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How the System Works

Kamoo Tsamaiso e Sebetsang, The knowledge they kept from us, credit scores, interest, tax, tenders, title deeds, debt collectors. Each guide: what it actually is, how it is used against you, and how to use it instead.

Debt Collectors: What They May and May Not Do

Debt collectors are regulated by law, and many break it daily: reviving prescribed debt, inventing fees, and abusing garnishee orders. Learn the rules, the 25% salary cap, and where to complain for free.

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How Credit Scores Really Work

What a credit score actually is, who keeps it, how shops and lenders use it to make money off you, and how to build and check yours for free under the National Credit Act.

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How Tenders Actually Get Awarded

Where government tenders are really advertised (free), how the 80/20 and 90/10 point systems actually score bids, what CSD and B-BBEE registration cost (nothing), and how to spot the middlemen and scams feeding on people who were never shown the rules.

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Stokvels: Your Money Power, Formalised

Stokvels move more than R50 billion a year. Learn how to protect that money with a written constitution, NASASA registration, the right bank account, and collective buying power.

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Title Deeds: Proving What Is Yours

Millions of township families live in houses they own but cannot prove they own. Learn how title deeds work, how to get yours free through restoration programmes, what to do when a parent dies without a will, and how deed scams steal family homes.

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What Interest Really Costs You

Interest is a machine that moves money in one direction. Learn to read the real cost of a loan, spot what mashonisas and instalment deals really charge, and put compounding to work for you instead.

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Your First SARS Tax Return

Who actually has to file a tax return, how eFiling and auto-assessments work, the refunds workers never claim, what PAYE and UIF on your payslip mean, and how to spot tax practitioner scams.

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Your Payslip, UIF and Your Union

Every line on your payslip is governed by law. Learn what PAYE, UIF and pension deductions mean, which deductions are illegal without your written consent, how employers steal UIF, and how the CCMA helps you for free.

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