South Africa: More Than Half Your Pay Could Already Be Going to Debt, and You Might Not Know It

From AllAfrica Business 11 Sep 2026, 13:41 UTC 1 min read

[Scrolla] People applying for debt review already commit 58.4% of their take-home pay to debt repayments, a new debt pressure index found. More than half of applicants surveyed weren't sure whether they were already under debt review, and a quarter of those who guessed got it wrong.

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