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Although the value of education is priceless, the actual price tag on schooling can be a heavy burden on parents. Understand your rights when it comes to the paying of school fees and other related costs.

What laws impact on how your child can be disciplined at school

The recent tragedy in which 13-year-old Enoch Mpianzi died during a Grade 8 orientation school camp for Parktown Boy’s High has sent shockwaves across South Africa.

For any parent, school safety must simply be a guarantee.

Plan ahead for your child

Tips to help you plan ahead for the back to school season

As the new academic year approaches, parents and students gear up for the return to school after the festive season. The transition from holiday mode to the school routine can be challenging, especially when faced with uncertainties, like a brand new year!

What every learner and parent should know about education rights, school discipline, and legal support in South Africa.

Bullying can cause mental, emotional and physical harm to your child. Here's how can prevent your child from becoming a victim or victimising others.

Following a healthy diet comes with a range of well-known benefits, including lowering the risk of diabetes and heart disease, maintaining a healthy weight, and supplying your body with the necessary nutrients.

Everything you need to know about prescribed debt

The power of compound interest is often referred to as the eighth wonder of the world. In simple terms, it means that you earn interest on the interest you’ve already earned and reinvested into your savings or investment account.

If you’ve recently, or are planning to place your child in a creche or day-care facility, you may have heard of ‘Creche Syndrome’. The colder Winter months which are now taking a firm grip can play havoc with your child’s health.

In our latest Legal&You edition, we discuss the rights that protect you as a parent and the ways, even when you are divorced. We touch on funeral cover during natural disasters and we also look at ways we can help children that are diagnosed with Creche Syndrome. Finally, we show you the 'secret' formula that you can follow when saving to ultimately become a millioniare!

#IWishILearntThatInSchool - Part of our series supporting the youth. 22 seconds filled with ideas for your side hustle.

So much has changed in our daily lives, it can be difficult to ensure that we are on top of everything and helping hand would make a huge difference. Especially when our kids need help with homework, it can be be the difference between them passing and failing, or even between a distinction and pass.

People Opposing Women Abuse (POWA) works to ensure the realisation of women’s rights and thereby improve women’s quality of life. POWA offer a safe haven for women and children who have escaped abuse and gender-based violence, and provide counselling and rehabilitation services to help make a lasting change in these women's lives. This downloadable resource guide is a portable companion that we have developed for POWA and everyone that needs a helping hand.

The greatest lesson we never learnt at school was how much we will have to learn on our own. From Grade One to Matric, we can’t wait “to be done with school”. Ha. Tell us another one.