There are three main factors that cause medical scheme cover to be so much more expensive than health insurance.
Listen: Why it takes forever to reduce your home loan
Why does that extra R500 paid into your home loan make such a big difference? Maya and Mapalo have the answer in this week’s My...
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A car or an apartment?
A 23-year-old wants to do the right thing with her money and not end up a casualty of ‘bad debt’.
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Should you just hand back the keys?
What are your options when you can no longer afford your dream car?
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This site is a collection of articles written by finance journalist Maya Fisher-French as well as other contributors. The aim of Maya on Money is to help you with those day-to-day money decisions related to South African finance matters. Articles cover all those areas that you need in order to manage your money effectively such as budgeting, saving, investing, banking and insurance. Feel free to engage with us and post your questions on the Forum.
There is a great deal of confusion over how the interest-free period works on your credit card.
Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu provide advice on choosing the right ETF in this week’s My Money My Lifestyle podcast.
One of the more frequent questions I get asked is whether it makes sense to pay an upfront deposit when buying a car.
The main reason we take out car insurance is so that we are covered in case of an accident. But do you know exactly what you are covered for?
Even a 0.25% reduction in your mortgage rate could save you tens of thousands of rands, but how open is your bank to the discussion?
Want to start paying off your debt but just don’t know where to start? Here's a step-by-step guide.
The new enforcement head at the FSCA has made it clear that he'll be taking a tough stance against anyone defrauding South Africans of their hard-earned cash.
If you are considering buying a car, try save up so that you can put down a deposit. This will reduce the total cost of the car.
In his budget address on 20 February 2019, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced an early retirement scheme for public servants whereby members of the GEPF could take early retirement from the fund without penalties.
Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu discuss the dos and don’ts when it comes to returning your car, plus other stories, in this week's My Money, My Lifestyle podcast.
In an environment of disappointing market returns, the best value is to be found by investing offshore in blue-chip multinationals that are market leaders in their industries.
We invest our money because we want it to grow or give us an income. But depending on what you invest in, there are different types of investment returns.
What happens when you move your existing RA to another provider on the advice of a financial adviser but the exercise ends up costing you money?