Standard Bank Group Limited offers transactional banking, saving, borrowing, lending, investment, insurance, risk management, wealth management, and advisory services. The company released its interim results for the period ending 30 June 2019. They reported diluted headline earnings per share of 828.8 cents (1H 2018: 794 cents) for the first six months, up by 4.4%, and slightly […]
If we take a look at the following incorrect statements made by individuals over the years, one thing becomes clear, and that is that no single human being is perfect: “While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially I consider it an impossibility, a development of which we need waste little time […]
We still find ourselves in the month of July, which also happens to be National Savings Month. In my previous three columns, I discussed the importance of saving both before and after retirement. This week, I would like to touch on something that has recently appeared regularly both in the press and on social media: […]
I don’t want to sound like a Masterchef contender, but we all know that you can bake an amazing bread with a relatively small piece of dough. This is possible, because prior to baking, the dough should be left to rise properly in the oven, and then baked to perfection. If you (like me) become […]
A few years ago, my sister and her then fiancé, asked me to be master of ceremonies (MC) at their wedding. While he is Dutch and she had settled in Amsterdam many years ago, they decided to have their wedding in South Africa. Shortly before their wedding day, however, I got a call from my […]
Standard Bank Group Limited offers transactional banking, saving, borrowing, lending, investment, insurance, risk management, wealth management, and advisory services. The company released its interim results for the period ending 30 June 2019. They reported diluted headline earnings per share of 828.8 cents (1H 2018: 794 cents) for the first six months, up by 4.4%, and slightly […]
