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/ 7 November 2006
I have been divorced for 13 years after a marriage of 23 years. I was allocated 25% of my husband’s provident fund on his retirement. In spite of his next birthday being his 60th, there is no option of his retirement or resignation from his current employment. Please advise me about how I might get "ownership" of my 25% share of his provident fund.
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/ 7 November 2006
There are over 1-million domestic workers, but very few have financial benefits that are common to formal jobs, such as pension funds and life cover. Yet domestic workers are usually an integral part of their employer’s life and there are many financial products which employers can use to take care of their domestic workers’ retirement and risk needs.
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/ 7 November 2006
In June the Teacher published information about two agreements between the Department of Education and teachers’ unions that will affect the salaries of teachers and principals. The response to these articles from you, our readers, has been tremendous.
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/ 7 November 2006
There’s something to be said for a 4×4. Before I had one, I was one of those people who pooh-poohed the whole “Camel” macho off-roading, sleep-on-the-ground, mud-spattered wheel arch mentality. And I despised the hordes who flocked to our beautiful beaches, zooming up and down, throwing sand in the faces of sedan drivers.
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/ 7 November 2006
Tumi has life cover for her bond, but doesn’t have any other kind of risk cover, which could spell disaster for her family, should she become disabled or die. As combined breadwinner, Tumi shares the responsibility to secure her family’s financial independence with her husband. She must therefore ensure that she, like her husband, is covered against life’s major risks and unforeseen events.
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/ 7 November 2006
Imagine a banking product that has no monthly account fee, carries no charges when you make purchases, offers 55 days’ interest-free credit, rewards you for using the product by giving you discounts or loyalty points, and then throws in free travel insurance. Not only does it exist, but the banks are so keen for you to have this product they are offering to approve your account in seconds and give you additional interest-free periods.
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/ 7 November 2006
Schools could soon be dishing out indigenous meals to hungry learners. The Indigenous Foods for Poverty Alleviation project, a joint venture between the department of arts and culture and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, seeks to encourage communities, especially in poor rural areas, to grow their own traditional foods.
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/ 7 November 2006
South Africa’s new low earth orbiting satellite — to be launched into space from a submarine in Russia this December — has been named SumbandilaSAT.Sumbandila means “show the way” in Tshivenda.
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/ 7 November 2006
Culinary-minded DStv subscribers in Africa seem to be lapping up their daily six-hour dollop of food television on the month-old BBC Food channel. Little wonder, because when Carlton Food Network’s Taste channel went belly-up earlier this year it seemed to leave a yawning gap that not even one of Antony Worrall Thompson’s sticky puddings could […]
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/ 7 November 2006
If you are a teacher who always feel stressed, who neglects your nutrition and fails to exercise, then now is the time to make some lifestyle changes as September is Heart Awareness Month. Robert de Souza, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, said it would create awareness of the risk factors associated with heart disease and to remind everyone to have them tested for the “silent killers” high cholesterol and blood pressure.