SPECIAL MARKET REPORT  •  MARCH 2026 Why savvy South Africans are moving into gold, right now.   If you've glanced at the news lately, you'll know the world feels a little less stable than it did a year ago. Oil prices have rocketed above $100 a barrel. The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel through which a fifth of the planet's oil flows every single day, is in chaos. The US, Israel, and Iran are locked in a dangerous standoff. And markets are rattled.   For most people, this feels like...

GLOBAL MARKETS | 2 MARCH 2026 U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have sent shockwaves through global markets. Oil is surging, stocks are falling and gold is doing exactly what it was always meant to do. When the world wakes up to war, there are two kinds of investors: those who prepared, and those who wish they had. Right now, at this very moment, the global financial system is absorbing the impact of one of the most significant geopolitical shocks in years and if you don't hold gold or silver,...

The world is rushing into gold at a pace not seen in decades. For South Africans, the story is stranger, and more personal, than most people realise. ――― Gold doesn’t pay you a dividend. It has no earnings. You can’t eat it or fuel a car with it. And yet, in February 2026, the price of one troy ounce hit $5,200, nearly R99,000 at today’s exchange rate. That’s not a typo. So what is going on? It’s Not About Inflation Anymore For years, the gold investor’s pitch was simple: when inflation...