[TOP STORY] Not all doom and gloom: Tracking middle class consumers in 2024

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‘We've always asked the same question, which is simply, how are you feeling about debt? And consistently year-on-year, we find that there's less than about 30% of households that are actually debt stressed,’ says Brandon de Kock, director of storytelling at BrandMapp.
12 Dec 2024 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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