Financial warning signs you shouldn’t ignore

Over the past decade, South Africa’s cost of living has soared and households everywhere are feeling the strain. Electricity prices have risen by 85% since 2020 and water prices by 68%, with costs rising 30% across the board, according to a recent Competition Commission report, all while income remains stagnant. Plus, fuel prices are rising. […]
Cost-of-driving crisis deepens
Neil Roets, Chief Executive Officer of Debt Rescue, warned that the increase signals “imminent disaster” for South African households already under financial strain. “The reality is that the latest petrol price disaster exposes the extent of a far deeper cost-of-living crisis, driven by the fuel price increases, higher electricity and water tariffs and ongoing food […]