Search
Welcome
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
Not a subscriber? Subscribe here
Register Now
  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
                       
Careers & Tenders
Newsletters
Subscribe
The Mail & Guardian
      SUBSCRIBE / Support independent journalism                   CAREERS & TENDERS / Visit careers.mg.co.za                   WHATSAPP? / Follow the M&G WhatsApp channel here            
Login / Register

LOGIN

  • News
    • Africa
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Education
    • Health
    • Motoring
    • National
    • Sci-tech
    • Sport
    • World
  • Thought Leader
  • Politics
  • Green Guardian
  • Friday
  • The Diplomat
  • Research World
    • Submissions
    • Papers
  • 200 Young South Africans
  • Events
    • 200 Young South Africans
    • Greening The Future
    • Power Of Women
    • 2024 Edition
    • Critical Thinking Forum
    • Youth Summit
    • Webinars
  • More..
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2012-2021
    • Cabinet Report Cards 2023
    • Partners
    • Podcasts
    • Crossword
    • Digital Editions
    • Register
    • WhatsApp Channel
    • Login
    • Lost Password

           

Retirement Planning

No image available
Article
/ 7 September 2010

Five mistakes to avoid when saving for retirement

The average retiree will have generated savings that will purchase a pension of only 30% of the salary they were earning before retirement.

By Fiona Zerbst
No image available
Article
/ 24 August 2010

The financial vulnerability of women

Single mothers make up 75% of women in debt counselling.

By Maya Fisher French
No image available
Article
/ 20 August 2010

Tax-efficient savings

What are the most tax-efficient ways of investing my earnings?

By Maya Fisher French
No image available
Article
/ 19 August 2010

Moving pensions

What to consider when moving from a defined contribution to a defined benefit retirement fund.

By Maya Fisher French
No image available
Article
/ 16 August 2010

We still live in fear, clinging to cash

Our readers show that they still prefer cash, even if it means lower returns

By Maya Fisher French
No image available
Article
/ 12 August 2010

South Africans face a bleak retirement

Sixty percent of pensioners do not have enough to live on and that figure is getting worse. Yet we have no idea how underfunded we are.

By Maya Fisher French
Newer posts →

MAIL & GUARDIAN

ABOUT

About
Contact
Advertise

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscribe
Newsletters

FOLLOW

WhatsApp Channel
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
LinkedIn
TikTok
Threads

FLAGSHIP EVENTS

200 Young South Africans
Power Of Women
Greening The Future

LEGAL & CORRECTIONS

Privacy Policy
Cookie Policy
Ethics & Social Media Policy

RESOURCES

Mail & Guardian Careers
Property for sale


Mail & Guardian

© 2025 The Mail & Guardian. All rights reserved.

  • Login
  • Register
Forgot Password?
Lost your password? Please enter your username or email address. You will receive a link to create a new password via email.
body::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 7px; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-track { border-radius: 10px; background: #f0f0f0; } body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 50px; background: #dfdbdb }