Kaelo Money Journeys Chapter 4: Avoidance of family members accessing funds as soon as salaries are paid

Oct 18, 2023 | Articles, Kaelo Money

Andrew Smith has worked for his hard-earned money and on the 25th he gets a notification that he has been paid his salary. When he arrives at the bank to withdraw money, he sees that almost all the money he has earned has already been withdrawn. He realizes that some...

Kaelo Money Journeys Chapter 3: Earned Wage Access situation and where it helps

Oct 18, 2023 | Articles, Kaelo Money

Johnny Smith has worked 20 days in the month and has almost made it to payday, but his expenses are higher than his disposable income due to bad budgeting. He needs a loan to make it to payday and uses a loan shark as its his only available option, he borrows R500. At...

Kaelo Money Journeys Chapter 1: Providing for loved ones in other provinces

Oct 11, 2023 | Articles, Kaelo Money

Keith Smith has worked 20 days in the month and has almost made it to payday. He has a family member in another province that requires funds to buy food, but he doesn’t have enough right now to send them money. He loans the money to pay to his family and uses a...

Mental Health in South Africa with Celeste Olivier-Blaauw

Jul 24, 2023 | Articles

Mental health has become somewhat of a buzzword in recent times. When we hear the word mental health we often think of it in terms of things such as depression and anxiety. It is important to know that mental health is more than the absence of mental illness or mental...

How to comply with regulations while remaining true to your organisational culture

Jun 21, 2023 | Articles

In the past decade, we have witnessed an alarming surge in scandals due to poor corporate culture in South Africa, we can look at Eskom, Steinhoff, Tongaat Hulett, Bosasa and VBS Bank etc as examples of poor corporate culture that lead to their breakdown . Such...

Money matters with James Eckersley

May 20, 2023 | Articles

Financial woes are seen as one of the four main causes of anxiety and depression in South Africa, with the debt spiral seeming inescapable. Are financial issues truly inescapable, though? Impossible to tackle? At Kaelo Money we believe financial stress is not an...