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It's easy to think of your business as a way to save for retirement, but turning it into a source of retirement income might not be as easy as you think.Not planning for retirement is also a mistake, as you never know how you'll feel about continuing your business when you're older and potentially have health problems. Running a business without putting your all into it can also cause it to lose momentum. Small business owners often think they can solve the problem of securing retirement income by selling the business and investing the proceeds or transferring the business to…

DA leader John Steenhausen. Photo: Michel Spatali/AFP Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has concluded his party's 2024 election campaign by calling on voters to strip the ANC of its absolute majority, which has been used to trap South Africans in unemployment, corruption and bad governance for the past three decades. Speaking at the party's final rally before Wednesday's general election, Steenhuisen called on supporters and voters to help the party win a decisive victory in the May 29 general election. Thousands of supporters attended the rally, held at a packed Willowmore Stadium in Benoni, Ekurhuleni, where Steenhausen promised the…

Reading Time: 3 MinutesInkatha Freedom Fighters (IFP) leader Belenkosini Hlabisa said his party was ready to govern and rebuild South Africa. Hlabisa was addressing hundreds of supporters at the party's final rally at Umhlathuze Central Sports Complex in Richards Bay, northern KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday. He outlined his party's manifesto promises of better delivery of basic services, job creation, poverty alleviation and youth empowerment. Hlabisa maintained that the IFP's policies provide solutions to all the problems affecting the country. “What our country needs to hear is that there is a way out. There are people like that. “The IFP is on…

(Maria Korneeva/Getty Images) Mental illness is widespread, and more people are recognizing that they have an illness that needs treatment.Health systems are obliged to provide benefits for the diagnosis, treatment and care of two conditions of chronic medical conditions (PMBs) for which minimum benefits are prescribed.Health systems would only have to provide a set number of days of inpatient treatment or outpatient care for a range of conditions, from substance abuse and eating disorders to suicide attempts. Read more articles about finance News24 Business top page.Maintaining your mental health is just as important as maintaining your physical health.Amid rising work-,…

Silkworm (Super Mario) eating mulberry leaves. Asian earthworms produce silk that Cuban artisans use to make clothes and cosmetics. Cuba has ideal conditions for silkworms, including warm temperatures and abundant food.The project is funded by the Cuban government, the EU and the French government.For more climate change news and analysis, News24 The Future of Climate.Cuban biochemist Dayron Martin, in a white coat and jeans, looks on with the gaze of a proud father at a table swarming with silkworms.Hundreds of cream-colored caterpillars crawl on dark green mulberry leaves (their favorite food) freshly plucked from the bushes just outside his lab.This,…

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa speaks at the party's manifesto launch at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, Sunday, March 10, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Velenkosini Hlabisa struck a powerful tone at his final election rally, wrapping up his 2024 general election campaign by calling on voters to “use their wits” and drive the ANC from power on May 29. Hlabisa called on his supporters and voters to make the May 29 election “a watershed moment, a turning point towards moving away from unemployment, crime, power outages, corruption and inadequate service…

Undecided voters can choose to vote with someone on the issues they care about, the authors write. (Sharon Cereto/Gallo Images) Not everyone who is registered has decided who they will vote for on Wednesday. Paul Kariuki and Tabile Mdluli I write that undecided voters should choose to vote with others on the issues they care about, rather than not voting at all, and I explain why this is important.With just days to go until the 2024 national and state elections, anxiety is growing as people struggle to decide who to vote for.It is widely expected to be South Africa's most…

(Andre François Mackenzie/Unsplash) A woman accused of converting bitcoin into cash and property to hide the proceeds of a £5 billion (roughly R120 billion) fraud was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for money laundering at a trial in a London court on Friday.Prosecutors said Wen Jian helped conceal the source of funds allegedly stolen from about 130,000 Chinese investors in a fraudulent wealth-rich kidnapping scheme between 2014 and 2017.Wen is not accused of any involvement in the fraud, but prosecutors allege that the scheme was masterminded by another woman who Wen believed to be independently wealthy.As part of…

Apart from the R37 million debt owed by his business, Sars also has a personal debt of R12 million owed to Mamkhize. Tax agents are once again targeting reality TV star and businessman Sean “Mamakeys” Mquiz's luxury cars, this time including a Lamborghini and a Rolls Royce. Mkhize, popularly known as Mamakize, faces the possibility of losing his luxury vehicles over unpaid tax bills totalling R37 million. City Press The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has reportedly applied to the court to seize 13 luxury cars owned by Shandy Trust, in which she holds a majority stake, and Royal AM…

With the introduction of the NHI long overdue, health reforms in the health system remain in limbo.Experts say this results in members paying 25 to 30 percent more than they should be paying.Industry should pursue attractive short-term reformsRead more articles about finance News24 Business top page.Health reforms in the healthcare system remain in limbo amid the long-delayed rollout of National Health Insurance (NHI), resulting in enrollees paying 25-30 percent more than they should.One of the reasons private health users pay such high costs to join the health scheme is because the scheme operates within a “broken regulatory system”, Christoph Raas,…