Jeff Bezos (or should it be Jeff Bezillionaire) started selling books online in 1994, and in less than three decades, he now tops the charts as the wealthiest dude on the planet. Sure, Amazon has morphed into an online behemoth, that is slowly and surely building a global logistics business aimed at delivering just about […]
Brendan Els
Can We Be Franc? Now Is The Perfect Time To Invest
Quick question – do you remember how your schoolteacher would regain control of a manic classroom? The strategy was simple but highly effective – make sure everyone was sitting at their own desks and demand complete silence. In less than 15-minutes, total anarchy could be replaced by a sense of real calm that you might […]
How Much Life Cover Do You Need?
When buying life insurance, how do you know how much is enough? Is it a decision based on how much you can afford to spend? Or is it based on a nice round figure like one or two million Rand? Either way, how do you know whether one, two, or even ten million Rand life […]
Debt Trapped South Africans Have These 3 Options Available To Them
Even if you don’t buy into all the mainstream New Year’s resolution hype, you can’t deny the fact that there is a moment (sometimes just a fleeting moment) when we all do a little soul searching at the beginning of the year. Whether it’s a conscious decision or not, the moments of quiet reflection almost […]
Unexpected Pregnancy? – No Biggie If You Have These Money Safety Nets In Place
You wait anxiously for the pregnancy test to hand down its verdict. Two very faint lines start emerging from the display, and in that moment you realise life as you know it is going to change forever. Jury’s out – You’re pregnant. The toilet cistern seems to be in on the breaking news as it […]
Jobless & Struggling To Pay Back Your Loans? Check Your Credit Life policy For Retrenchment Cover
The full lockdown is going to make way for a partial stay-at-home order, and that means some of us may go back to work sooner than others. The problem is that for many businesses, the phased approach, aimed at kick-starting our stalled economy while trying to flatten the COVID-19 curve, is going to come a […]
Will Your Bank Give You Some Kind Of “Payment Holiday” During This COVID-19 Pandemic?
There is a load of uncertainty right now, and one of the questions on a lot of people’s minds is “Will I get loan payment relief from my bank?”. The lockdown will end at some point, but for many of us, the financial implications are going to be dire. The answer? Well, it depends… What […]
You Can Get Life Cover Without The Need For Medical Tests During The COVID-19 crisis
The truly concerning thing about this COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly the rate of infection has spread across the world. When our Government locked things down last month, many of us wondered if it was a complete knee jerk reaction. Turns out their decision might be vindicated as we all stay glued to the TV […]
SA Consumers Owe R1,7 Trillion – How To Get Out Of Debt In 2020
Even if you don’t buy into all the mainstream New Year’s resolution hype, you can’t deny the fact that there is a moment (sometimes just a fleeting moment) when we all do a little soul searching at the beginning of the year. Whether it’s a conscious decision or not, the moments of quiet reflection almost […]
A word from Bani
As I am writing this note, I am looking out the window of our Bryanston office and the rain is pouring down. I am wearing a jersey because it is cold…and all of this after a scorching couple of days! This reminds me that things (life) change. It changes quickly and it changes – All. […]