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No proper financial planning equals frivolous spending

While South Africa's annual inflation rate has fallen to 4.4% in August 2024, its lowest since April 2021, the cost of living remains a major financial concern for many consumers.

Time to review health plans

MEDICAL AID: WHY YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS, COSTS AND IMPLICATIONS

Getting ready for 2025: kick-start your financial goals

As the final quarter of the year begins, it is time to start preparing for next year and now is a good time to line up your financial goals for next year.

Cataracts are leading cause of preventable blindness

Cataracts remain the leading cause of blindness globally, despite being completely preventable. In South Africa, an estimated 250 000 people are blind due to untreated cataracts.

How to de-stress

TAKE CONTROL: MAKE CHANGES IF YOU ARE OVERTAXED

Taking care of down there

>> STIs prevalent than most people realise – doctor.

Williams to co-chair Met Gala exploring Black dandyism

Singer and designer Pharrell Williams is among the co-chairs of New York's next Met Gala, which will wade into race relations in the context of fashion, the museum announced last week.

Multiple hues of luck

My oldest son, visiting my youngest in Paris last week, fell down the Metro steps and broke his arm.

Yes, you can do it, women Proteas

Two matches away. That's how far the national women's team might be from lifting South Africa's first senior cricket World Cup trophy. We've waited far too long for the Proteas cricket sides to do what the Springboks have done four times.

US, UK may be encouraging invasion of Iran

Move will enable big oil to access Iranian rich oil fields, writes Frank Sterle Jr.

Let's leave tennis in the old hands

Another sporting tradition dies, tennis players blaming a linesperson rather than themselves for an \"out\" shot.

The Post Office is obsolete

Remember when we used to send each other faxes? Cover pages and all. That was a wild time. You know what we don't do anymore? Send faxes.

Tito: memories of sweet bygone era

In mourning the death of anyone, part of the grief is for what that person represents in terms of a time past - a time which can never happen again. That is why marking the death of Tito Mboweni is more than acknowledging that the man is no more, it is nostalgia for an era we will never see again.

Lithuania's centre-left set to win poll

Lithuanians voted yesterday in elections likely to change the government but keep much else the same, including the Nato and EU member's strong support for Ukraine and moves to bolster defence policy.

Independence 'titan' dies

London - Former UK prime minister Tony Blair yesterday joined King Charles III to pay tribute to former Scotland figurehead Alex Salmond after his sudden death at the age of 69.

Israel airstrikes strafe Lebanon

SURGE: HEZBOLLAH FIGHTS ON GROUND, FIRES ROCKETS

Taipei alert as warship nears

Taipei - Taiwan said it was \"on alert\" as it detected a Chinese aircraft carrier group to its south yesterday, days after the US warned Beijing against taking “provocative” actions on the self-ruled island.

Macron now isolated

FACADE: FRENCH LEADER'S ALL SMILES THOUGH SEETHING IN PRIVATE

Businesses brace for turmoil as polls draw near

Washington - From holding back investments to considering moving abroad, businesses in the United States are bracing for more economic turbulence as the presidential campaign kicks into high gear - with fresh tariffs rolled out and promises of more.

Over 20 killed in Sudan strike

Sudan - A Sudanese network of volunteer rescuers said yesterday the military carried out an air strike a day earlier on a marketplace in Khartoum, leaving 23 people dead.

Rivers flood Nigeria state

Kogi State - Two major rivers have flooded across central Nigeria displacing tens of thousands of people, the Red Cross said.

Talk of energy transition at Africa Oil Week

Africa Oil Week wrapped up in Cape Town on Friday with lots of talk about gas, the energy transition and new exploration after representatives from governments and the private sector on the continent gathered to discuss investing in energy.

Caution over two-pot

WITHDRAWALS: SARS REVEALS THAT SOME DECLARED INCORRECT INCOME

SA to aim to alter climate change funding

South Africa will use its opportunity as incoming president of the G20 group to ensure SA and Africa get a better deal out of the Just Transition financing for the renewable energy future, says Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola.

Mboweni highly praised

SHOCK DEATH: TRIBUTES TO POLICY INNOVATOR, LABOUR RIGHTS CHAMPION

More Kenyan cops for Haiti

An extra 600 Kenyan police officers set to join a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violence in Haiti will be ready for deployment in early November, Kenya's police chief said at the weekend.

Light flickers for Eskom

LOAD SHEDDING: ENERGY EXPERT SAYS STABILISATION OF GRID POINTS TO A TURNING POINT

Clock TikToks for app's ban

New York – TikTok teams identified harmful effects of its platform on young users but limited preventive measures so as to avoid a drop in traffic, according to internal documents revealed on Friday by a US public radio station.

Jumbo memories stir

PLAYGROUND ELEPHANT SLIDES: ELDERS REMEMBER CHILDHOOD FUN

KZN man arrested after family attacked

A man was arrested yesterday hours after he allegedly stabbed and killed five of his family members in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal.