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…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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