Ask your friends and colleagues what their realistic, long-term goals are - you'd be amazed at how many people turn out to be on autopilot. Sure, they're good and diligent people who are paying off a house, or putting their kids through school...
Who is to say you might not face a financial crisis at some point in your life? After all, as the hackneyed bumper sticker informs us, life is what happens while we're making other plans. Lionel Shriver, author of the brilliant, unsettling ‘...
Cresta shopping centre was packed with consumers over Easter weekend... I should know, I was there too! As I enjoyed a post-expedition cappuccino near one of the main mall exits, I was able to watch people's faces as they staggered out, pushing loaded...
On 24 October 2010, the new Consumer Protection Act will come into force - heralding a new era for consumer protection in South Africa. It is going to transform the way merchants conduct business, and put us firmly in line with UN guidelines for protecting...
If we all lived in rural Amish-style communities, living in harmony with our real values would be straightforward, but the reality is, most of us are not cut off from the rest of the world. And those of us with kids are trying to be good parents in a...
Why can't we just do what's good for us? Getting people to change their behaviour is always difficult; even if they know that making the change is going to save them thousands of bucks or save their lives. If it were easy, you'd have an enviable...
It's World Consumer Rights Day on March 15 th - a great opportunity to talk about being assertive when you're unhappy with shoddy service delivery or products, and the correct way to lodge a dispute. The 2004 National Consumer Survey found that...
The stark social reality is that one out of two marriages in SA ends in divorce, and the impact of these separations, particularly in hostile situations, is devastating for children. What's the best thing to do when your spouse starts resembling a...
As we've been informed by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, from April 7th, beleaguered consumers will be coughing up an additional 25.5c per litre of petrol and diesel. If ever there was a time to become frugal with fuel, it's now. The increase...
Imagine a world in which compulsive shoppers have themselves micro-chipped, (in the same way that morbidly obese people resort to gastric bypass surgery to prevent themselves from eating a trolley full of chocolate biscuits or crisps!) Any attempt to...
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