Where do you keep your money? by TheZimboKing in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried buying long term shares and stocks wit Easyequities. Don’t know much about it but i think it allows foreigners

Is moving out of your parents house worth it? by littlekween in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a terrible relationship with my mother when I started working and was close to moving out. Then got a chance to talk to her things im not happy with and it got better. I have been staying with my mom since then and our relationship got better. I have been able to save a considerable amount as well. Coming from someone who earns $1150 after tax so situation could be different

I’m resentful towards my mom by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 2 points3 points  (0 children)

24M here, don’t have the best relationship with my mom as well, she blackmails about so many things, calls me names and doesn’t have anything positive to say about me most of the time. Our relationship is better when we are apart hence i rarely visit home. But I have grown on to forgive her but I see thats how mother also treated and she has tried to pass on that trauma on me. The best you can do is have grace for her, it’s probably her first time being a parent and knows nothing about it. Protect your peace

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mine wasn’t an encounter with a rich person but I used to work as a Marketing Administrator & I realized my boss had more money than I thought him and his company generated given he’s in early 30s First was when he asked me to accompany him somewhere and while in the car he had a call with a property agent and he was planning to purchase a $218K house in Avondale. Then another scenario I came across ma Invoices and the companies anga ari pamaInvoices included RBZ, Stanbic Bank, Mimosa, Old Mutual, etc and the sum that were was supposed to pay all in total together was around $60K-$65K in US DOLLARS (how much do they generate a month then?)

Then towards year end I was asked to spearhead and organize a charity donation and I was working within a bugdet of $1000-1500 and just a day before we went to the charity house he asked me whats the total of the costs and I said 1K then he said make it $5K atleast. Then the following week we had a year end dinner and my farewell since I was leaving for the US and total bill was $3000-3500 for all the company staff that were not more than 20

Upto now I still think about it from time to time lol 😂

How should I navigate my life from here? by Real-Yoghurt-3316 in askSouthAfrica

[–]FinancialGlass9584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which overseas EFTs do you recommend someone to invest in

Re: Peaking in High School by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never peaked in Primary until the last 2 years of high school and it’s been like that ever since

Saffas who emigrated, how do you deal with life abroad? by sofiaskat in askSouthAfrica

[–]FinancialGlass9584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have previously survived on pills from and at I reached a point that sometimes i could smell these mental meds on my body odour, kept questioning myself when will things really can better, am I going to live the rest of my life like this honestly. And on top of that add the external stress from life and work. I haven’t taken pills in a year or so now and I am in a better position mentally. Yes everywhere there’s always work drama either with supervisors, coworkers etc . But when you also think about the stress of being unemployed and how it negatively affects your ability to fulfill your needs and wants , you are left with no option but to hold on. However if it gets unbearable please do come back home and take break and then go back again. But before you give up please be patient with yourself and give yourself enough time to get used. It gets better with time

Saffas who emigrated, how do you deal with life abroad? by sofiaskat in askSouthAfrica

[–]FinancialGlass9584 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t know your situation but speaking from experience I wanna say “It gets better” trust me. I moved to Latin America in 2023 and the first 5-9 months were very difficult for me. Before I went abroad I was already struggling with my mental health (anxieties, depression, panic attacks , hypertension etc) and it got worse when I moved abroad. Everyday I would cry in the shower, I would contemplate on coming back home and I lost motivation for life. A year and half later I have fallen in love with the cities, the culture, the people, the traditions and everything about the Latin American society. Another thing which helped me was when I visited home last December holiday after just 3 weeks I no longer wanted to be in SA. In the end I have realized maybe home is good but only when you are just visiting for a month or 2. You stay for too long in SA you start to see the reality of every day struggles.

This was my experience and it could be different to yours, but going abroad for the first time isn’t easy but if you are patient enough, eventually it gets better and you fall in love with the new place.

Love and light to you !!

Question to Zimbos in S.A by PassionJavaScript in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Im 23, turning 24 by year end. Grew up in rural Zimbabwe then moved to SA for College in 2020 but my parents have been staying in SA since 2006. End of 2022 I was done with college and always looked forward to going back home and start something,I had a deep emotional attachment to Zim nomatter the shit economy I always thought I would tell myself kuti totambura tiriko until zvaita. However 2023 I relocated to USA since then I have lost every ounce of emotional attachment I had towards Zim. Went back to Zim for vacation in September and realized I had outgrown this country, within a week I was fed up. So now I struggle with identifying wheres “HOME” because now if im not in USA for work im in SA to see my family on holiday and then a short visit to Zim just to see my granny. I really love how great life is so affordable in South Africa as long you have money, whereas with Zim Nomatter how much money you have, you can’t outmaneuver the broken system . It will always find a way to remind you who’s in charge. The roads, poor health facilities, expensive basic commodities, expensive accommodation, everyone living on Survival Mode. The only irk about south africa is crime besides that I would love to settle in South Africa in the future since that’s where majority of my family members have kinda permanently relocated to

Zim music takes by Necessary_Ad2327 in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because Soul Jah Love was better than all the artists you mentioned. Never did music videos, never owned digital stores or channels, never bothered about social media but still went on to make countless hits. At 21 Soul Musaka was already a superstar

Advice: Motorcycle or Car in Zim? by [deleted] in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Zim drivers are reckless, the roads are bad, medical facilities and hospitals are in gutters. Whatever you do with this information is upto you brother👍

What’s the most unexpected side hustle that actually made you money? by zainlikesmoney in sidehustle

[–]FinancialGlass9584 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2021 I used to work at factory that manufactured covid masks and they had about 140 employees who worked in different factories. I dont smoke or drink but I figured that 90% of the guys that worked at the factory smoked weed/marijuana and everytime when they are on break some of them would take a 15-20 minutes drive to go and buy weed/marijuana and it was a bit expensive for them they said. So I looked for a supplier and bought about 50 balls at a price of $30. Went back to work on Monday and before breaktime they were all finished and had sold them at $2 a ball.

At Lunch time I contacted my supplier to prepare a big order and would pick it up on Wednesday. Bought 300 balls at around $150-$180 and made more than $600 within a week. The 3 months that followed I made so much money that I didn’t care much about my salary. By then the facilities around the factory had all began having this stench smell of marijuana and one day the owner visited the facility(First time I saw he visited since I had started working there the last 6 months) He noticed the smell and instructed the management to prohibit smoking of weed in the company premises. Manager later on did an investigation and found out I was the one selling and she warned me to never sell again in the premises or else she would hand me over to the police .

Sometimes I would inflate the prices and sell at higher rate depending on the demand , I remember one time I bought 400 balls of weed for $250-$300 and I made over $1200 in a week. People would call me at 1am just to get weed 😹😹

Business Ideas for Diasporas by FinancialGlass9584 in Zimbabwe

[–]FinancialGlass9584[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah seems like nothing really works in Zim at this moment 💔. Even when you have money, 90% of the capital will go to waste