PODCAST | Expert outlines implications of debt on mental health

Person with an empty wallet The legal, psychological, and employment implications of over-indebtedness and financial stress cannot be ignored. That’s according to Associate in Employment Law at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, Malesela Letwaba. Letwaba says excessive debt has been linked to deteriorating mental health, impaired decision-making, and diminished functional capacity. “Employees with changing times, rising inflation…

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KZN’s sugar cane farmers to be hard hit by US tariffs: SAFDA

Farm machines seen on a sugar cane field The South African Farmers Development Agency (SAFDA) says the US-imposed 30 percent tariff increase on the country’s imports will cripple many farmers especially in the sugar cane growing industry in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). In the province’s Post Budget Speech Consultative Engagement, SAFDA’s Chairperson Dr. Siyabonga Madlala called on…

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