing the real heavy lifting for South African savers.