·7 Dec 2025
Renowned economist Roelof Botha says that the prime lending rate should be 1.25% lower than it currently is, which would mean an extra savings of R1,388 per month from the current rate.
Both said the latest Altron FinTech Household Resilience Index shows that, despite immense pressures, South Africans continue to display extraordinary staying power.
Reflecting on the second-quarter data, Botha said the figures show a level of improvement and confirm that as South Africans, it seems as though we’re trying our best to get by—and…
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Van der Merwe goes to Paris to watch the Boks take on the Brits at the world cup.
Whilst in Paris, he walks around, gaping and staring at everything – so much so that he walks smack bang into a fire hydrant which hits him so hard on the family jewels that he has to be rushed to hospital where the doctors tell him they have to remove his testicles.
Van goes berserk, he bites and snarls at every one and he won\’t let anybody within 10 metres of him. Eventually they find a South African doctor in the hospital and get him to talk to Van.
He walks up to Van and tells him \”Hey Van, die ouens moet jou knaters uithaal.\”
Van replies \”O, okay, ek dog die bliksems wil my test tickets vat.\”