A Fin24 reader, who was under debt review, has paid off all his debt but has not yet received a debt clearance certificate since. Seeking the help of an expert on what to do next, he writes:I opted for debt review when I divorced in 2009.As per settlement, I agreed to pay off all debt, which…
Couple going over their finances together at home A Fin24 reader and his wife, facing unemployment, are looking to invest in a five-year deposit investment in the hopes of living off the interest accumulated. He writes:My wife and I would be extremely thankful for your advice.I am 54 and my wife is a year younger. The…
The first five months of 2020 appear to replicate a market cycle that would normally take five to seven years.When markets are unstable, establish your own stability.Keep a balanced mix of assets.“You have to know you don’t know... and you have to know that you don’t know better than the market.” I said this on…
A Fin24 reader noticing a negative investment return on his pension fund seeks the advice of an expert on how Covid-19 and the state of the economy affects his investment.He writes:Please help. In these trying times, does the economy, Covid-19 and the fact that we have been downgraded to "junk status" by Moody’s affect my…
the party's human resource department wrote its federal executive had initiated Section 189(a) of the Labour Relations Act.The verified email said the party had taken the painful decision with the full awareness of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its employees. DA deputy federal council chairperson Thomas Walters said processes with regards to retrenchment had…
3 min read IN THIS DAY and age it can be easy to drift in and out while watching a TV show or movie. Everybody's focus is fractured, we're all overstimulated, and attention has become a currency. And if we're being honest, there are some shows or movies where you can look a away for
You probably don’t need a survey to tell you parents are stressed out right now, but in case you do: A recent government report found that 48% of parents say that their stress is “completely overwhelming” on most days—more than double what other adults report. Why am I mentioning this? The new Dietary Guidelines for
13 min read I'M STOOD IN the immigration queue at Düsseldorf airport, here to attend the Ed Sheeran Mathematics tour, one of the last stops in what has been an epic four-year journey for the 34-year-old. Selling 8.8 million tickets across 188 dates, it has become the fourth-highest grossing tour of all time, behind only