South Africans with property in the UK will in future be liable for capital gains tax there once they sell their property.

Mala Mala private game reserve will get new owners when President Jacob Zuma hands over the 13.184ha of land and title deeds to the community today.

Ever since the global financial crisis of 2008 the world's advanced economies, that led the way into the crisis, have struggled to get back to their pre-crisis performances.

Antoinette Coetzee, Retail Analyst at Redefine Properties is feeling somewhat upbeat about this year's festive season. 

Our GDP growth may be undermined by Rand firmness due to strained trade competitiveness, but growth may benefit from the real improvement in household finances 

One of the key structural drivers of economic performance is economic openness which measures the connectedness and mobility of economies that comes about through international trade, capital flows and the movement of information and people.

RETAIL sales accelerated much more than expected in February, suggesting that the expected slowdown in consumer spending may not be as severe as feared and lifting gloom over the growth outlook.

The Reserve Bank will continue to build up South Africa’s level of reserves -- which are low compared to the country’s peers -- when market conditions are conducive.

The country’s levels of debt make it vulnerable to economic shocks although in the past the country has been able to reduce its public debt, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Clearly this is not the moment for a glowing assessment of strong growth prospects.