Concerns about high debt levels can affect entire families, and children growing up in financially stressed households are more likely to inherit poor financial habits and anxiety about money. This is according to the National Debt Counsellors’ Association (NDCA), which represents South Africa’s largest and most experienced debt counsellors, and wants South Africans to deal…

Stubbornly high interest and inflation rates and a stuttering economy are making it harder for South Africans to make ends meet and money trouble is a significant cause of stress. The 2023 DebtBusters’ Money Stress Tracker survey found that three out of four South Africans feel money stress, with particularly women admitting to the effects of…