Talking all things money. Maya Fisher-French discusses the do’s and don’ts when it comes to your finances. To join the conversation send me an email via https://mayaonmoney.co.za/contact/
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From fear to financial freedom in six months
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Join hosts Maya Fisher French and Mapalo Maku in this special episode as they reflect on the incredible journey of Santam staff members who participated in the six-month Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp. This transformative experience culminated in a final event that celebrated the courageous individuals who opened up their financial lives …
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The Psychology of Financial Decisions
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The Psychology of Financial Decisions In this episode of the "My Money, My Lifestyle" podcast, host Maya Fisher French chats to Rudolph Geldenhuys, the Financial Planner of the Year, about the psychology behind financial decision-making. They discuss the importance of understanding the 'why' behind one's financial actions. Rudolph, who has been in …
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Money Bootcamp: Planning your legacy
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. In our previous episodes we have spoken about building wealth, but what about succession and building intergenerational we…
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Budgeting for a nation: Inside the medium-term budget
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This week Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced the Medium-Term Budget which is tabled every year in October. Most people only really care about the February budget because that is where the minister announces the changes to taxes. But the medium-term budget is packed with really important information about how government is going to be colle…
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Money Bootcamp: The five years to retirement plan
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. In this episode, we delve into the intricacies of retirement planning with Johann Steyn, a certified financial planner at …
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Money Bootcamp: Investing for retirement
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Welcome to the Santam Insure your Future money boot camp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. In the last two episodes we looked at saving and investing for those goals we want to achieve during our working years. But at some point, we want to kick back and retire, or at least have choices about whether we want to continue to work or not. One …
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Money Bootcamp: How to achieve your longer-term goals
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. Last episode we focused on saving for shorter-term goals, but what about those medium to longer-term goals like your child…
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Money Bootcamp: How to put a savings plan together
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. In this episode we help listeners give up the debt dependency by having a savings plan. We look at why we save and what go…
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Avoid these mistakes when writing your will
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As we mark National Wills Week, there's no better time to address the importance of having a properly drafted will. In the latest episode of our podcast, Maya Fisher-French sits down with Deenisha Nadesan, Executive Director of Estates at Capital Legacy, to discuss the common pitfalls people encounter when drafting their wills and how to avoid them…
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Life behind the numbers: Unpacking the shared value insurance model
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Welcome to Life Behind the Numbers, a Discovery Life podcast series where we delve into the trends driving insurance claims and explore how this data can help us improve health outcomes. In this episode of Life Behind the Numbers, host Maya Fisher-French speaks with Gareth Friedlander, Deputy Chief Executive of Discovery Life, and Daniel Stoch, Sen…
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Money Bootcamp: How to choose the right medical cover
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. In our last episode we spoke about life and risk cover – this is insurance that pays out if something goes wrong with our …
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In this podcast discussion Old Mutual Chief economist Johann Els explains why he believes we could see the rand strengthen to R14/R15 to the USD. He explains how a softer US dollar, combined with better growth prospects in emerging economies, could lead to a stronger rand. This is particularly relevant for investors looking to balance their portfol…
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Money Bootcamp: The Foundation of Financial Security
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This series is designed to guide you through essential financial topics, helping you make informed decisions for a secure future. Risk cover can feel like a grudge purchase, especially when budgets are tight, it is also not as exciting as investing, ye…
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How health screenings affect claims
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Welcome to Life Behind the Numbers, a Discovery Life podcast series where we delve into the trends driving insurance claims and explore how this data can help us improve health outcomes. While many risks are beyond our control, there are steps we can take to mitigate them. By adopting proactive and healthier lifestyles, we can reduce the incidence …
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Money Bootcamp: Smart strategies to pay off debt
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Welcome to the Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. This is a series of podcasts that you can follow to help create your own money journey. We share our experiences in working with individuals who turned their finances around in just six months. In this episode, we tackle the issue of managing excessive debt, especially in the f…
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Understanding Inflation: Why your bills might not match the official rate
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Inflation is a term we hear often, especially when discussing the economy and our personal finances. But have you ever wondered how it's calculated and why it sometimes feels like your expenses are rising faster than the official inflation rate? In our latest podcast episode, I am joined by Sanisha Packirisamy, Economist at Momentum Investments to …
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Money Bootcamp: Using credit responsibly
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu. In previous episodes we have focused on budgeting and living within your means, but at some stage everyone will need to access credit. But how do you do that in a responsible and sustainable manner? We begin with a cautionary tale from Thato, one of ou…
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Diversifying with dollar-based life cover
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Welcome to Life Behind the Numbers, a Discovery Life podcast series where we delve into the latest claim statistics with experts from Discovery Life. In this episode, we explore the fascinating concept of insuring yourself in a hard currency like US dollars. Maya is joined by Discovery Life's Deputy Chief Executive Gareth Friedlander and Head of Ma…
