Get ready for Back to School

AROUND THE CORNER: EVERYTHING SOUTH AFRICAN PARENTS SHOULD DO RIGHT NOW

- Hein Kaiser

The start of a new school year is about a fortnight away. That's how quickly reality bites after the festive season, because it's not only back to work, it's back to school and the mall malaise that accompanies the countdown.

It's big bucks, again, but at least an education is the gift that keeps on giving for a lifetime. It just takes what feels like a lifetime to fund it all.

And there's no time like the present to save yourself some heartache and wallet pain. Prepare for the new twelvemonth cycle, right now.

The uniform shop queue

All parents are last-minute-dot-commers, it seems. Queues at uniform stores can run out the door and into the parking lot as school-time approaches. Save yourself the headache and try on junior's clothes today.