[Audio Pod] Can You Afford to Retire, and Was G20 Worth the Drama

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In Useful Updates, we unpack the G20 declaration drama, a fresh 25bps rate cut, Japan’s unusual yield curve moves and Bitcoin’s reaction, and the surprisingly heated Ralph Lauren debate. We also share feedback from Walmart's new store, Pick n Pay’s next chapter, and Bill Gates offloading more Microsoft shares.

For the Deep Dive, we break down one of the biggest personal finance questions: "How much do you actually need to retire in South Africa?". We share some key considerations for planning for retirement.

In Make-It-Make-Sense, we follow the money behind the Hawks’ search for R500 million at the SANDF, we unpack the latest round of municipal spending mysteries, and make sense of the R60 million Inkwazi service bill.

Finally, in this week’s Unfiltered Opinion, we ask whether the Crime Prevention Wardens were worth the billions spent on them and whether that money could have been better spent.
Chapters
  • 00:01 Disclaimer
  • 00:52 Opening
  • 04:17 Useful Updates
  • 12:21 Deep Dive: Can You Afford to Retire?
  • 30:58 Make-It-Make-Sense
  • 40:45 Unfiltered Opinion of the Week
  • 43:51 Disclaimer
26 Nov 2025 English South Africa Investing · Business News

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