In the interest of not offending people with a severe maths deficiency, I have decided I’m going to use a story most of you should be familiar with. The characters are from Despicable Me, and the Minions movies. Here are the assumptions:Let’s assume Gru, and his 99 minions crash-landed on some remote inaccessible island whenContinue reading “WhatsApp gifting scam”
Category Archives: Personal Finances
dear.africa – african time
This is a personal story which I originally shared on this day, 3 years ago, on my first day of work after a retrenchment.Today I want to share with you a personal story that highlights the importance of being punctual. Be it catching a flight/bus, meeting with the president, your child’s school dance, or justContinue reading “dear.africa – african time”
dear.africa – content is the new currency
If you’re here, on social media, you’re already producing content daily, but it belongs to the big 3 tech companies, Facebook, Google, and Apple. And they make billions of money out of it. That’s why most of their products are free because you give them free content. Why not get something-nyana out of it as well? How?
dear africa – why ETFs
dear africa Some of you asked me if you should buy Sasol shares. It does not have to be Sasol actually, it can be any company, a few years ago it was Steinhoff (when it tanked and people thought it will recover), a few weeks ago it was Telsa, yesterday it was Oil. There willContinue reading “dear africa – why ETFs”
dear africa – Network Marketing, Multi Level Marketing
“Dear Paul
What is your opinion on Network Marketing Businesses.”
dear africa – 13th cheque or Bonus
First things first, your 13th cheque is not a bonus. It is your salary, already included in your total cost to company. Your employer is just nice to you by saving on your behalf, for 11 months. Because you can’t be trusted with saving it yourself if they paid it to you monthly. Oh, andContinue reading “dear africa – 13th cheque or Bonus”
dear africa – Black Friday
Today is Black Friday, there’re specials all over the place. You know what else if on special? Stocks at the JSE, if your buy through my favorite brokers, Easy Equities: http://bit.ly/2fxtpk7 If you join and/or FICA today or on Monday, they will fund your account with R100. That’s not all, if you buy any stock, theyContinue reading “dear africa – Black Friday”
dear africa -Fi
I have been meaning to write up a step by step guide to financial freedom for a while now. The internet is littered many such guides, but mine is a my own personal journey, that I am travelling and learning as I go along. I have renewed motivation because a friend of mine is takingContinue reading “dear africa -Fi”
dear africa – MTN Zakhele futhi
Following on the impact of my previous #DearDarkie letters, especially those dealing with investments, I have received a flood of inboxes from friends asking for my opinion on the new MTN Zakhele Futhi shares and whether I will be buying them or not. Just to give you a bit of background, in 2010, MTN launchedContinue reading “dear africa – MTN Zakhele futhi”
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