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“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Money and relationships
Money may not be able to buy you love, but it sure can make or break it!
MONEY CAN be a source of joy, opportunity, and growth—but in relationships, it can also be a source of stress and conflict.
Financial disagreements are one of the leading causes of tension in relationships, often stemming from differing values, spending habits, or communication styles. Yet, with a proactive and collaborative approach, couples can turn money from a point of contention into a tool for building a shared future.
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SARS lifestyle audits
When it comes to tracking down tax-dodgers, SARS has the tools, the people, and the will
TAX EVASION and illicit financial flows are two areas that have long undermined economic growth in South Africa, and public trust in governance. To counter these challenges, SARS has increasingly leaned on a controversial but effective tool—the lifestyle audit.
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Time is, indeed, money!
AUTHOR: SARAH NICHOLSON
How to make time work for your money
IT’S OFTEN said that time is money—and when it comes to your finances, that’s absolutely true.
The principle of the time value of money is simple: money available today is worth more than the same amount in the future, because it has the potential to earn interest or investment returns over time. Understanding this key concept can help you make better spending, borrowing, saving, and investing decisions.
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The ‘Big Three’ tax worries (Part 2: Shares)
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES
In the second part of this series, we focus on shares
IF CLAIMING against our car allowances is the Number One thing that keeps us awake at night as taxpayers , then the fear of SARS lying in wait to lay their grubby paws on the slightest gain that we make on our share investments must surely be a close second.
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Crypto goes mainstream
AUTHOR: WIEHANN OLIVIER AND DINESH GURLAL
Global cryptocurrency payment acceptance surges past Visa and Mastercard
THE CRYPTO payment landscape has crossed the chasm, surging past early adoption into the mainstream of global commerce as US dollar-backed stablecoins outperformed Visa and Mastercard in all four quarters of last year, and continued their dominance in Q1 2025.
No longer a niche, crypto payments have demonstrably cleared a critical mass, with stablecoin adoption and usage outpacing traditional payment services in many regions.
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Tax avoidance vs tax evasion
AUTHOR: STEVEN JONES
Believe it or not, there is a difference
TAXPAYERS ARE often concerned that legitimate techniques to reduce one’s annual tax bill may put them on the wrong side of the law as far as SARS is concerned, finding themselves being accused of evading tax.
However, it’s important to understand the distinction between ‘tax avoidance’ and ‘tax evasion’.
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