This is the second article in the Government series of articles. The role of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is to “achieve and maintain price stability in the interest of balanced and sustainable economic growth in South Africa”. This is extremely broad, so I will delve into some of the most important things that …
We have all seen those tweets saying that if something is 30% off, you are not saving 30%, you are spending 70%. It is a valid point and the idea is to get you to think twice about blowing your salary on useless crap a month before the December break. The thing is, I have …
There is a need to make some local Government resources available. From time to time I will just do a few posts to fulfil this need. These posts will be on top of the usual weekly posts. This post about the Government Employee Pension Fund is the first in this series of about 5 posts …
I am sharing my road to Financial Independence (FI) to help me get my shit together, or at least get you to think about where you are. The reality is that we all want to be financially independent. FI does not imply quitting your job and is not a synonym for retirement. It is the …
It is so easy for someone to say that the path to financial freedom requires you to spend as little as possible and then save the rest. Then keep doing this until your investments are 300 times your expenses. You have the best of intentions when you sit down and look at your budget to …
