What are the best and worst investments you have ever made?
It would have to be my second car, a Beetle exclusive. It was good because I really needed a car, and it was a unique car on the road, but it was bad because I didn’t look after it and when I bought a new car I ended up just giving it away.
Do you have a retirement plan?
Yes, I’ve got a retirement annuity and a financial adviser.
Are you happy with it?
Yeah, so far so good.
Is there an investment you wish you had made?
I’m hoping a house will be my next investment. The biggest priority is a huge garden. I just love the space.
What is the best advice you ever received?
Find something you would do for free, then work out how to get paid for it.
What financial advice would you give your children?
When I was small, my dad said we must tithe. I tried that for a while, until I moved out of home and had bills to pay. But tithing helped getting into that discipline for savings.
What life advice would you give your children?
Be honest about everything: to yourself, your family, people you care about, your work. In life, be honest. It’s sometimes not easy.
Do you have any personal finance tricks that save you money?
I try and keep a balanced account, but when the debit orders go off —! I’m bad at saving. As long as my life insurance and retirement annuity are fine, that’s the most important thing for me right now.
What would you do if you had enough money to do anything?
I would fly my boys first-class to Amsterdam, and what happens in Amsterdam stays in Amsterdam!
What are the best and worst gifts you ever received?
The best gift was when I left Cape Town — a friend gave me an original Eric Cantona Man U jersey. I’ve had that ever since. I don’t know if you can print this, but the worst — I think my boys were trying to embarrass me — they gave me a vibrator for Christmas. I had to open that in front of my parents!
Is there one thing you would do if you could do it all again?
At Good Hope FM we used to go to a club on Saturday nights and broadcast from there. I used to get very drunk and sometimes got into trouble. If I could do that again I’d be more professional about it.
What kind of music do you listen to at home?
I listen to a lot of hip-hop demos actually, but that’s work for me, trying to find the next big thing.
Do you have a favourite song?
Currently, I’m listening to a local artist called Tuks, to Voom-Voom, which is track 19 on his album Mafoko Ami.
Would you want to be a recording artist?
No thanks. No, I’ll just play the music.