DEBT HIGHLIGHTS

South Africans today are under pressure with multiple goals competing for limited financial resources, many find themselves sinking into debt.

Your debt might not haunt you in the afterlife, although it could torment your family for years to come if your affairs are not in order or if they’ve accepted liability for it.

Borrowing money does not have to be a bad thing. In fact, a loan can help you achieve financial freedom.

As debt counsellors, we speak every day to the segment of the population whom the National Credit Act - also known as the debt relief law, writes Anderson.