Kaya 959 Reporter
Having communication about your financial situation with your partner is one of the most important things you should do in a serious relationship.
Many financial experts will tell you how imperative it is to know your partner’s credit report before you ask them to meet their family.
In the past few weeks, the world got to understand the prevalence of love fraud in the gripping Netflix’s documentary, The Tinder Swindler which showed how easily people get defrauded in the name of love.
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According to financialfirstaid.org, Sexually Transmitted Debt (STD) is where one person in a relationship becomes responsible for their partner’s financial debts usually after being convinced or misled into taking on debt in their own name.
This is when they share the responsibility or take on more risk than they knew about.
Naledi Totana who is a National Debt Advisors, recently joined Gugulethu Mfuphi to break down what Sexually Transmitted Debt (STD) is and how you can protect yourself from it.
Totana says “There is an increased number of South Africans who are overly indebted, and many will take out debt in respect of the relationship.
“You would expect individuals in this instance to take out binging contracts, however, it is not the case.” she said.
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Some of the ways you can contract Sexually Transmitted Debt (STD) are as follows:
- Taking out a loan on behalf of partner
- Your partner accesing moneys without your consent
- Over use by one partner of a joint credit card
- When one partner uses money meant for bills for other things



