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More South Africans are opting to keep their savings in cash rather than relying on banks or formal investments.

The latest Old Mutual Savings & Investment Monitor shows that the proportion of working South Africans with unbanked cash savings has increased significantly, rising from 53% in 2025 to 64% in 2026.

The increase is most noticeable among younger and higher-income consumers, with 80% of those aged 18 to 29 saying they have unbanked cash savings.

"Unbanked cash savings continue to climb, more marked in the last year from 53% to 64% in 2026. Both the incidence and the year-on-year increase in unbanked cash are particularly high among 18–29–year–olds (80%) and higher earners (R30 000+) 69% [+18]," the report notes.

The report also found that 78% of those earning between R60,000 and R119,999 a month keep some of their savings in cash.

For many consumers, the decision is about access and convenience. Some say they feel safer having cash at home, while others want to avoid bank and ATM fees.

The report found that 56% of consumers cited convenience as a reason for keeping cash, while 39% said they felt safer knowing they had cash at home. A further 34% pointed to bank and ATM fees.

The report found that 81% of working consumers have a specific savings goal. But keeping money aside remains difficult for many households. Almost half, or 47%, said they had dipped into their savings to make ends meet.

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Stokvels remain a key part of saving

Stokvels are also continuing to play an important role in how South Africans save, with usage among the Black consumer market rising from 53% to 56% in 2026.

The increase has been driven by Black South Africans earning R30,000 and more, with stokvel participation in this group rising from 50% to 62%.

"Stokvel usage among the core market (black) continues to rise from 53% to 56% (and up by +8% since 2023). The upward shift is driven by black South Africans earning R30 000+ (50% to 62%). The number of stokvels held is down, but average monthly contributions are unchanged".

In the most famous example of unbanked cash, President Cyril Ramaphosa is under fire for the theft of over $500,000 (over R9 million) which was hidden in a couch at his Phala Phala game farm in Limpopo.

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The new partnership will strengthen KCB Bank’s multi-currency offering by launching Kenya’s first platinum multi-currency prepaid card. It will allow users to load and transact in 11 currencies while helping users avoid the typical exchange fees associated with currency conversion.

Angela Mwirigi, director of digital financial services at KCB Bank: “The launch of this card is a celebration of the strengthening of our long-standing partnership with Compass Plus Technologies. This collaboration, once again, brings together two leaders in the industry, merging our expertise, innovation, and shared goal to provide exceptional financial solutions living up to our aspirations of being the bank of choice in Kenya.”

South Africans are people who rise early, work late, and keep pushing forward all year round. This year, recognising that December is more than a holiday and a reward for the whole family, MTN is launching its ‘Do Not Disturb’ summer campaign, with special summer deals and prizes guaranteed to keep everyone connected.

“MTN recognises that South Africans are amongst the hardest-working people in the world and deserve a joyful, rest-filled season of doing what they want, when they want,” says Robyn Lewis, General Manager: Brand and Marketing at MTN South Africa.

To help everybody get the most out of December as they can, MTN customers can get 30GB Super Data valid for 30 days for only R269. Where available, with MTN MyTownOffers, customers will be able to get a 7-day 5GB Anytime Data + 5GB Night Express + 30 all-net minutes for only R59 or a 30-day 7.5GB Anytime Data + 7.5GB Night Express + 30 all-net minutes at R99.

For under-25s, with MTN Pulse, they can get 7-day 5GB Anytime Data & 5GB Night Express for R50.

To ensure the Home Internet connection is not disturbed, MTN is offering the Shesh@600 5G package with a free-to-use router for R399 month-to-month. Or if you’re looking to get started on your Home Internet journey, the MTN Home Internet Starter package, also with a free-to-use router, is available for R295 month-to-month.

“As we head for the summer season, with December bringing well-deserved relaxation and fun, MTN wants to deliver value which helps ensure that all our customers enjoying their breaks are not disturbed so they can focus on all the things they’d rather be doing,” concludes Lewis.

South Africans are people who rise early, work late, and keep pushing forward all year round. This year, recognising that December is more than a holiday and a reward for the whole family, MTN is launching its ‘Do Not Disturb’ summer campaign, with special summer deals and prizes guaranteed to keep everyone connected.

“MTN recognises that South Africans are amongst the hardest-working people in the world and deserve a joyful, rest-filled season of doing what they want, when they want,” says Robyn Lewis, General Manager: Brand and Marketing at MTN South Africa.

To help everybody get the most out of December as they can, MTN customers can get 30GB Super Data valid for 30 days for only R269. Where available, with MTN MyTownOffers, customers will be able to get a 7-day 5GB Anytime Data + 5GB Night Express + 30 all-net minutes for only R59 or a 30-day 7.5GB Anytime Data + 7.5GB Night Express + 30 all-net minutes at R99.

