That Golden Ticket (or 13th Cheque): What should you do with it?
If you’re like the rest of us, it’s probably been a year of financial hardship, as well as emotional- and health difficulties. In fact, if
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If you’re like the rest of us, it’s probably been a year of financial hardship, as well as emotional- and health difficulties. In fact, if
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August is Women’s month and considering that more than half of our active policyholders are female, we’ll take this opportunity to commend your strength and
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So, your side-hustle has been born and it’s starting to find its feet and take shape. You’re as proud as punch, but you know there
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Jeff Bezos (or should it be Jeff Bezillionaire) started selling books online in 1994, and in less than three decades, he now tops the charts
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The full lockdown is going to make way for a partial stay-at-home order, and that means some of us may go back to work sooner
There is a load of uncertainty right now, and one of the questions on a lot of people’s minds is “Will I get loan payment
The truly concerning thing about this COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly the rate of infection has spread across the world. When our Government locked things
If you contract the coronavirus, you and your family will automatically be covered by your existing life, funeral and income protection insurance policies: there’s no
So, this year’s budget speech was interesting, to say the least… Most of us had chewed our fingernails down to the quick, while we waited
We want to thank Mongezi Ndadane, our amazing client, for sharing his experience.
On the 31st of December 2019, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) China office was alerted to the fact that a previously unknown virus was behind
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Ok, we know that’s not exactly how the saying goes. It’s more along the lines of, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If
There is a wise old African Proverb that says “ …if you want to go far, go together”. At Stangen we believe in this wisdom
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Would you steal a cupcake out of your kids’ lunchboxes while they were tying their shoelaces? Or invest your grandmother’s life savings in a start-up
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If we gave you the choice between a single R100 000 lump sum pay-out today, or a recurring cheque worth R10 000, that cleared in
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The day you get married must be right up there with some of the most memorable days in your life. Perhaps the birth of your
When you pass away someone needs to pay off all your outstanding debts, square off any tax owing to the Government, as well as distribute
“I’m pregnant!” – How many times will you be able to utter those joyous words in a lifetime? Perhaps only a handful of times, if
Personal budgets are a little like New Year’s resolutions. At the time your intentions are as pure as the driven snow, but a few weeks
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Everybody knows somebody, right? It might be a family member, a work colleague, or perhaps a close friend who has been diagnosed with cancer. Hearing
The end-of-year holidays are around the corner now, and it’s almost as if you can faintly hear the brass bell clanking in the background, signaling
Do you remember the aggressive “Arrive Alive” campaigns of the 90s? They were a pretty big thing, leading up to the festive season exodus down
When Black Friday rolls around it’s a sure-fire sign that the year-end holidays are around the corner and it’s a great time to pick up
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Can you believe it’s almost the end of the year again? It honestly feels like only yesterday that all the beaches around the country were
We don’t lie around in silk robes contemplating our mortality like we did thousands of years ago, and that’s because “culture” (a shared idea of
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Isn’t nature truly amazing? It is only the second week of September, and the trees are already starting to bud without much rain at all
More than 50% of our Stangen Life policyholders are female, so we know for a fact that more and more South African women are buying
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