Why having your affairs in order in preparation for the event of your death is more important than you think, no matter how young you may be. Apparently death and taxes are the only things guaranteed in life and as young people we tend to think very little about the former. Even though death is inevitable, the moment it arrives is seldom planned for. Moreover, the arrogance of youth means we usually end up putting that kind of planning off until it is too late. With a global pandemic running around, it has probably never been more important to have one’s will up to date. Many of us may think t ..read more

The Standard Bank Bursary Programme has quite a few success stories under its wings, one such story of 30-year-old internal auditor, Maryline Mukwevho. Hailing from Protea Glen in Soweto was able to realise her dream of attaining higher education through the Standard Bank Bursary Fund. She was able to further her studies after being selected as a bursary programme recipient eight years ago and graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a Bcom Accounting Degree, majoring in Internal Auditing.  In the current economic climate that we find ourselves in, it is of extreme importance th ..read more

The Standard Bank Bursary Fund has changed many lives, not just of the students but of the families as well. Tshepang Mapiti from Soshanguve is a Standard Bank Bursary Fund recipient with one such story. Raised by a single mom with two of his siblings, Tshepang encountered some difficult times in his child.  While detailing his childhood he vividly remembers a moment while going through the application process for the Standard Bank Bursary Programme when he presented his grade 11 marks, which were relatively low in comparison to his matric marks. When the Bank questioned this, Mapiti shar ..read more

Standard Bank’s Learnership Programme provides opportunities for young individuals to gain practical working experience and theoretical knowledge across various aspects of the financial services sector, from information technology to internal auditing, insurance, corporate investment banking and wealth. The learnership programme is a great initiative that Standard Bank employs to tackle unemployment amongst the South African Youth. Through this programme learners are given the opportunity to grow and build strong characteristics for the working environment.  Brandon Brown (33), joined the ..read more

The Standard Bank Bursary Programme has helped elevate the lives of many young people in South Africa. Olwethu Myeza, 25-year-old Full Stack Developer, is among those fortunate enough to have crossed paths with this programme.  The bursary fund is designed to promote academic excellence and shape the next generation of African talent and African leaders within South Africa and the continent at large. Bursary beneficiaries are required to work for Standard Bank if in the event they receive an offer of employment by the bank upon graduation.  Having grown up in Ivory Park, he places an ..read more

The Standard Bank Bursary Programme has put many young people through higher education and has helped equip them with the necessary skills required in the workplace. One such student is 22-year-old, Nompumelelo Nkabinde.  Nkabinde, who grew up with her mother and two siblings and grandparents in Kinross, Mpumulanga, considered herself fortunate to have benefitted from a caring and nurturing family environment.  As a natural in the area of maths and statistics, she displayed the potential to make something of herself. However, like so many other young South Africans, it would be diffi ..read more

We spent some time chatting to 5FM breakfast host Dan Corder about the immense effort and work it takes to be on air for 15 hours a week and why he might be a little sleepy when you meet him. Words by Gugulethu Mhlungu  Who is Dan? (Where were you born, where did you grow up and what did you want to do career-wise when you were growing up?) I was born and raised in Cape Town, although I think it is more accurate to say I was born and raised at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Both my parents have deep and long-lasting relationships with UCT as academics who worked and studied there, so ..read more

If you’ve been working from home since the beginning of lockdown, you can claim back some money from SARS and we have an online calculator that can make that process easy for you WORDS BY: Yolisa Mkele Working from home has its share of ups and downs. On the upside, office attire now includes that comfy pair of underwear with a hole in it and on the downside, you are now the victim of endless Zoom meetings. Thanks to the South African Revenue Services (SARS), there is now another perk to working from home; you can now claim for your home office. According to digital tax advisory service TaxTim ..read more

South African YouTuber and now TV and radio presenter and actor, Moshe Ndiki became a social media sensation through his funny commentary on YouTube. He later secured TV and radio presenting gigs as well as an acting gig on the beloved telenovela, The Queen. Throughout his journey, food has been a constant feature in his success. In fact, Moshe says his mother has always been his greatest inspiration for his love of cooking. It was in 2015 when he introduced us to Moshe’s Kitchen and years later manifested the launch of new products under the name. Almost seven years later, he has produced a r ..read more

With Instagram and Facebook experimenting with hiding likes on posts, what kind of impact will that have on the influencer and social media marketing industry that so heavily relies on that metric to measure reach and efficacy? Words by Maki Molapo  When Facebook was first introduced in 2006, we all flocked to it, understandably so because it was so different from other social media sites we were used to. Whether you were a LinkedIn or MySpace user at the time, or a Mxit and later a 2Go user, not being on Facebook around its era of inception was an anomaly. We connected with our close fri ..read more