Discovery South Africa

The Rand has fallen dramatically against the US dollar in 2023. What are the driving forces… and can we expect even more Rand weakness in the short and long term? Find out with Yasheen Modi and Adam Furlan, Portfolio Manager at Ninety One, in episode 7 of What’s Going on.

What does it take to construct an ideal investment portfolio? Many investors and financial advisers see it as a balancing act between equities that provide higher return in the long run, but are riskier, and fixed-income investments that are lower risk with expected lower returns. The growth potential of structured investment products is making them increasingly popular as an additional option amo...

The Financial Action Task Force has grey-listed South Africa. What does that actually mean – is it all downhill from here, or can we rally together and do something about it? Join Yasheen and rates and income expert Malcolm Charles from Ninety One to find out.

2022 has been a tough year for investment returns. Depending on when you last viewed your retirement fund balance, the current value may not have grown very much. In some cases, it may even be slightly lower. What exactly happened, why should we not panic, and what can we expect for 2023? Find out with Yasheen and Ninety One investment director Louis Niemand.

Property markets tanked in 2018, and some would say that COVID-19 then permanently changed the supply and demand for commercial and residential property. What has truly unfolded?

COVID-19 is here to stay. So how do we best protect ourselves over the long term? Discovery Life Deputy Chief Executive, Gareth Friedlander, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr Maritha van der Walt, break it down for us.

Our cost of living has increased dramatically in 2022… what has this meant for South African retailers? Have certain companies struggled, while others flourished? Find out with Yasheen and Ninety One analyst Achumile Mashalaba in episode 3 of What’s Going On?

Cancer can affect anyone, at any age. Tune in as Discovery Life’s Head of Market Analytics and R&D, Kashmeera Kanji, and Chief Medical Officer, Dr Maritha van der Walt, delve into the importance of early detection.

How can you use life cover to fund your child’s education? Tune in to learn more from Discovery Life’s Deputy CEO, Gareth Friedlander, and Head of Market Analytics and R&D, Kashmeera Kanji.

How can your life cover better benefit you? Discovery Life Deputy Chief Executive, Gareth Friedlander, and Head of Market Analytics and R&D, Daniel Stoch, get into the finer details, including how to maximise your benefits.

Shafiq chats to Dr Ismail Mitha, a GP serving the Muslim community and to Nazeer Bulbulia, Independent Financial Adviser. They’ve both provided their care and services to the Muslim community for many years and share fascinating, independent views on the relevance of a Shariah compliant arrangement. Shafiq also chats to Mahomed, a Discovery Health Medical Scheme member who has elected to have his...

Shariah Scholar Mufti Ahmed Suliman and Shariah Consultant Uwaiz Jassat talk to Shafiq about their involvement in guiding Discovery Health Medical Scheme to develop the Shariah compliant arrangement, and their role in the Advisory Committee established to ensure regular compliance reviews. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

How does the Discovery Health Medical Scheme’s Shariah Compliant medical scheme arrangement meet the Muslim community’s needs? Shafiq chats to Shariah Consultant, Uwaiz Jassat; Discovery’s Chief Marketing Officer, Firoze Bhorat; and Head of Product Development at Discovery Health, Farzana Baba. Shariah Compliant Arrangement

What is a medical scheme and how does it operate? What led Discovery Health Medical Scheme to develop a Shariah compliant medical scheme arrangement? How was it created to align with Shariah Law and Takaful principles? Shafiq chats to Shariah consultant, Uwaiz Jassat; Discovery’s Chief Marketing Officer, Firoze Bhorat; and Head of Product Development at Discovery Health, Farzana Baba. Shariah Comp...

In this episode, Our host Lungile Mashigo and one of South Africa’s leading authorities on holistic Financial Planning, Kim Potgieter discuss the impact of longevity on retirement outcomes and some of the tactics that financial advisers can use to cater for longer lives.

In this episode, our host Lungile Mashigo and one of South Africa’s leading authorities on holistic Financial Planning, Kim Potgieter discuss critical conversations that financial advisers should have with their clients to encourage better retirement outcomes. They touch on the foundations of a healthy client / planner relationship and how psychology impacts client decision-making.

The US Federal Reserve raised rates by 0.75% – the highest increase since 1994. But… what does it mean for us, as South Africans?

Plummeting tech stocks… Rising inflation… The war in Ukraine…

What should you take into consideration? Discovery’s Head of Legal Services, Harry Joffe & Senior Risk Specialist Daniel Stoch get into the finer details, as well as how to maximise benefits too. Transcript: Why offshore financial planning is relevant for South Africans — PDF (109.8 KB)

With more people ‘on the move’, how can your life cover better support you? Tune in as Discovery Senior Risk specialist, Kashmeera Kanji & Financial Adviser, Claire van Wyk delve into this and so much more. Transcript: The rise of the South African globetrotter — PDF (117.8 KB)

What exactly is ‘offshore life insurance’ and how can it benefit me? Tune in to learn more about offshore risk protection from Discovery Life’s Deputy CEO, Gareth Friedlander and author, David Joshua. Transcript: An introduction to offshore life insurance — PDF (186.4 KB)

Professor Salome Maswime shares the profound sense of relief and hope that being vaccinated against COVID-19 brought to her and to her parents. And, she reminds us to do all we can to help our elderly loved ones and older people in our communities to access their vaccines.

Dr Illana Links, a psychiatric registrar at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth), was one among the first, of the country’s COVID-19 frontline doctors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in February this year. She tells us what having her vaccine has meant to her, and shares how knowing that the vaccine meant protection from serious COVID-19 illness made a huge differ...

Dr Despina Demopoulos, a paediatric intensivist and head of the paediatric ICU at the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre in Johannesburg, shares the way in which COVID-19 vaccines have brought hope and kept many doctors and healthcare workers going through the very tough experience of the pandemic. She adds: “Don’t be scared to vaccinate. If you’re given the opportunity, please take it. Please do i...

Specialist obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Khatija Kadwa says the best way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic is through sticking to the preventive habits that limit our exposure risk and having our COVID-19 vaccine. She shares how the pandemic has changed her life and what being vaccinated in February meant to her. “On that first day 40 of us were vaccinated. There were cheers and celebrating,” she...