Phala Phala: Ramaphosa’s Fate In The Balance It seems almost unfathomable - two presidents in a row facing scandals over nefarious dealings at their respective properties. The first, of course, was former president Jacob Zuma whose corrupt dealings extended far beyond the boundary walls of his Nkandla...
Changes To South African Education Coming Soon Rand Rescue covered some differences between South African and foreign education systems in an earlier article. While that is still top of mind, it’s necessary to look at some crucial changes coming to SA’s education soon. What are the pending...
Is Afrikaans a Dying Language? World Language Facts and Stats Charlize Theron has landed herself in hot water this month with comments about Afrikaans. In a podcast interview with SmartLess hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, Charlize jokingly retorted that there are only about...
This Dis-Chem Debacle: What Has BBBEE Achieved? Most everyone has heard about the controversial Dis-Chem memorandum which was later retracted. Rand Rescue takes a look at the backlash which followed and the general view on BBBEE in SA. What’s the fuss about? A memo penned by Dis-Chem CEO Ivan...
Schooling around the globe: GED, A-levels and more Moving to a different country can be very stressful for parents who want to choose the right schools and education for their children. This is further complicated by the fact that there are so many types of schooling...
Eskom: The Kingdom of Chaos You’d think Rand Rescue has covered pretty much all there is to cover when it comes to Eskom, and yet - as usual - you’d be gravely mistaken. It seems confounding that things can unravel even more than they already have, but...
South African Expats Tax Residency: SARS Is Coming For You...
SA's Travel Chaos - Passports, Biometrics and SARS Pass As if the country’s not facing enough headaches as is, South Africans were hit by a triple whammy of travel headaches this October which not only sparked chaos at OR Tambo International airport, but also among prospective...
Credit Around The Globe It’s not something we generally want to discuss: most of us are taught since we’re children not to make debt. Nevertheless, most people do make debts at some point in their lives and - if managed right - this shouldn’t be entirely taboo....
In The Hot Seat: Climate, Energy And Converging Crises We’ve been hearing it for years, and yet some people still deny that the earth’s climate and natural environment is changing. To be fair, even climate change denialists have changed their tone - although some still debate whether...