by Brendan Els | Jul 26, 2018 | Insurance
Private healthcare in South Africa doesn’t come cheap! Most households that can afford to belong to a medical aid scheme spend a few thousand bucks a month for the reassurance that if they get sick, they can afford the best treatment possible. But is it enough? Your...
by Brendan Els | Jul 11, 2018 | Insurance, surveys & polls
A 484 page report has just been released by the Competition Commission of South Africa on the state of the private healthcare market in South Africa. The primary reason for the enquiry is the high and ever increasing cost of private healthcare. Their findings? High...
by Brendan Els | Jul 4, 2018 | Insurance, Medical, medical aid, medical insurance
The draft Medical Schemes Amendment Bill 2018 was published on the 21st of June 2018. Government believes that it’s going to make things cheaper. But is that true? 10 changes are on the cards and open for public comment. In this article we will concentrate on two...
by Brendan Els | Jul 1, 2018 | Insurance, Money Matters
Did you know that your Last Will and Testament has more in common with divorce agreements than with any other document known to mankind? Think about a divorce agreement for a moment. The two parties choose to go their separate ways. They haggle back and forward over...
by Brendan Els | Jun 27, 2018 | Insurance, Money Matters
It’s fair to say SARS collect a fair amount of our money each month but if you’re a black South African earning an income, you might also be paying “black tax” (sharing your salary with family). Whether the notion of “black tax” is right or wrong is...
by Brendan Els | Jun 23, 2018 | financial planning, Insurance
It’s a little ironic that even in death the bills keep rolling in (and let’s include death tax as the final bill you need to pay). It might have been the heavy burden of having to constantly pay bills your entire life that put you in the grave to begin with, right?...
