by Grant Smee | Feb 17, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
It might not be your ultimate ‘dream home’, but it’s a good start FINDING VALUE in South Africa’s property market used to mean stretching beyond major metros, or compromising on space. Today, with interest rates easing and demand patterns shifting, R1 million...
by Richmond Bassey | Feb 16, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
Financial wellness in unstable times INFLATION KEEPS eating away at what we earn. Traditional savings accounts barely keep up with rising costs. Economic uncertainty has become our new reality. But something interesting is happening – a quiet shift toward...
by Pedri Reyneke | Feb 16, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
Build long-term wealth the smart way – clear goals, low risk, no guesswork EIGHT OUT of ten South Africans now hold some form of savings or investment. Yet, for first-time earners, cash in the bank is no longer enough. With inflation biting, interest rates...
by Steven Jones | Feb 16, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
The reality that few high-income earners are prepared to face BANKRUPTCY IS often framed as a consequence of low wages, unstable employment, or chronic financial hardship. It is rarely associated with seven-figure salaries, prestigious job titles, or outward...
by Gavyn Letley | Jan 17, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
Your debt could be insured, and you may not even know MILLIONS OF South Africans face unexpected financial shocks every year, yet many don’t realise they may already have insurance that covers their loan repayments if something unexpected happens. It’s called credit...
by Grant Smee | Jan 17, 2026 | Personal Finance Articles
Investors would do well to keep these on their radar AFTER BATTLING against affordability challenges and sluggish sales activity in 2024, South Africa’s residential property industry defied the doom-and-gloom forecasts for 2025, staging a steady recovery fuelled by...