For under-25s, with MTN Pulse, they can get 7-day 5GB Anytime Data & 5GB Night Express for R50.

To ensure the Home Internet connection is not disturbed, MTN is offering the Shesh@600 5G package with a free-to-use router for R399 month-to-month. Or if you’re looking to get started on your Home Internet journey, the MTN Home Internet Starter package, also with a free-to-use router, is available for R295 month-to-month.

“As we head for the summer season, with December bringing well-deserved relaxation and fun, MTN wants to deliver value which helps ensure that all our customers enjoying their breaks are not disturbed so they can focus on all the things they’d rather be doing,” concludes Lewis.

Long days, warm nights, braais with friends, family movie marathons and holiday gaming sessions – summer is all about making great memories. This year, Samsung invites you to get summer ready with innovative technology and beautifully designed home appliances that elevate connected living, from entertainment and gaming to cooling, cooking and everyday convenience.

And to make the season even brighter, Samsung’s Black Friday deals bring unmissable savings across quality products – helping households upgrade stylishly and smartly, just in time for summer.

Whether you’re hosting, keeping the home cool, streaming your favourite shows or levelling up your gaming space, Samsung has what you need to enjoy a smarter, more connected summer.

Hot Summer Deals

• 55-inch S85F 4K OLED Samsung Vision AI TV – Now R15,999* (save R7,000). Enjoy life-like colour and immersive viewing powered by Vision AI – perfect for summer series binge watching, holiday films and sports.
• B-series HW-B650F 3.1-channel Soundbar – Now R2,799* (save R1,200). With rich surround sound and deep bass, it brings your festive playlists and blockbuster viewing to life.
• Bespoke AI Side-by-Side Refrigerator (617L) – Now R20,999^* (save R5,000). With smart features, generous space and seamless design, it’s built for the season of entertaining and feasting.
• 11KG EcoBubble™ Front Loader with Steam & SmartThings™ – Now R9,999^* (save R2,000) – Power-efficient, fabric-friendly and AI-enhanced.
• Enjoy ultra-fast, ultra-smooth performance, sharp visuals and responsive gameplay for every winning-streak session.
• 34” Odyssey G8 175Hz 0.03ms OLED Gaming Monitor – Now R23,799^* (save R4,200)
• 25” Odyssey G40B 240Hz Gaming Monitor – Now R3,999^* (save R1,000)
• Stay cool with Samsung’s smart climate control systems and save on costs.
• AR3000HM Wall-mount Non-Inverter New Max 18,000 BTU/h – Now R8,999^* (Save R1,500)
• AR3000HM Wall-mount Non-Inverter New Max 24,000 BTU/h – Now R11,499^* (Save R2,000)

With sleek design, intelligent features and seamless connectivity, Samsung products fit naturally into modern lifestyles. Enjoy comfort, entertainment, convenience and unforgettable moments.

Long days, warm nights, braais with friends, family movie marathons and holiday gaming sessions – summer is all about making great memories. This year, Samsung invites you to get summer ready with innovative technology and beautifully designed home appliances that elevate connected living, from entertainment and gaming to cooling, cooking and everyday convenience.

And to make the season even brighter, Samsung’s Black Friday deals bring unmissable savings across quality products – helping households upgrade stylishly and smartly, just in time for summer.

Whether you’re hosting, keeping the home cool, streaming your favourite shows or levelling up your gaming space, Samsung has what you need to enjoy a smarter, more connected summer.

Hot Summer Deals

• 55-inch S85F 4K OLED Samsung Vision AI TV – Now R15,999* (save R7,000). Enjoy life-like colour and immersive viewing powered by Vision AI – perfect for summer series binge watching, holiday films and sports.
• B-series HW-B650F 3.1-channel Soundbar – Now R2,799* (save R1,200). With rich surround sound and deep bass, it brings your festive playlists and blockbuster viewing to life.
• Bespoke AI Side-by-Side Refrigerator (617L) – Now R20,999^* (save R5,000). With smart features, generous space and seamless design, it’s built for the season of entertaining and feasting.
• 11KG EcoBubble™ Front Loader with Steam & SmartThings™ – Now R9,999^* (save R2,000) – Power-efficient^[1], fabric-friendly and AI-enhanced.
• Enjoy ultra-fast, ultra-smooth performance, sharp visuals and responsive gameplay for every winning-streak session.
• 34” Odyssey G8 175Hz 0.03ms OLED Gaming Monitor – Now R23,799^* (save R4,200)
• 25” Odyssey G40B 240Hz Gaming Monitor – Now R3,999^* (save R1,000)
• Stay cool with Samsung’s smart climate control systems and save on costs.
• AR3000HM Wall-mount Non-Inverter New Max 18,000 BTU/h – Now R8,999^* (Save R1,500)
• AR3000HM Wall-mount Non-Inverter New Max 24,000 BTU/h – Now R11,499^* (Save R2,000)

With sleek design, intelligent features and seamless connectivity, Samsung products fit naturally into modern lifestyles. Enjoy comfort, entertainment, convenience and unforgettable moments.