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Money Bootcamp: Budgeting as a homeowner
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Welcome to the Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp with Mapalo Makhu and Maya Fisher-French. In this, the third episode in the series, we delve into the financial intricacies of making major purchases, specifically focusing on buying a home and a car. We are joined by Tshiamo, one of our mentees from last year, who shares her eye-opening exper…
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With SARS announcing the opening of tax season on 15 July, it's crucial to understand the complexities of filing tax returns and how to maximise any tax breaks. Joining us to unpack this topic is tax expert Andre Bothma and Poobalan Govender, Acting Head of Old Mutual Rewards, who will explain how Old Mutual Rewards members qualify for discounted r…
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Money Bootcamp: Tell your money where to go
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Are you ready to take control of your financial future? The Santam Insure Your Future Money Bootcamp is here to guide you through a transformative journey that will help you understand and master your finances. Hosted by Maya Fisher-French and Mapalo Makhu, this podcast series is designed to help you build a solid financial foundation, no matter wh…
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Life behind the numbers: Safeguarding your child's education and health
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Welcome to "Life behind the Numbers," a Discovery Life podcast series. Host, Maya Fisher-French, together with experts from Discovery Life, delve into the latest trends from Discovery Life claims research, highlighting the need for both physical and financial protection against various risks. In this episode, we tackle a topic often overlooked: the…
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Money Bootcamp: Money and Emotions
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Created by consumer financial journalist Maya Fisher-French and financial coach Mapalo Makhu, the Santam Insure your Future Money Bootcamp is a podcast designed to help you create your own financial money journey. In this special series, we bring you the transformative journey of financial education. Over the next six months, through 13 episodes, w…
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In this episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French delves into the financial complexities of divorce with financial planner Kirsten Smit of Citadel Investments. They explore the alarming rise in divorces, particularly in the post-Covid era and among those over the age of 50. Kirsten shares insights on the financial upheaval that divo…
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Eight principles for successful investing
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Wondering how to navigate the chaos of today's economic climate? Dive into our latest podcast episode where host Maya Fisher French and investment expert Debra Slabber from Morningstar South Africa explore the eight principles of successful investing. Discover why simplicity is your ally, how your savings rate impacts your financial future more tha…
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Are We Spending Too Much On Our Families?
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In this episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French is joined by financial advisor Munya Shumba to address a critical yet often neglected aspect of financial planning: prioritising your own financial future over solely focusing on your family's needs. They explore the delicate balance between generosity and self-preservation, highligh…
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Crunching the Numbers: The Real Cost of Independence for Young Graduates
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In this episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French and financial planner Kirsty Scully tackle the daunting reality of expenses for young graduates entering the workforce. With salaries that seem substantial on paper, they break down the sobering truth of the cost of living, from rent and groceries to utilities and transportation. Kir…
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When Love Doesn't Pay the Bills: Dating outside your financial league
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In this eye-opening episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French delves into the often contentious intersection of love and finance. Maya is joined by Queen Malobane Provincial General Manager at Metropolitan to unpack the complexities of dating and maintaining relationships when partners are in different financial leagues. Queen's rec…
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Exposing Hidden Costs: The Truth Behind Your Insurance Excess
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In this practical episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French tackles the often-overlooked details of short-term insurance contracts that can have a big impact on your wallet. Maya shares her personal discovery of significant hikes in her insurance policy when it came to excesses - prompting a deep dive into what policyholders can do …
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Unpacking the 2024 National Budget: Where your taxes really go
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In this insightful episode of My Money My Lifestyle, host Maya Fisher-French takes you behind the scenes of South Africa's national budget with the expertise of Mr. Edgar Sishi, Deputy Director General of National Treasury and Head of the Budget Office at National Treasury. As the nation grapples with the impact of financial decisions, Maya and Mr.…
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In this comprehensive episode of My Money My Lifestyle, Maya Fisher-French, a seasoned freelancer herself, delves deep into the world of taxes with tax experts Kagiso Nonyane and Dumisa Sihawu, from BDO South Africa. They tackle the complexities of tax for freelancers, from understanding why tax may be deducted from your earnings to the intricacies…
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Why do so many people feel that the financial system is rigged against the average person, that the system is built to benefit the elite at the expense of the average person? In this podcast Maya has a frank discussion with David Buckham, founder and CEO of Monocle Solutions and author of The End of Money, The Age of Menace and Why Banks Fail, abou…
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Women in Conversation: navigating money conversations in a relationship
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Money is not about rands and cents – it is an emotional currency, which is why money conversations are so hard. Money means many different things. It encompasses power dynamics in a relationship, it can symbolise success and status. For some people it reflects care and for others it represents safety. Money and gifts are one of the five love langua…
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How I transformed my relationship with money
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When her mother tragically passed away in car accident three years ago, the then 24-year-old Zihle found herself emotionally and financially responsible for her two younger sisters. To make ends meet Zihle turned to credit – what started off as “small loans” soon snowballed into larger and larger debts. The more the repayments ate into her disposab…
