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What R100k gross actually gets you per month in 2026 - is it liveable?

Cameron Dean Shekleton

Published on: 06/07/2026

R100,000 a month places an earner in the top 1.5% of South Africans. It is a genuine high income. It is also the income at which financial outcomes diverge most sharply – some R100k earners build serious wealth, others remain financially stressed for

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Salary sacrifice into your RA: the move most South Africans don't ask for

Cameron Dean Shekleton

Published on: 06/07/2026

Salary sacrifice into your RA: turn a raise into smarter retirement growth.

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The RA → SARS → TFSA double-dip in 2026/27 (and the alternative most people don't hear about) Post

Cameron Dean Shekleton

Published on: 06/07/2026

How to stack an RA refund with a TFSA for smarter tax-efficient wealth building.

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Why a R10k pay rise is almost never R10k — the 2026/27 marginal-tax reality

Cameron Dean Shekleton

Published on: 03/07/2026

Why your R10k raise is not R10k, and how to recover more through retirement planning.

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