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Suddenly, a bowl of cold salad doesn't sound quite as exciting. Breakfast becomes toast and tea. Lunch calls for something warm and filling, while dinner is all about soups, stews, curries, pasta and anything else that can be eaten straight from a steaming bowl.

And somewhere between the first cold morning and the last chilly evening, the vegetables seem to disappear.

It's not that South Africans suddenly stop liking vegetables. When the temperature drops, we simply start craving food that feels comforting, hearty and easy  and vegetables can end up being the first thing pushed to the side.

The problem is that this happens against an already challenging nutritional backdrop.

According to South Africa's National Nutrition Week, adults consume an average of around 230g of fruit and vegetables a day, just 58% of the internationally recommended 400g.

So, if vegetables are already struggling to make it onto the plate, winter can make matters worse.

But here's the good news: you don't have to choose between comfort food and eating your greens.

You just need to sneak the greens into the comfort food.

Your winter breakfast needs an upgrade

Let's be honest: on a freezing morning, nobody wants to spend 30 minutes preparing an elaborate breakfast.

Toast is quick. Cereal is quick. A rusk dipped into tea? Even quicker.

This is where a little weekend preparation can save the day.

A vegetable egg bake or frittata can be prepared on a Sunday, sliced into portions and kept in the fridge for busy mornings. Come Monday, all you need to do is heat it up and get on with your day.

Add broccoli, cheese and your favourite vegetables to whisked eggs and bake until set.

Tenderstem, broccoli works particularly well because the whole vegetable can be used, from the florets to the stem, without much preparation.

In other words, less chopping, less fuss and fewer excuses.

Your curry has room for greens

Winter is curry season. It is soup season. It is stew season.

So why not let your vegetables join the party?

Instead of making a completely separate vegetable dish, add quick-cooking greens to meals that are already on the stove.

Broccoli can be added to a curry during the final few minutes of cooking, stirred into soup or placed alongside a roast for the last few minutes in the oven.

You could even sneak a few green stems into a toasted cheese sandwich.

Yes, broccoli in a toasted sandwich.

Try it before judging.

The idea is simple: don't create more work for yourself. Make vegetables part of what you're already cooking.

The secret is making the healthy choice easy

When you're cold, hungry and tired after a long day, convenience wins.

That is why the answer to eating more vegetables in winter may not be about having more willpower. It could simply be about making vegetables easier to prepare and easier to add to everyday meals.

Tenderstem broccoli cooks in around three to five minutes and can be used whole. An 80g serving counts towards one of the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and provides vitamin C and folate, which contribute to normal immune function. It also provides fibre, potassium and vitamin B6.

“People do not stop caring about nutrition in winter. They choose food that feels warm, filling and manageable,” said Elise Ruddle, chef and nutritionist and South African brand representative for Tenderstem.

“The easiest way to keep vegetables on the menu is to build them into those familiar meals rather than treating them as a separate side dish.”

And perhaps that's the real winter vegetable hack.

You don't need to give up the creamy soup, the hearty curry or the comforting toasted sandwich. You just need to find a way to make room for something green.

Because winter may be the season for comfort food, but that doesn't mean broccoli has to hibernate.

Three comforting winter recipes to put vegetables back on the plate

If winter is going to bring comfort food, vegetables may as well come along for the ride.

From creamy samp to a warming curry-inspired soup and a golden tray bake, these three recipes show that adding more vegetables doesn't have to mean giving up the foods that make winter worth looking forward to.

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Simple;  Kericho Gold is simply too much quality and stands out, arguably matched by another Kenyan brand, Ketepa. Talk of value addition for the same product – perhaps a lesson for Ugandan manufacturers.

From variety and infusions ranging from raspberry, sweet chamomile to peach and ginger and lemon, lime, sweet peppermint, Kericho will give you a tea experience like no other.

For those dieting, even without sugar, Kericho will still enrich tea flavour and aroma especially the ginger and lemon variety. It actually makes sugarless so tasty that you stop desiring sugar.

