Perpetually broke? Always holding your breath when you run your credit card, worried your balance has finally tipped over the limit? Living month-to-not-quite-the-next-month?

This is an all too common description of most middle-class South Africans’ financial life as they continue to struggle with money. Why is it we’re so bad at managing our money? Why is it we become even worse over the festive season?..

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