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Women’s Month is a time to celebrate the strength and independence of women. Managing your own finances, especially when facing peer pressure, is a crucial part of this independence. At Bayport Financial Services, we understand these challenges.

Mandla (32) is one of Bayport’s consistently best performing consultants when it comes to helping customers solve their debt problems. He also describes himself as a money-savvy person – but that wasn’t always the case. We conclude Youth Month with Mandla’s story.

Many of us make a lot of money mistakes, especially as young people. We asked several young Bayporteers to tell us about the money secrets and wisdoms they wish they had been told earlier in life.

Quite a few of the young people we spoke to for this blog post admire Patrice Motsepe and DJ Sbu. Here are some of the money lessons these two public figures can teach us.

Budgeting, spending less and finding a side hustle are all things you can do to build a more comfortable life. However, they are only one side of the money management coin.

South Africans celebrate political freedom on 27 April every year, but too many of us still feel trapped because we don’t have the money to live the life we want. So, let’s talk about financial freedom and what it means.

The best way to ensure you are okay when circumstances change is to know who pays for what and to plan for change before it happens.

Money can tear a relationship apart. It can also be one of its strongest building blocks. The choice is yours.

It’s easier to do what you’ve always done than to get into a new habit. That’s why Backward Day is such a great way to get into the spirit of the year TWENTY TWENTY FREE.

There’s something about December that makes us throw money around like there’s no tomorrow. It might be fun while it lasts, but January almost never is. This December, do things differently.