Youth are hungry for financial knowledge

Youth are hungry for financial knowledge

  Youth are hungry for information and skills to manage their finances, and interventions are sorely needed. That was the finding of a recent pilot study done by SaveAct and partner Fiinafas, in collaboration with the Duzi-uMngeni Conservation Trust (DUCT). The...
Fostering financial well-being

Fostering financial well-being

  Chloe Jacquin was not the stereotypical business school graduate. “I was interested in people and making a difference in their lives,” she says. At business school, she was interested in “ethics, finance, financial inclusion and anything related to that.” Her...
Here’s to being free!

Here’s to being free!

When Lindelwa Ndwalane joined a savings group in 2021 she was in dire straits. “It was really bad. I was in debt. Actually, I was in liquidation,” she says. “It was an ugly time because I had no sense of needing to save or budget or anything like that. I didn’t have a...
‘You educate a woman, you educate a generation’

‘You educate a woman, you educate a generation’

After losing her job in Johannesburg in 2019, Themi Mzindle came back home and challenged herself to start doing something new. She planted two rows of cabbages in her garden. She sold the 20 cabbages to neighbours and this encouraged her to grow other vegetables....
Business skills boost tuckshop profits

Business skills boost tuckshop profits

Prudence Mgasheni joined SaveAct in 2019. At the time, she already had a tuckshop, and she started another at the beginning of 2023, using her share-out from 2022 to build and stock it. Her journey as a businessperson has had its ups and downs and she has learned that...
Choosing her own path: Part 1

Choosing her own path: Part 1

Freedom to say NO   Sibongile Mntungwa has lived the life of a rural woman and is now the director of an NPO that focusses on empowering girls and women. She’s also a savings group member and a firm believer in the benefits of the savings method.  ...