The SARB announced that it was increasing the repo rate by 0.75% to 7% effective 25th November 2022. This is big news, so let's unpack what’s going on.

This quarter had its fair share (pun intended) of ups and downs due to the oil prices, increased inflation and issues caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

37.9% of households in South Africa are solely financially headed by females and all this time could be used by women to invest or save more.

It's estimated that it would take 136.5 years to close the gender gap instead of the 99.6 years they estimated pre-pandemic. That’s a whole generation more!

We have just passed the halfway mark of the year, which has brought to a close the second quarter of 2022. Let’s analyse what happened this quarter.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, persistent global inflation and an aggressive outlook towards global interest rates has provided plenty of catalysts for volatility during the first quarter.