Online shopping: where in the world are we?
Did you know that the first secure online sale ever happened on 11 August 1994 with a selling of the, wait – for – it, selling of a...
Overdrafts: it’s a love and loathe kind of relationship
Times are tough. It feels like the Rand is hitting an “all time low” every second day and people everywhere are turning into real penny pinchers. While many...
How to raise a money savvy teenager
It's really not fair, or responsible, to let your kids enter the real world with an inappropriate understanding of how money works. You need to start teaching them...
Make your medical savings account last longer with these tricks
Majority of South African medical aid schemes offer a medical savings account (MSA) to clients. This is where your own money is kept aside by your medical aid...
Avoid those dreaded extra costs and take out gap cover
We take out medical aid, pay our monthly premium and just carry on happily with our days believing that no matter what happens, our medical aid scheme has...
What’s the real value in investing in property?
In the good ol’ days, all the kids in the neighbourhood would gather around the brightly coloured blocked board. We would fight about who gets to be the...
As a business owner, can your goods in transit be insured?
RISK (Noun) “A probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and that may be...
We answer the top 6 funeral plan questions
Sometimes you look at an offering and you wonder if it’s worth it. Funeral insurance can be one of those ‘I’m still on the fence’ type of products....
Are you covered by your medical aid for cancer treatments?
Is it just us, or does if feel like cancer is becoming more and more prevalent these days? Almost everyone you speak to either has cancer or knows...
An easy guide to understanding debt consolidation
It can happen so easily… You open a Woolies account, get yourself a shiny credit card, buy a new car and spend, spend, spend. Before you know it,...