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If you are on maternity leave, you are able to claim unemployment insurance from the UIF provided that you contributed to the fund for a period of more than four months prior to going on leave. To qualify for the
Taxpayers are required to declare their worldwide foreign income sourced from a foreign employer while working in South Africa and/or abroad, and, to facilitate this, SARS has included three new fields for foreign earners.
Depending on the terms of the divorce order, you may need to move off your ex-spouse’s medical aid and register as the principal member of your own medical aid. This may be a good time to completely reassess your healthcare
It is estimated that in the last five years of life, total healthcare spend for dementia patients is almost 60% greater than the costs associated with death from other diseases, including cancer and heart disease – although keep in mind
If you’re suffering from a terminal illness, planning for your end-of-life medical care will no doubt be important for you. An advance healthcare directive is a comprehensive document that allows you to make decisions about your medical care and to
When it comes to determining the most appropriate quantum of cover, it is advisable to view the benefit in relation to the other healthcare-related benefits that you have in place, such as medical aid, gap cover, income protection, and capital
The primary function of your healthcare advisor or broker is to ensure that you and your loved ones are on the most appropriate plan option for your needs and that, as a family, you are receiving full value for the
Saving for retirement may feel like an impossibility for a single parent, especially when your children are younger and the continuous stream of expenses seems insurmountable. It may help to remind yourself that saving for retirement is a long-term process
Trying to guess how long you will live is a dangerous game to play when developing your retirement plan, and our advice is to develop a range of retirement scenarios using varying longevity assumptions so that you have a clear
A power of attorney is a formal document by which a person (the principal) authorises another (the agent) to conclude juristic acts on his behalf. By signing a power of attorney, the principal indicates to third parties that he will
