Credit Matters in the Media
Die Burger - Women and Money - March 2011
If you are a woman in todays world, you surely have more options than your mother and her mother before her had. Yet this does not take away from the fact that todays woman has more than enough on her plate to deal with!
Women and Debt 1 - March 2011
If you're a woman in today's world, you have more options that your mother and her mother before her had. Salaries are higher , everyone has a cellphone, we all have access to the internet. But we all also now have access to easy credit, which can very easily lead to debt.
The Daily Voice - Women and Money 1 - Feb 2011
March 8 was International Womens Day and once again it shone the spotlight directly onto how much women all over the world do, on a daily basis. Women today have so much on their plates. They have to see to the children, the house, their jobs, their partners and always LASTLY themselves.
The Daily Voice - Women, Children and Finances - Feb 2011
There is sometimes just such a continuous struggle to make ends meet, that you have to wonder if you are ever going to get ahead. And with children growing up as quickly as they do, asking all the questions that they do, they also now become a factor in explaining your finances.
Die Burger Leefstyl - May 2010
Many of us are struggling just to get through each day. With taking and fetching kids from school, being dutiful employees, seeing that the family is fed, clothed and housed are just some of the things that ordinary South Africans have to contend with on a daily basis.But the pressures of money, coupled with the responsibility of family and children and every other responsibility we seem to shoulder, just seems to becoming too much for the average person to bear.
Voice - Debt is a Lifestyle! - 10 March 2010
Oh please let month end come! March is a month which somehow seems to drag on forever! Financially, that is. We are all looking forward to the Daily Voice carnival taking place at Rygate Sportsfield ( opp Vygieskraal ) this weekend. For those of us into the nagtroepe - the big competition – the Top 8 is taking place at the Good Hope Centre on Saturday and there are many other sporting and social events on the calendar for March. Mense, almal die outings kos geld!
Foschini Club Magazine - Holiday Article
Shopping pitfalls to avoid:
- The biggest thing ever, ever, ever to avoid is a SALE sign. If you didn’t need it before it went on sale, then you don’t need it when it goes on sale! Remember, buying something on sale which you don’t need – is not a way of saving money, no matter how much you try and convince yourself that it is.
- Avoid taking your credit card with you, if you have no intention of buying a planned, big ticket item. It’s just too easy to get side tracked into swiping that card!
Golden Arrow Bus Services Buzz - Blacklisting and Debt Counselling
Blacklisted, now is that not just a word we all hate to hear! Blacklisted is the common term people use to describe individuals or companies who have a bad credit profile / record. And while everyone understands the term, there isn’t really a BLACK LIST with everyones name on there . But if you are missing payments, you could well end up being blacklisted. If your expenses are more than your income, most of your income goes towards paying debt, or you just cant cope with your finances,