Labour - July is Savings Month
In today's show, we spoke to Elizabeth Lwanga-Nanziri - CEO of the South
African Savings Institute speaking to us about this year’s campaign. Launched
in April 2001 the South African Savings Institute is an independent
non-profit organisation dedicated to developing a robust culture of saving in
South Africa by increasing awareness about the importance of short, medium and
long-term saving, research, advocacy and round-table debate on savings related
matters. ‘Consumers risk compromising
their financial wellbeing unless they acquire the relevant financial knowledge’
was SASI’s message last week during the launch of their annual July Savings
Month. It also highlighted financial knowledge as a pre-requisite for the
financial security of households. Therefore in partnership with Old
Mutual and Metropolitan, SASI will be reaching out to rural and semi-urban
communities across the country to deliver financial literacy workshops for the
rest of the year on equipping consumers with basic knowledge on household
budgets, managing their debt and information on how to choose the right savings
products based on their financial situations. While the rest of the financial
sector will take to classes between July 15th -28th, 2013
to teach children how to save and the importance of doing so at an early age. For
further information you can contact SASI on (011) 269 3789 or visit the website
www.savingsinstitute.co.za
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