PERSONAL FINANCE

Keep Your Spending Under Control This Christmas

Keep Your Spending Under Control This Christmas

Some tips to manage your spending over the festive season.

Lifestyle

December 22, 2025

4 min read

The Little Debit Order That Could

The Little Debit Order That Could

You don’t have to stick money into your couch to build wealth.

Personal Finance

December 2, 2025

4 min read

10 Simple Tips to Take Control of Your Personal Finances

10 Simple Tips to Take Control of Your Personal Finances

A simple, practical guide to help you stay in control of your money – these ten easy habits can reduce stress, stretch your salary further, and build real financial security over time.

Personal Finance

November 30, 2025

4 min read

How a Small Rate Cut Can Build Big Long-Term Savings

How a Small Rate Cut Can Build Big Long-Term Savings

This week’s rate cut may look small, but handled correctly it can knock a year off your bond and save you around R100 000 in interest.

Personal Finance

November 22, 2025

3 min read

How Your Fancy Morning Starbucks Is Costing You Over Ten Thousand Every Year

How Your Fancy Morning Starbucks Is Costing You Over Ten Thousand Every Year

A single cappuccino a workday quietly becomes R12 690 a year, enough to turn Christmas from a debt trap into a fully funded festive season.

Personal Finance

November 17, 2025

1 min read

The Broke Friend Who Outsaves You

The Broke Friend Who Outsaves You

Saving is not about how much you earn, but how you manage it.

Personal Finance

November 14, 2025

4 min read

Holiday Spending Alert as Experts Urge Early Guardrails

Holiday Spending Alert as Experts Urge Early Guardrails

With the festive rush approaching, psychologists warn that the biggest holiday hangover isn’t overeating or fatigue, it’s debt. Setting boundaries now can spare families a financial crash in January.

Personal Finance

November 10, 2025

4 min read

When It Comes to Investing, Buy the Haystack, Not the Needle

When It Comes to Investing, Buy the Haystack, Not the Needle

You don't need to be a Wolf of Wall Street to invest wisely.

Personal Finance

November 8, 2025

2 min read

Breaking the Money Myths We Inherit

Breaking the Money Myths We Inherit

Most South Africans don’t inherit wealth — they inherit the money habits that prevent it.

Personal Finance

November 3, 2025

2 min read

Beyond 65: Rethinking Retirement in the Age of Longevity

Beyond 65: Rethinking Retirement in the Age of Longevity

How living longer is making us rethink retirement.

Personal Finance

November 2, 2025

4 min read

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