Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Financial wellness”
Most of us think that by the time we are 60 we can sit back, relax and have an endless holiday. However, when you retire you will not have a regular income anymore and therefore have to depend solely on what you have put away in your working years. We have a few tips that you can implement now so …
Insurance pioneers, Simply and Iemas Insurance Brokers have formed an insurance distribution partnership that brings together leading-edge insurtech, innovative life insurance products and a strong distribution network. The Simply founders, with backgrounds in tech and life insurance innovation, set out in 2016 to shake up the SA life cover market. The idea was simple: use the rapid acceleration of various …
For South Africans, load shedding is a reality; however, there is a bright side to this dark cloud. Here are a few ways on how you can save money during load shedding: Switch to gas: Apart from the instant heat that it provides when cooking, it also has a higher heating value, allowing you to heat your home at a …
On Thursday 20 February 2019, Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, delivered his budget speech in Parliament with no increases in personal or income tax. However, according to the finance minister, this is where we will see tax hikes: Sin tax: These will be the following tax increases in tobacco and alcohol beverages: Can of beer: 12c increase to R1,74 …
In April 2018, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimated that the South African economy will grow by 1.5% this year. However, the fund recently revised its projection to 0.8% since the country moved into a recession in the second quarter of this calendar year. In addition to the IMF, the World Bank and the Reserve Bank also changed their growth …
It is a known fact that many South Africans have been under financial pressure over the last couple of years. Just how much pressure we are talking about might surprise you, as recent research undertaken by Momentum and Unisa found that 73.5% of South African households were financially unwell in 2017. The decline in household wealth can be attributed to …
