Credit trends: Insights from Millennials to Boomers

‘What we are concerned about is that they're dipping into the savings pot, which is meant to be emergency money, and they're using it for spending,’ says Natasha Huggett-Henchie, member of the Actuarial Society of South Africa.

In a groundbreaking win for women’s rights, a union secures fully paid surrogacy leave for local government employees. Why an expert says government’s planned investment in air travel is optimistic, but shouldn’t be the finish line. And why the Transformation Fund should complement existing SME development efforts instead of crowding them out.

‘If you don't have proper human resource planning, you are not able to know exactly when you're going to start experiencing problems about mathematics teachers or science teachers,’ says Dr Mugwena Maluleke, general secretary of the South African Democratic Teachers Union.

Catholics globally celebrate the announcement of a new Pope. We’ll ask why maths is no longer available as a subject in 464 South African schools. Will declining sorghum production have an effect on your breakfast? And a call for South Africans to avoid driving at night, as poor road conditions…

‘We need to make sure that we have the right leadership, the right governance structures, and those who advise the leadership should have the requisite expertise,’ says Dr Katlego Mothudi, MD of the Board of Healthcare Funders.