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06 Jul 2021

Financial planning basics to help you save

By Staff Writer

The Covid-19 pandemic has put significant strain on the finances and financial planning of all people and companies. The weakening South African economy and highest unemployment rate in 12 years place even more stress on our pandemic-affected population. As a result, overdue debt balances have increased for many people, who rely on their credit to keep going.
30 Jun 2021

Saving in YOUR language with #waystosave this July Savings Month

By Staff Writer

The South African Savings Institute (SASI), with support from Absa and the IDC, will again focus on financial education throughout July Savings Month, bringing together financial experts to provide tangible insights on savings through the #waystosave financial literacy education initiative. SASI CEO Gerald Mwandiambira says that in 2021, the focus is on driving awareness around how savings knowledge must be understood and accessible in more South African languages.

16 Jul 2019

Saving our way to prosperity - can SA learn from the world's ‘miracle’ economies?

By Janice Roberts

There’s no silver bullet to achieve elevated savings rates “Every ‘rich’ nation was ‘poor’ at some stage,” explains Dr Adrian Saville, professor in Economics at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, who compiles the Investec GIBS Savings Index for South Africa. “Likewise, none of the ‘economic miracles’ also known as ‘saving stars’ such as South...
09 Jul 2019

6 ways to save money on car insurance

By Janice Roberts

We all like a bit of extra money in our pockets. To celebrate Savings Month, here are King Price’s top tips to save on your car insurance premiums.
01 Jul 2019

Mark Savings Month by saving on your insurance premiums

By Janice Roberts

No matter what your feelings about insurance are, your premiums are a necessary part of life to protect against loss, theft or damage. In a tough economic climate, consumers may be battling to afford premiums for their house, car or personal belongings, so with July being Savings Month, Absa idirect has some tips to help...
27 Jun 2019

The psychology of successful saving

By Janice Roberts

By Sashia Sunker-Oosthuizen, Head: Commercialisation at Nedbank Forex and Investments. We’ve all been there. We decide that we need to start saving, even if it’s just a little bit every month like the experts tell us, and we set off on our savings journey. We open a savings account, sacrifice one or two takeaway dinners...
16 Jul 2018

Rewarding a smart savings mindset

By Janice Roberts

Whether it’s smoking, over-eating or spending money on the wrong things, bad habits are hard to break. However, one of the toughest to break is managing money poorly, including borrowing too much, saving too little or protecting yourself against shocks.
16 Jul 2018

Go on, take a financial wellness day off

By Janice Roberts

By Lettie Mzwinila, business development manager at Allan Gray.
12 Jul 2018

The right umbrella fund helps employees to make smart decisions

By Janice Roberts

Saving through their employer’s retirement fund is often the only form of savings many South Africans have. With July marking National Savings Month, Katherine Barker, Head of Momentum FundsAtWork, says it’s the perfect time for employers and their financial advisers to ask some hard questions about how their retirement fund can help employees make smart...
09 Jul 2018

Employer-assisted savings can help fix SA’s dire savings rate

By Janice Roberts

July is National Savings Month in South Africa. Is there more you can be doing as an employer to help your employees save towards their future financial security? South Africans remain under tight financial pressure as a result of higher prices and low salary increases. This is evident in the poor savings rate in the...
05 Jul 2018

Facilitate the right choices today for better retirement outcomes tomorrow

By Janice Roberts

Partnering with the right umbrella fund can reduce the inherent conflict between saving for retirement and spending on more pressing day-to-day expenses. Katherine Barker, Head of Momentum FundsAtWork, says that this conflict, which inevitably impacts negatively on retirement outcomes, can be lessened by proactively encouraging certain pre-retirement behaviour.
20 Jul 2016

Avoid the consequences of not saving

By Janice Roberts

With July being Savings Month, South Africans are encouraged to think about how much they save and to re-evaluate their long-term financial goals. Scare tactics seldom work but the truth is that without adequate savings your future will look bleak, says John Manyike, head of Financial Education at Old Mutual.
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