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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: I'm retiring later this year. Where can I invest my R700 000 pension?

A Fin24 user set to retire in August this year is looking at options on where he can invest his pension payout.




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Fin24.com | MONEY CLINIC: Can we invest our retirement annuity without a broker, and negotiate fees charged?

A Fin24 reader looking to invest in a living annuity, was shocked to find that she would have to pay fees of up to R110 000 per annum. She wants to know if there are other options. An investment expert responds.




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Gerard Richardson: Californian reds

WELL, I don't know about you but my central heating has already been on twice in September and although I don't need much of an excuse to delve into the big heavy reds, two heating days is my current one.




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New fine dining Glasgow restaurant Glaschu to open

A NEW bar and fine dining restaurant offering dishes with “Glasgow at its very heart” is to open in a historic City Centre building.




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"There are a lot worse things to be getting angry at than me." The Ellie Harrison effect

Nearly four years on from the day when Ellie Harrison's chips caused a national outcry, the artist is back to tell us more about why she did it – and how she survived that year in Glasgow in the media firing-line




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Let's have lifetime bans for gobby cinema and theatre goers

"I'M hungry."




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Mrs Brown's Boys culture wars are part of a wokelash against liberal snobs

IF there's one thing that online news proves without any shadow of uncertainty, it's that there's no knowing what will capture the popular imagination.




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Culture wars mean being gay isn’t good enough any more

Try to make sense of this if you can. The other day, a fund-raising event for the Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, who is gay, was disrupted by protesters. But they weren’t the kind of protesters you’d expect to get angry about a gay candidate. The protesters were gay themselves. It was a protest against a gay man staged by gays. It was gays against gays. It was pink on pink. It was confusing.




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Scottish independence: Coronavirus is a blow to Indyref2 and changes the Scottish political landscape

IT is a truth universally acknowledged – at least by its advocates – that all things inexorably advance the cause of independence.




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Neil Cooper Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Perth Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest




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Issue of the Day: Disney's new TV streaming service

Disney, one of the most famous names in film, has launched a new TV service, called Disney Plus. Coming to a living room near you.




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Picture special: Shahbaz Majeed puts Scotland in the frame

RIGHT now, Shahbaz Majeed should be heading to Glencoe. Or flying over central Scotland. Or making his way to Harris which he has been trying to get back to since his first visit in 2018. Or maybe visiting some other part of Scotland so he can capture it in a photograph. Instead, he is at home in Dundee (where he is web development manager at the University of Dundee), “climbing the walls,” and looking forward to life after lockdown.




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Back to the future: how Vixy Rae is breathing new life into tartan and tweed from inside Edinburgh's oldest tailor

IT’S not everyone who’s given the chance to design their own tartan so when the opportunity arose, Vixy Rae didn’t need to give it a second thought.




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What it feels like ... to work as creative director for Johnstons of Elgin

Alan Scott, creative director at Johnstons of Elgin




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The Coorie Home: From castles to crofts – how to create a stylish and cosy sanctuary

Beth Pearson, author of The Coorie Home




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The height of fashion… a catwalk show above Everest Base Camp

It was the highest catwalk show on earth, 300 metres above Everest Base Camp - and the Herald was the only paper in Britain to have a front row seat.




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Fashion: From old classics to new twists - How this year is doing trench coats

This season's colours and cuts mix up the wardrobe-staple trench, says Prudence Wade.




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Fin24.com | Reserve Bank bought R11.4bn worth of govt bonds during April

The Reserve Bank bought R11.4 billion worth of government bonds from the secondary market during April, as part of its measures to introduce liquidity to the market.




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Fin24.com | Australia faces record economic contraction, even as it plans to lift lockdown

Australia's central bank has predicted that the country is facing its biggest economic contraction on record.




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Fin24.com | Stats SA approached by Treasury to cut budget, but Census 2021 will go ahead

The budget for Census 2021 is ringfenced and won't be compromised as Treasury seeks funds to fight Covid-19, says Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke.




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Fin24.com | Lockdown | It's not all health and securocrats, the President is listening to business concerns

State adviser says government was sympathetic to the economic difficulties caused by the on-going lockdown but growth in infections in areas such as the Western Cape are biggest risk to the faster reopening of the economy.




