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Woolworths boasts strong financial results
Group sales for WHL increased by 16.4% to R72.1 billion despite challenging conditions in both South Africa and Australasia where the group has operations.

Reduction in junior doctor’s working hours
After the death of junior doctor Ilne Markwat, the Western Cape’s Health Department has announced the reduction of junior doctors working hours. Markwat died following a vehicle accident which has been blamed on exhaustion follow an exces...

Reduction in medicine registration backlogs
Last week, the Medicine Control Council (MCC) announced plans to reduce the backlogs in the registration of unregistered medicines. Since the announcement, pharmaceutical firms have warmly welcomed the council’s decision. The National As...

Airborne consultants referred to the FSB
Airborne Insurance Consultants (Pty) Limited are the latest company to come under fire with the Financial Service Board (FSB).

Will we see another petrol price decrease?
We take a look at whether or not we will be experiencing another petrol price decrease next month.

Insurance: Items that are generally overlooked
In life we generally overlook the small things and when it comes to insurance, we are no different. While our main focus lies on items such as motor vehicles, a home and its content, Bertus Visser, chief executive of distribution at PSG insure ...

Insolvency scare - medical schemes
The Government Medical Scheme (GEMS) could be the latest to cry insolvency according to recent talk and reports.

Four pay checks left before Christmas
There are just four pay checks left till the end of the year before the festive season starts. If you got into debt last year now is the time to put some simple money-wise plans in place to help ensure a stress-free holiday and a debt free start to 2017.

Calculating your credit score
A credit report is a vital document that records all your debt and your repayment history on that debt. If your credit report is poor, i.e. you have large amounts of debt and you miss payments etc., a loans or credit provider may be unwilling to...

Avoiding online dating scams
We take a look at the world of cyber crime pertaining to online dating.

Are 100% mortgage loans still a thing?
We take a look athe 100 % mortgage loans, its prevalence and the banks policy on them.

FNB launches own smart phone and unlimited calls package
First National Bank (FNB) has launched its own branded FNB smartphone, claiming it wants to fully integrate banking and customer mobility.

