Cape Town, November 2009: While you might be worried about the effect of modern technology on your children, the reality is they are growing up in a digital age where Google is the new encyclopedia and Facebook is the new meeting place. And while today’s kids are completely comfortable with computers, cell phones and the Internet, it’s often parents who are more hesitant about embracing technology. Carolyn Holgate, GM of MWEB Connect, South Africa’s leading Internet Service Provider says that for parents who ... Read More

Cape Town, November 2009: Does the idea of going on a long December holiday break make you feel giddy and excited? Are all your ‘must have’ holiday items – sunscreen, hats, spending money packed and ready? But have you given any thought to what happens to the important assets which you’ll leave behind? Santam, South Africa’s leading short-term insurer, has prepared a list of tips to ensure you leave your house and your assets are as secure as possible, so that you can ... Read More

Results from Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) Investor Confidence Index - a monthly survey conducted by the Institute of Behavioral Finance among institutional investors and financial intermediaries Cape Town, October 2009: The October results of the Sanlam Investment Management (SIM) Investor Confidence Indices surveys showed declines in all surveyed subsets except the crash confidence index. Most noticeably it showed almost a complete reversal of the unexpected jump in the valuation index that happened in the previous month. Frederick White, head of SIM asset allocation research said, ... Read More

  Cape Town, July 2009: On the back of its recent growth in active client numbers, which this month topped the 2 million mark, Capitec Bank has announced an evolution of their banking marketing platform which will be implemented over the next 18 months and is set to change the way clients experience banking. Capitec Bank’s new approach will tackle those key aspects of banking that disappoint clients, and will transform the bank’s internal and external processes. Capitec Bank CEO Riaan Stassen said the bank’s ... Read More

First for retirement fund industry from Sanlam Employee Benefits to benefit financial services professionals and government Cape Town, July 2009: To provide more transparent access to a wealth of information about the country’s evolving retirement landscape, Sanlam Employee Benefits (SEB) today unveiled a free Web application to view and analyse the results of its BENCHMARK Survey. Now in its 29th year, the internationally respected survey – considered the most comprehensive of its kind in South Africa’s retirement fund industry – provides relevant statistics and insights ... Read More

Sanlam survey of retirement fund industry and members reveals: - Total employer and employee contribution grows to average of 11.3% of salary - Growing reliance on unpaid trustees - HIV/AIDS costs stabilising - Impacts of global economic crisis ‘early days’ - Increasing awareness and apprehension about proposed NSSS Cape Town, July 2009: In the face of worsening economic conditions, South African employers and employees are contributing more to retirement. This according to results from the annual BENCHMARK Survey from Sanlam Employee Benefits (SEB), based on interviews with retirement fund ... Read More

Cape Town, July 2009: Bright lights from SA’s creative industries - including musician and music producer Theo Crous, photographer Gerda Genis, architect Stefan Antoni, jewellery designer Philippa Green and fashion designer Sanché Frolich - will be among the judges in the first-ever Sanlam Private Investments Innovation Awards for Students. Celebrating fresh-thinking among students of design, wine-making, architecture, culinary arts, music, fashion design, jewellery design, photography and interior design, the awards are currently underway with winners set to be announced in October. Additional high profile ... Read More

Cape Town, July 2009: International hair beauty brand, ghd, will be hosting ghd revelations a major fashion event crafted in collaboration with ghd expert stylists, performers and fashion designers on September 3rd 2009 in Cape Town. Guests will explore an opulent and intriguing performance space of tableau vivants (living pictures created with models and performers). The event will be performed across the entire grounds of a historical building that visitors will explore during the evening. Each tableau vivant scene, and the spaces between them, ... Read More

Cape Town, July 2009: Freeworld Coatings seeks out solutions that add value and, through the iconic Plascon brand, are developing new partnerships and new possibilities that extend Plascon’s product repertoire and reputation for specialist innovation. Recognising the need for high quality advanced preparation and textured products, formulated with an eco-aware approach, Plascon is introducing the Terraco Coatings innovation to South Africa, under a distribution agreement between Freeworld Coatings Group and the Terraco Group. Terraco exterior coatings are highly flexible, water-based formulations; unparalleled in their ageing ... Read More

Cape Town, July 2009: Plascon accepts and acknowledges its responsibility, not only in creating quality products, but also in encouraging a culture that is dedicated to progressive and sustainable solutions. Striving to inspire more ecological considerate decisions, Plascon has responded to the challenge by innovating unparalleled sustainable solutions based on three fundamental pillars, namely practices, processes and products. These need to comply with legislation and environmental tools; using sustainable processes and materials to manufacture and develop products that are environmentally aware, and using the ... Read More