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Managing your money
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Managing your money

Developing good habits is the only way to make your cash work for you.

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October 21, 2024
People need more support as they approach retirement
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People need more support as they approach retirement

There is always a lot of talk about supporting people at the beginning of their working life to start saving for retirement, but very little is said about support for people who are close to retirement. Is it time to beat the default paradox?

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October 21, 2024
Break cycle of financial stress
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Break cycle of financial stress

Create a budget, seek professional advice early on, says expert.

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October 21, 2024
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A foray into modern-day superheroes

Long gone are the days when a superhero could simply don a mask and cap, save the day and escape to a secret lair.

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1 min  |
October 21, 2024
Is it all in the mind?
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Is it all in the mind?

Understanding these factors creates a great sense of ease.

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October 21, 2024
30 years of the Samas
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30 years of the Samas

Ensuring every note, beat and lyric takes its place.

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October 21, 2024
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What about us single pensioners, Woolies?

Buy three, pay for two is just a gimmick. I'd rather go elsewhere, writes George.

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October 21, 2024
Let's get to the roots of names
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Let's get to the roots of names

When my mum was moving house recently one of the musclemen doing the heavy lifting introduced himself as Gift.

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October 21, 2024
Lesufi's bluster wears thin
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Lesufi's bluster wears thin

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi's, pictured, response to the DA's demand that he release forensic reports which allegedly provide evidence of corruption, embodies the adage that attack is the best form of defence.

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October 21, 2024
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King Charles just a sideshow in Oz

The national mood in Australia seems to have got a little more excited about the visit by King Charles III and Queen Camilla... although many Aussies still couldn't care less about old colonial ties.

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October 21, 2024
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The DA must box clever with NHI

It was to be expected that, sooner or later, the main parties in the government of national unity (GNU) would butt heads. After all, oil and water do not mix... and the socialist policies of the ANC don't gel at all with the capitalist direction favoured by the DA.

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October 21, 2024
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Where are locals' spazas?

Protest takes many strange forms in South Africa but the recent Sharpeville upheaval warrants some introspection. If one takes issue with foreign nationals running shops in one's area, how does looting and consuming or looting and burning help?

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October 21, 2024
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War rages on from both sides

ISRAEL: ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH 'COMMAND' AND GAZA

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October 21, 2024
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Bomb hoaxes ground planes

More than 70 fake bomb threats have been made against flights operated by multiple Indian airlines this week, Indian media reported yesterday, sparking fear among passengers and global delays.

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October 21, 2024
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Kamala, Trump call in star power

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump invited star power to the campaign trail on Saturday, as they took shots at each other's endurance and urged early voting in battleground states key to the tightening US presidential race.

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1 min  |
October 21, 2024
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Ex-general takes the oath

Former general Prabowo Subianto was yesterday sworn in as president of Indonesia, seeking a more prominent position on the global stage for the world's fourth most populous nation.

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October 21, 2024
War rages on from both sides
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War rages on from both sides

ATTACKS ON HEZBOLLAH 'COMMAND' AND GAZA

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October 21, 2024
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Rustenburg faces possible R150m civil contractor lawsuit

Rustenburg municipality in North West could be facing at least a R150 million lawsuit from an aggrieved contractor after a junior official signed land allo- cation documents and a service level agreement with a company without authorisation from his boss, the municipal manager.

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2 mins  |
October 21, 2024
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Celebrating media freedom

Apartheid govt launched an assault on the press.

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October 21, 2024
Matrics sit for last stretch
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Matrics sit for last stretch

Nearly 7000 schools and centres will host the finals.

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October 21, 2024
Charles expresses joy Down Under
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Charles expresses joy Down Under

King Charles' antipodean admirers got a first glimpse of their reigning monarch yesterday, as the British royal attended a church service and expressed his \"great joy\" at returning Down Under.

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October 21, 2024
Farmers take black story to Italy's Rome
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Farmers take black story to Italy's Rome

Three smallholder farmers from Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg - Tintswalo Makhubele, Nozikhumbuzo Sidumo and Knowledge Modise, representing Imvuselelo Bakery and Food Distribution Cooperative - are set to make an international impact in Rome, Italy.

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October 21, 2024
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Joburg mayor on 'fraud charge'

Gwamanda given the all-clear by the regional ANC.

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October 21, 2024
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Two power workers die, 3 in hospital

Two City Power contract workers have died and three more are in hospital after being trapped in an underground tunnel in the Johannesburg CBD on Saturday.

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October 21, 2024
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‘Increase’ gun control

Gun lobby group calls for more action from government.

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October 21, 2024
An executive who hates suits
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An executive who hates suits

'I'd rather be on the beach, waxing my board, than stuck in a room talking figures.'

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3 mins  |
October 21, 2024
Thrills as actors serve forerunner of Halloween aboard train
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Thrills as actors serve forerunner of Halloween aboard train

It's usually a serene two-and-a-half-hour ride on Japan's famously efficient bullet train. But the journey quickly descended into a zombie apocalypse, with passengers screaming in terror.

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October 21, 2024
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Parties ‘squabble' over NHI

Differences seen as as a divide between the haves, have nots.

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October 21, 2024
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'Teachers prey on pupils for sex'

164 new cases reported in the last two financial years.

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October 21, 2024
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Cher, Ozzy rock the Hall of Fame

Cher, Mary J Blige and Ozzy Osbourne were among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, an elite group formally introduced into the music pantheon Saturday at a star-studded concert gala.

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1 min  |
October 21, 2024