How to move your side-hustle idea forward
After hours of thinking up ideas and dreaming about your side gig, you may be feeling pretty convinced that your plan is going to work and that you’ll...
75% of South Africans have lost income due to Covid-19 and the poor are the hardest hit
We recently ran a survey to get a better view of how South Africans have been financially affected by the Covid-19 Lockdown, and the results were distressing to...
Shake off the COVID blues and get your side-hustle going
We recently ran a survey to gauge the impact COVID-19 has been having on South Africans’ livelihoods. More than 1000 of our loyal MoneyShop subscribers participated, and it...
How Discovery Health Can Help You During Lockdown
This virus, and the lockdown that seems to be dragging its heels, have completely altered our way of living and for many of us, it’s severely affected our...
Are you Aware of the Tax you’ll Pay on your Severance Package if you Get Retrenched?
Let’s get straight into some of the financial implications of Covid-19: Economists are predicting that anywhere between 350 000 and 1 million people in South Africa could lose their...
Jobless with Loans to Pay? Check if your Credit Life Policy includes Retrenchment Cover
Now that the nationwide lockdown restrictions have been eased from phase 5 to phase 4, some of us will be able to go back to work. The reality,...
Is your bank going to give you a “payment holiday” during this pandemic?
This is the burning question in the minds of millions of South Africans right now. The answer? It depends. But what exactly does it depend on? Your payment...
Need to attend a funeral? But what about the COVID-19 lockdown?
At the time of writing this blog post, we are all still holding our collective breathes, aren’t we? Will the lockdown end, or will Government enforce further “stay-at-home”...
Can you take out life cover during this COVID-19 crisis?
Fingers crossed this self-isolation strategy takes the sting out of the rampant COVID-19 virus and more carefree days are not too far off. It’s going to be a...
COVID-19 will ultimately blow over, but will your debt woes?
Nobody saw the Coronavirus coming, and hopefully in a few months from now we might be able to start living a normal life again. Business is going to...