Focus Insights | May 2024

• Election 2024: market reaction
• NHI – what you need to know
• Tax considerations for expats

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This week we launched Everything Counts – a brand new podcast series on how to master your financial wellness.

Join 702’s Motheo Khoaripe and his expert guests every two weeks as they share practical tips, expert insights, and actionable strategies to help you take control of your finances and achieve your goals.

Listen to episode 1: What’s your money personality?

Election wrap up?

Investec Chief Economist Annabel Bishop shares her insights on how the market is reacting to South Africa’s elections and what happens next.

• Focus: Post-election what comes next ?
• CNBC Squawk Box: Elections, US rate cuts and the Rand
• Moneyweb@Midday: How the rand will react to election outcome (to listen, jump to 06:36)

The latest from The Current

Listen to our latest podcasts

• Not all bonds are equal in geopolitical storms
• The Great Election Year jitters
• Investec Bank CEO Cumesh Moodliar on finding hope in South Africa ?
• Building state capacity in the Western Cape

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Top reads in May

Tax considerations for expats

What emigrating means for your tax obligations if you retain assets in South Africa.

Investors wait on South Africa’s sidelines

Rishanth Pillay, head of Investec Sponsor Leveraged Finance, highlights factors that could stimulate a pickup in private equity activity.

NHI – what you need to know

The NHI bill has been signed into law. Here is some food for thought from Investec investment strategist Osagyefo Mazwai.

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