by O'Hagan Attorneys | May 7, 2026 | Retirement Planning
“Aging is an extraordinary process whereby you become the person you always should have been.” (David Bowie) We often think of getting older as getting worse. But more and more, it’s something else: a long period of living well. People today aren’t just living longer....
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Apr 2, 2026 | Retirement Planning, Saving & Investing, Trusts
“Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” (Peter Strople, former Dell Computer Corporation director) Leave a personal legacy, not just a financial one We all know how important it is to our loved ones that we leave behind a valid...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Mar 9, 2026 | Retirement Planning
“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” (Fred Rogers) Retirement is not what it used to be. More and more people are seeing the end of their “formal” work not as a conclusion, but rather a...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Feb 3, 2026 | Retirement Planning, Saving & Investing, tax
“The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that still carries any reward. (John Maynard Keynes) 1. Boost your retirement savings Contributing to a Retirement Annuity (RA) before 28 February can reduce your taxable income and grow your long-term...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Feb 3, 2026 | Retirement Planning
“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is to act with yesterday’s logic.” (Peter Drucker) For a long time, South Africans have been told to use a simple formula to figure out how much money they will need in retirement: multiply their annual expenses by 25. The...
by O'Hagan Attorneys | Jun 3, 2025 | General Interest, Retirement Planning
“The number of cases of dementia is estimated to almost triple by 2050.” (World Health Organisation) Although the actual prevalence per capita of dementia is reportedly on the decline, aging populations ensure that it is becoming more and more of a problem in society...
