We know we should be saving more, or at least something, each month, but even if we get to the point of starting, inevitably we get sideswiped by an expensive car repair or unexpected medical bill just when we enter our savings gap.

There is a psychological reason for getting distracted — learnt behaviour, says Sashia Sunker-Oosthuizen, head of commercialisation at Nedbank Forex and Investments...

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