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Every year, we celebrate mothers for their strength, resilience, and sacrifice, but we rarely ask a harder question: What is the real cost of the financial responsibility they carry?
South Africans are navigating a financial reality where inflation no longer tells the full story. According to the Competition Commission’s latest Cost of Living Report, the cost of survival in South Africa has officially outpaced general inflation.
With a catastrophic, record-setting fuel increase on the cards from tomorrow (6 May), South Africans are about to feel this fuel increase far beyond the forecourt.
Before we had spreadsheets, banking apps, or diversified portfolios, we had Mom. Long before we entered the professional world, she was our first chief financial officer, teaching us the art of the stretch, the discipline of the save, and the necessity of the rainy-day fund.
As an adviser reading this article, which discipline do you find most important for retirement planning?