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Personal Finance

Personal finance: sustainable budgeting tips to stretch your money in 2025
Business
/ 2 January 2025

Personal finance: sustainable budgeting tips to stretch your money in 2025

Consumers should spend cautiously, despite the positive outlook for the year

By Aarti Bhana
Money Talks Podcast Episode 2 | We all have the same potential for success
Partner Content
/ 14 July 2023

Money Talks Podcast Episode 2 | We all have the same potential for success

Learn to love money, in order to attract abundance

By Derek Davey
Your guide to investing where your heart urges you to
Article
/ 24 January 2017

Your guide to investing where your heart urges you to

Want to put your money in socially responsible listed companies? This is how the good, bad and ugly stack up.

By Lynley Donnelly
When the worst happens
Article
/ 6 June 2014

When the worst happens

South Africans are feeling the effects of the ongoing financial crisis.

By Sponsored Feature
Measuring fund manager skills
Article
/ 2 May 2014

Measuring fund manager skills

Think fund managers and names such as George Soros (whose 2013 earnings was in excess of $4-billion) and David Tepper ($3.5-billion) spring to mind.

By Advertorial
Creating achievable financial goals
Article
/ 2 May 2014

Creating achievable financial goals

Show yourself the money. Give yourself a sound financial future.

By Advertorial
Can we ditch the plastic please?
Article
/ 2 April 2014

Can we ditch the plastic please?

Loyalty programmes may leave your wallet bulging, but mostly that’s going to be “bulging with loyalty cards”.

By Advertorial
Save while you spend
Article
/ 2 April 2014

Save while you spend

The current economic situation facing South Africans seems dire.

By Advertorial
Higher interest rates predicted soon(ish)
Article
/ 2 April 2014

Higher interest rates predicted soon(ish)

The repo rate, the tool with which inflation can be managed, will not change for the next two months.

By Advertorial
Rewards programmes revisited
Article
/ 2 April 2014

Rewards programmes revisited

Several petrol price hikes and one interest rate hike in the past few months have left most of us feeling a little tight around the wallet.

By Advertorial
Moving money offshore
Article
/ 2 April 2014

Moving money offshore

There are several issues that need to be pondered before deciding to check out of the JSE and go looking for more value in other markets.

By Advertorial
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Article
/ 17 October 2011

Why 10c matters

Can pooling all your 10c together make a difference to your bank account in the long run?

By Maya Fisher French
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Article
/ 25 February 2011

An increase in tax-free retirement savings

The 2011 budget has put provident funds and retirement annuities in the spotlight.

By Maya Fisher French
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Article
/ 25 February 2011

Some balm for tax bites

Professional middle-income earners will feel the squeeze most.

By Maya Fisher French
Five ways to save this Christmas
Article
/ 30 November 2010

Five ways to save this Christmas

Those who are lucky receive a 13th cheque, but most overspend and wake up to a New Year debt hangover.

By Gareth Stokes
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Article
/ 14 October 2010

Choosing a fund manager

Research on the subject is limited but there are several pointers you can use.

By Gareth Stokes
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Article
/ 10 September 2010

Financing your child’s education

The often crippling costs entailed in educating a child can be met with a little planning and forethought, writes <b>Sameerah Karolia</b>.

By Sameerah Karolia
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Article
/ 20 August 2010

Save now for a secure future

If South Africa wants to enjoy sustained economic growth, we must address our woeful savings
culture, writes <b>Gareth Stokes</b>.

By Gareth Stokes
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Article
/ 13 September 2009

Managing your banking fees

It is easier to complain about bank charges than to do something about them, writes Maya Fisher-French.

By Maya Fisher French
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Article
/ 26 July 2009

Lowering pension age ‘is a risky business’

It is surprising that South Africa has reduced the retirement age for men qualifying for the social old-age pension to 60.

By Maya Fisher French
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Article
/ 14 August 2008

Draft tax law has pitfalls

On paper the new tax system looks promising, but you need to consider your options carefully.

By Maya Fisher French

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