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Financial freedom: How I paid off R85 000 of debt in six months
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In this podcast Maya speaks to Johan the winner of the 2023 Absa/City Press Money Makeover Challenge about how he reduced his debt by over R85 000, built up an emergency fund of R42 000 and increased his retirement contributions – all in just six months. Joined by his financial adviser Takalani Badugela, Johan discusses how small day-to-day choices…
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Women in Conversation: Protecting your family
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When you get married or have a child there are so many exciting things to focus on like the wedding dress, invitations, the honeymoon and baby showers. The last thing we want to think about are the financial aspects. Yet it is the finances that will have the most lasting impact on our relationships. This is especially true when it comes to writing …
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Women in Conversation: Financial equality in a relationship
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“Money conversations are hard. They are harder than talking about sex or the in-laws. How much money one earns versus how much a partner earns is linked somehow to our perceived value. The person who makes more money has more power unless there is a conscious approach in the relationship. The person who has more money has potential to dominate the …
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Women in Conversation: Marriage Contracts
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Why two attorneys need to be part of your wedding plan. In this series of conversations, Maya speaks to Andrea Carr about her experience of getting divorced which has led Andrea to question many of the decisions she made as a woman, as a mother, and as wife, when it came to her finances. It made her realise the importance of taking care of herself,…
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It is that time of year when our medical schemes inform us how much more we will be paying for our medical cover. With medical costs rising above inflation, the amount we spend on medical services takes a growing bite out of our budgets. It is important that we spend time understanding our medical plan to make the most of it. In this podcast I chat…
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Treasury Explains the Two-Pot Retirement System
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On 1 March 2024 there will be a radical change affecting everyone who is a member of a retirement fund. This is known as the Two-Pot Retirement System and applies to any member of an employer pension/provident fund, a retirement annuity or a preservation fund as well as members of the Government Employees Pension Fund. There have been many question…
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Many South Africans are finding themselves supporting their aging parents, thanks to the combination of a tough economy and insufficient retirement funding. But it’s critical to plan this key transition carefully to ensure your own finances stay on track and to maintain a healthy relationship with your parents. In this podcast Maya speaks to Stian …
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How to use a will to protect your child
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September is wills month and in this podcast we discuss how to use a will to protect your child’s legacy. Maya speaks to Alex Simeonides CEO of Capital Legacy to help parents navigate the complexity of estate planning. This podcast was sponsored by Capital Legacy.Af My Money My Lifestyle
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The link between mental and financial health
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An important aspect of financial wellness is mental wellness. Financial stress can cause emotional stress, it impacts our relationships and our workplace. When it comes to managing money, we need to be aware of our money emotions - what makes us spend, why does money make us so anxious? While financial pressure can impact our mental wellbeing, our …
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As banks improve security around identification and biometrics are introduced, fraudsters are finding that the easiest way to get into your bank account is to get you to help them! In this podcast Maya shares the story of how her husband nearly fell victim to a vishing attack. “I often write about these scams and we are all aware of them. We think …
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Opportunity to boost your retirement income
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If you are about to retire, you need to start thinking about how to invest your lump sum to provide you with an income for life. According to an article by the Actuarial Society of SA, there is a window of opportunity for retirees to lock in some of the highest rates in 20 years. With inflation peaking and the cost of living rising, this is an oppo…
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The 2023 City Press/Absa Money Makeover Challenge has begun. This is the seventh year where Maya Fisher-French together with a team of Absa financial advisers work with six individuals to turn around their finances in just six months. In this podcast Maya chats to Sarah Nkwana of Absa about the candidates, why they were selected and the challenges …
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Discover Your Unique Money Personality
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Welcome to the finale of the Emotions and Money podcast series, where we explain concept of the Money Fingerprint. Join host Maya Fisher-French and Paul Nixon, head of Behavioral Finance at Momentum, as they take you on a journey of self-discovery and financial empowerment. The Money Fingerprint isn't just another run-of-the-mill personality test. …
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Mastering Risk: Unraveling the Truth Behind Our Fear Biases
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Are you aware that our ability to accurately assess risk is flawed? Think about those posters that surround the shark tanks at aquariums that compare the statistics of shark-related fatalities with seemingly innocuous household items like toasters or even the act of simply falling off a chair. Surprisingly, the numbers reveal that toasters and chai…
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Discover the Surprising Link Between Tears, Trust, and Investing!
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Did you know that shedding tears isn't just an emotional release, but also a fascinating biological phenomenon? Emotional tears actually flush out cortisol, the stress hormone, while containing traces of oxytocin, the powerful trust and bonding hormone. Join us on the captivating Emotions and Money podcast as we delve into the connection between ou…
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Is it harder to invest money offshore?
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On 24 April 2023, seemingly out of the blue, SARS updated its "Manage Your Compliance Status” webpage and announced a “new enhanced” TCS application form. This meant that a South African who was wishing to invest more than R1 million offshore would have to follow the same financial audit process as a person applying for a tax non-resident status. I…
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