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Fin24.com | IMF: Previous warnings of global economic contraction were too optimistic

The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that previous estimates for the world economy to contract by three percent this year were too optimistic.




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Fin24.com | Tourism looks to younger crowd as seniors grapple with virus threat

Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, the tourism industry will probably find that older, more affluent travellers are more hesitant to do so.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | How investment managers are really voting at shareholder meetings

Anecdotal evidence suggests that institutional investors in South Africa and across the globe are starting to take their ownership rights more seriously.




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Creating comics to bring “Light in the Darkness”

Why and how OM EAST produces Christian comics to reach minority peoples




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A dream come true

After two years of hard work, a new church is born in Austria.




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Distributing Bibles at the Reindeer Festival

Partners of OM EAST distribute copies of My First Bible to Nenets children on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Arctic Russia.




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Delivering Bibles before the tundra melts

OM EAST and a local partner prepare to send copies of the Right Choices Bible to the Nenets tribe on the Yamal Peninsula.




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Schoolbags for children in Muslim villages

OM EAST, in partnership with OM Bosnia, is getting ready for their annual Schoolbags Project in north-west Bosnia-Herzegovina this summer.




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No people too remote

OM EAST’s latest publication reaches the Nenets tribe in Siberia—a place where few foreigners have ever been.




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New booklet for red light ministries

OM EAST produces a new booklet that brings a message of hope to women working in prostitution.




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A work in progress

OM EAST develop new booklet for red light ministries.




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Shared joy in Serbia

After years of work and anticipation, Gypsy Smith has been published in Serbian, a cause for rejoicing in a Roma church in Serbia.




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Reaching out to the world next door

One team member's impressions from the 2015 Salamu Aleikum outreach to Muslim tourists in Zell am See.




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Turkey outreach with OM Building Bridges

The OM Austria Building Bridges team gains valuable experience during a short term trip to Turkey.




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Participants share about refugee outreach in Austria

Thirteen participants from all over the world spent a week getting to know and supporting the refugee work in Linz. Six share about their experiences.




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Austrian summer outreach

Stories from ReachAUT, an outreach in Austria organised by the Liebenzeller Mission in cooperation with other Christian organisations, including OM.




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The joy of Easter at a fitness centre

Easter is a popular time for outreaches in Europe. Stories from last year inspire this year's team.




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Jamie Murray eyes up Scottish return

FOUR-TIME grand slam champion, Jamie Murray, will headline the Brodies Invitational tennis tournament, which has relocated to Edinburgh for this summer’s edition.




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Tim Henman optimistic about future of Scottish tennis

TIM HENMAN believe the recent investment in Scottish tennis can help improve the game in this country, and the former British number one admits he is hugely impressed with some of the young talent being produced across the UK, in particular Scotland’s Aidan McHugh, the 19-year-old who has recently ventured into the senior ranks.




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Tim Henman: Andy Murray's comeback attempt is unprecedented

ANDY MURRAY has had a bumpy ride over the past couple of years, undergoing hip surgery, staging a comeback which saw him win his first title in two years before another injury setback has seen him sidelined since the tail-end of last year.




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Andy Murray says deciding when tennis can return is not important right now

Andy Murray does not think getting the professional tennis circuit back up and running should be a priority any time soon.




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The FARE initiative

A look at how racism is being tackled in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.




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Ireland's final legacy

We find out about the grassroots plans for Dublin around the UEFA Europa League final.




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FA hopes to inspire youth

We find out about the grassroots events organised in England in conjuction with the UEFA Champions League final.




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Gothenburg's fields of dreams

We visit the world's biggest grassroots tournament.




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Swindon's Swedish adventure

We follow Swindon Town Football in the Community Under-17 girls on their journey from England to the Gothia Cup in Sweden.




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Spain reap the rewards II

We find out how youngsters in Spain are taught a certain playing style from an early age.




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Spain reap the rewards

We investigate a golden era of Spanish youth football.




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Poland ready for grassroots boom

We discover the grassroots impact of co-hosting UEFA EURO 2012 for Poland.