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The price tag for giving your loved one a dignified send-off can dramatically increase as you add on the costs of catering, flowers, and tombstones and other cultural or religious requirements based on your beliefs.

10 tips to help you get on the right side of the law, right from the start of a new job

Lizl Finch is our Legal&Tax funeral policy expert, always making sure that life runs smoothly for those left behind after a death.She suggests that making plans for a funeral ahead of time is a useful action to take. This is called pre-or advanced funeral planning.

Recently, it was announced that medical aids might no longer be allowed to offer low-cost benefit options for people who cannot afford to pay for full medical aid cover.

When it comes to children’s rights, the law can serve as their strongest guardian. In fact, according to the law, parents have a duty to support their children until the children can support themselves.

In our latest edition of Legal&You, we are providing you with a free wealth checkup. With the end of the year fast approaching, why not take your free wealth checkup to understand your current position and start planning for your financial goals next year. There is no time like the present.

Welcome to the latest edition of Legal&You. We have listened to your feedback and improved the format of the content we will be sending you.

This article discusses an employees entitlement to leave, bonus and the effect of COVID-19 and the lockdown in South Africa.

In our latest edition of Solace&You, we honour the rich diversity of cultures that make up our Rainbow Nation and shape our shared heritage. As we celebrate Heritage Month, we reflect on the importance of preserving traditions while planning for the future. Our articles offer valuable insights on safeguarding your legacy, maintaining your health, and preparing for life's key moments, all while embracing the cultural values that define who we are today.

Thank you so much for your support during this difficult year. We wish you a very happy and healthy holiday period, and look forward to a new year filled with opportunity.

Smart legal tips, funeral planning tools, and Winter healthcare help — everything you need to protect what matters most.

While the festive season often becomes the reason to party and have a drink or two, there is a darker side to indulging in alcohol and other dangerous substances. Brain damage, strokes, bleeding in the throat, a loss of breath, heart disease, liver failure, stomach and intestinal cancer and ulcers, impotence and infertility, osteoporosis…and death. These are some of the terrifying effects that alcohol and drugs can have on your body.

Divorce is a difficult reality. While the emotional pain is hard to bear, Legal&Tax Services can at least be your companion in offering expert legal advice on this process.

The outbreak of a global pandemic and subsequent lockdown has seen life as we know it change in ways we could not have imagined six months ago. Yet I am so uplifted by how ordinary South Africans have shown such resilience and companionship. We have seen many everyday heroes emerge, like the nurses who catch a taxi before dawn, to work a 20-hour day in the most uncomfortable personal protective equipment… and there are thousands of people like this saving lives. You may not wear a cape, but you are a hero. Thank you!