There are roughly six weeks between an early December salary payment and January month-end. Consumers will likely spend more than at any other time – often on credit.

TransUnion CEO Lee Naik shares five tips that could help to resolve financial strains.

Kondi Nkosi, country head at Schroders in South Africa, discusses interest rates and the role it plays personal finance and the greater economy.

Stian de Witt, executive head at employee benefits firm NMG Benefits, shares a few tips on how to keep insurance in your budget when times are tough.

George Kolbe, Head of Life Insurance Marketing at Momentum discusses the recommended ways to prepare for unexpected occurrences.

Wynand van Vuuren, client experience partner at King Price insurance, unpacks the rights and responsibilities of a consumer when it comes to insurance.

JustMoney explains why your bank account may have been frozen, and what you can do to solve the problem.

Shares in Woolworths surged more than 4% on Monday after an update showed its blue-chip food business continuing its strong growth trajectory and its fashion, beauty and home business delivering improving sales metrics.

One can easily and quickly activate multiple eSIMs, free of charge, by uploading false RICA validation information to me&you mobile’s website.

Explosives, chemicals and fertiliser group Omnia reported a 17% surge in interim operating profit on Monday thanks largely to standout performances from its mining segment and its South African agriculture business.

Infrastructure, materials, and mining group Raubex has reported a sharp climb in interim profit, helped by a pickup in SA road construction activity.

A number of dismissed lottery officials who have lodged appeals, as well as suspended officials, continue to draw salaries.

The New Collective Quantified Goal – a post-2025 climate finance target – is set to be a defining agenda item at COP29, aiming for a more ambitious and equitable financial commitment for developing countries, says Punki Modise.

Just under a quarter of the more than 7 000 independent drivers for Shoprite's newly acquired Pingo last-mile delivery platform are South African.

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA's Africa logistics unit will invest as much as €40 million in Namibia by 2030 to benefit from growing oil, gas and renewable energy developments.

South Africa's unemployment rate fell by more than expected in the third quarter, declining by 1.4 percentage points to 32.1%.

Roma pastors and leaders from across Eastern Europe and the Balkans gather together for a Roma conference.

Members of OM Costa Rica help a 90-year-old woman get to her doctor appointment at a hospital six hours away from her home.

Olger Morales shares his testimony of how he came to work in OM full-time after participating in numerous short-term outreaches.

OM worker Sokhem shares his testimony of leaving Buddhism to follow Jesus.

When making formal statements, school and district leaders should call out racist patterns and commit to dismantling White supremacy, advise Dorinda J. Carter Andrews and Shaun R. Harper.

Having a growth mindset about personality—thinking that people can change for the better—helps kids handle tough times.

When it comes to reaching the least-reached, OM workers are using new technology to make ministry more effective—one byte at a time.

As a young organisation, OM challenged the status quo of world missions and has since evolved into a global movement seeking to share the gospel with the least reached.

"Do we sometimes feel uneasy that our business-as-mission and vocation models are so dependent on the very people that we are trying to reach? Does this make us feel powerless and needy?" asks Seang Pin.

"The more I look at biblical examples of ministry, the more I see a simple yet profoundly flexible grassroots approach to ministry that compels me to focus on things that really matter," shares Ben.

On Thursday, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced legislation that would establish a national standard for youth-concussion treatment and prevention.

Just before Christmas, federal lawmakers sent President Donald Trump the Foundations for Evidenced-Based Policymaking Act of 2017, which aims to improve how federal data is used, shared, and protected.

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Congress grilled the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google about "pandemic profiteering," anti-competitive practices, and the flow of misinformation about COVID-19.

When COVID-19 hit, two early-childhood centers put their competition aside to work together to support families during the pandemic. Here's how they did it.

When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?

Size matters in nurturing the relationship between teachers and students.

2024-25 Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will give a presentation and performance, “Improvising a Life,” at Penn State Shenango in the Shenango Auditorium at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Penn State Laureate Michele Dunleavy, professor of dance at the University Park campus, will visit Penn State Altoona, Beaver, Shenango and Behrend the week of Sept. 16 for class visits, performances and workshops. It will be the first leg of her tour across the commonwealth during the 2024–25 academic year.

A pair of multidisciplinary faculty members at Penn State Shenango received an Advancing Equity and Inclusion Grant from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to help fund a series of four online workshops focused on project-based learning. 

Penn State Shenango Physical Therapist Assistant students and faculty recently volunteered at the Medical Equipment Recycling Program in Farrell.

A multi-disciplinary group of Penn State Shenango faculty presented the results of a research study about diversity topics being included as part of general education curricula.

Whether Janus will be a death blow or a turning point for unions depends on what they do now, writes Paul Reville.

Presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., made her first policy pitch on the campaign trail Saturday: A new federal program to boost teacher pay.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case that held the potential to deal a further blow to public-employee unions after last year's "Janus" decision.

This school year doesn't have to repeat the educational inequities of the spring. We talked with educators, parents, and experts to find a better way.

Schools are not preparing students to enter an increasingly diverse world, writes high school senior Zoë Jenkins.

Controversy over a proposal to admit students by lottery to a highly selective school in Virginia echoes a nationwide debate over how to include more Blacks, Latinos, and low-income students in advanced academic programs.

Layoffs that are based on seniority can disproportionately affect Black and brown teachers.

Most school boards don’t look the students they serve, but new research suggests that must change.

The first season of the Netflix political potboiler was rich with education-policy plotlines, and we're hoping for more of the same.

'American Graduate Day 2014' is a hodgepodge of entertainment, live interviews, and filmed segments about ways to raise high school graduation rates.

The film follows three Indianapolis adults as they seek to overcome obstacles on the path to earning an educational credential that they missed earlier.