Legal&You August 2023

Legal&You August 2023
August may be cold, but it's not long before spring follows on the heels of Women's Month!

It's all about preparing for our new beginnings. If you are wanting to make big changes in your life, take the time to start off in the best possible way! Ending relationships the smart way, new funeral cover options, and need-to-know heart disease info, because what's better than making a decision? Making an informed decision! Take control of your choices and don't let anyone else make them for you.

Darren Cohen
Darren Cohen - Head: Alternative Distribution / Marketing
31 July 2023 | 5 minute read
Legal You August 2023 Website

WITH LEGAL&TAX YOU'RE NOT ALONE

It's August and, this month at least, we get a public holiday to ease the chills! However we must take a moment to think of the women to whom we owe this day. Their struggles highlight the difficulties we face. It is their fight that will free us all, to contemplate our new beginnings as the harshest days of Winter come to an end.

Legal Divorce The fork in the road to freedom no text

You’ve tried your best. You’ve done what you can. Sometimes, it is just not going to work. It’s time to get divorced and choose a new path and a new life.

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Funeral Innovation from beginning to end Website text

We cannot stop death, we cannot bring back the ones you have lost. What we can do, is ensure that your last memories of them are not clouded by the horrors and frustrations of trying to secure money for a burial or last rights.

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Health Heart Disease in women and men Website text

For years, the scary numbers of heart disease sufferers pertained to men. Not anymore. Younger and younger women are developing one or other type of heart disease, more often.

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VAS You dont owe them a thing Website text

Fancy cars to pricey apartments: We need to talk about what gifts and ownership really mean.

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Finding the Balance

Feeling a bit off-balance? Answers to your questions are right here, just sit back and watch.

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Refer and Win! R1 000 up for grabs

Do you know someone who could use professional tax advice or some of our other legal or financial services? We want to help them.

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