I hate the gym. Not because I hate working out, but because when I was still at varsity I signed a three-year gym membership and boy was I in for a shock when I tried to cancel it 18 months later. After months of yelling and aggravation, I just threw in the towel. And I'm not alone...

Today, you can take a punt on the value of the stock market, without buying any shares. The rewards can be tremendous. But financial spread betting is a high-risk venture too. Here's how to approach it...

If you flip through a recent annual report of any of South Africa’s heavyweight construction companies you’ll probably stumble across a chapter titled “Project Middle East.” Through 2007 and 2008 chief executives smiled broadly as they added lucrative Middle East tenders to their order books.

We don’t envy Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni one bit. He’s stuck between the proverbial ‘rock’ and ‘hard place’ where interest rates are concerned. If he calls an emergency Monetary Policy Committee meeting and cuts rates by 100 basis points the pundits will scream “it’s not enough!”

I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of hearing people moan about poor service. The problem with this country is, in many respects, customer service is all but non-existent – and this is our fault!

It’s scary really, not only has petrol gone up (AGAIN) but so has food and now we're being warned that we can expect insurance policy premiums to be readjusted (higher) for the rest of the year too.