ALLAN GREENBLO: Savings destruction: lessons from Zimbabwe

The need for urgency in the initiation and acceleration of mass programmes for consumer financial education cannot be sufficiently stressed. Aside from the continuing reasons – to encourage savings and guide selection of appropriate products – there’s another imperative.

It’s derived from SA’s political hothouse. The heat is perpetually intensified most prominently by ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule and EFF leader Julius Malema...