However, honey and Kericho seem to be made for each other. Kericho will neutralise the irritant smell (for some) of honey but also add to the resultant tame and base aroma of the tea, adding a warm gingery, spicy and natural sweet flavour touch. It will give your tea an extraordinary taste beyond the usual.

You get maximum flavour if you infuse the tea bag for over four minutes before tasting. Prefer ice tea? Just pour the infusion on ice blocks and allow it to cool and you will have the same flavours and taste.

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For drinking water, there is the specific cold brew fusion of lemon, orange and ginger blend that can spruce up your water bottle. The flavours melt away with more water mixes. So, by deliberate design, only one tea bag works for just one cup or bottle, once.

Simple;  Kericho Gold is simply too much quality and stands out, arguably matched by another Kenyan brand, Ketepa. Talk of value addition for the same product – perhaps a lesson for Ugandan manufacturers.

From variety and infusions ranging from raspberry, sweet chamomile to peach and ginger and lemon, lime, sweet peppermint, Kericho will give you a tea experience like no other.

For those dieting, even without sugar, Kericho will still enrich tea flavour and aroma especially the ginger and lemon variety. It actually makes sugarless so tasty that you stop desiring sugar.

However, honey and Kericho seem to be made for each other. Kericho will neutralise the irritant smell (for some) of honey but also add to the resultant tame and base aroma of the tea, adding a warm gingery, spicy and natural sweet flavour touch. It will give your tea an extraordinary taste beyond the usual.

You get maximum flavour if you infuse the tea bag for over four minutes before tasting. Prefer ice tea? Just pour the infusion on ice blocks and allow it to cool and you will have the same flavours and taste.

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For drinking water, there is the specific cold brew fusion of lemon, orange and ginger blend that can spruce up your water bottle. The flavours melt away with more water mixes. So, by deliberate design, only one tea bag works for just one cup or bottle, once.

STEM postgraduates are powering national economy – Study

Strong employment growth among STEM graduates in Denmark in recent years has been largely driven by the 20 most value-creating global companies with highly specialised employees occupying a larger share of these companies, according to a recent analysis published by the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI).

The report, STEM skills are in high demand at the country's biggest growth engines (the STEM-Growth) (STEM-kompetencer er i høj kurs hos landets største vækstlokomotiver), was written by Anne Tiedemann, Claus Aastrup Seidelin and Michelle Lillelund Kærgaard from DI.

It notes that the top 20 value-creating global companies in Denmark are an important engine for jobs in the Danish labour market, where they have accounted for more than a quarter of overall employment growth in the private sector over the past three years and contributed to job creation at all educational levels.

Meanwhile, the Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy (DFIR) said there are signs that the Danish PhD programme – the driving force behind the Danish research and innovation engine – may need an update, and the council has convened a conference on 16 March to present preliminary recommendations to stakeholders on how to improve PhD education. A final report is due in June 2026.

STEM graduate growth

According to the STEM-Growth report, over the past three years (from December 2021 to December 2024), the private sector's overall employment of employees with a masters or PhD degree within the STEM area has risen by approximately 13,300 people.

Of this, the 20 companies account for just over 4,600 people, corresponding to just over a third, while they are behind over a quarter of the overall employment growth in business.

Since 2014, the proportion of employees in the 20 companies with a masters degree or PhD has risen from 26% in 2014 to 39% in 2023 – an increase of 13 percentage points. In comparison, the share of highly educated people in the other companies has only risen from 8 to 12%, corresponding to an increase of 4 percentage points.

A closer look at the educational mix among the top 20 companies’ highly educated employees shows that less than a third have a technical background (30%).

The second most common major is social sciences (28%), followed by natural sciences (21%). This is a markedly different distribution than in the rest of the private business world, where social science is by far the most widespread main field, with 42% for employees with a masters or PhD degree.

Then follows technical science and humanities with 18 and 15%, respectively, the report shows.

The second largest group of employees in the 20 companies is skilled labour, which today makes up just over a fifth of the employees, the DI report notes.

Most of the top 20 companies’ skilled employees are found within professional groups such as office graduates, retail graduates, industrial operators and electricians.

In comparison, almost every third employee in the rest of the private business world has a vocational education. Although the proportion of skilled employees is lower, the figures show that the top 20 companies also play an important role when it comes to production.

According to the DI report, STEM courses are particularly strongly represented in the top 20 companies.

In the top 20 companies, almost six out of 10 employees with either a higher education or a masters or PhD degree have a STEM background, while this is only the case for about one third in the rest of the private business community – probably due to the fact that the top 20 companies are to a greater extent represented in industries where competences within the STEM subjects are in particular demand.

The analysis from DI shows that Denmark’s 20 largest companies employ a markedly higher proportion of PhDs than the rest of the private business community.