Saving for your children’s education

In case you haven’t been aware (although we highly doubt that you aren’t) the issue of University fees has been trending for almost a year. The youth of South Africa have taken a stand and it’s very clear that the ultimate goal is to get

Having more than one salary

Two salaries? Yes please! Ever wondered what it would be like to get paid a couple of times a month? Like two, three or four pay cheques a month? I don’t know many people who’d say no thanks! In his study of the daily habits

I am not my stuff

I’m too old for peer pressure, right? I was chatting to my goddaughter the other day and she was telling me how she HAD to have a very particular type of lunchbox for school. It was imperative, of course, because everyone else had one and

When should you stop paying for your kids?

After being a Money Coach ™ for almost two decades I thought I had heard it all when it comes to financial relationships in the family. I was running a workshop for a group of social workers that provide pre-marital counseling to newly-weds because they

A simple 3 step plan to building wealth

As a Money Coach™, I find that I teach people things about money that they don’t even know they are supposed to know. And if you spend any amount of time researching how average earning South Africans have built their wealth, you will be very

3 Paydays to Christmas

If you’re worried about how you’re going to manage your money around the year’s most expensive holiday season, you are not alone. Luckily, we’ve got a plan to help you through. Author: Hayley Parry, The Money School It should be the season of festive fun,

Break out of the debt trap

Brandon Smith has been working as a paramedic in Port Elizabeth for the past 10 years. His passion and drive for the work that he does is something that he would never consider changing, despite the fact that his income each month doesn’t meet his