Two gold pots with gold coins in them illustrating the two-pot retirement system. 1 minute The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) says it expects the cost of implementing the two-pot retirement system to increase by R300 million annually. The FSCA has put the cost since the implementation of the system on September 1 at R1.6…
Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute Today is the deadline for all beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to switch from the agency’s gold card to the Postbank’s black card. The migration process has left some grant recipients frustrated. Long queues and under-staffing have plagued assistance centres across the country,…
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa signing a document President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law regulations doubling the upper limit of donations to political parties from R15 million to R30 million and the threshold for disclosure from R100 000 to R200 000. The move to amend the Political Funding Act of 2021 follows the adoption…
18-year-old fast bowler Kwena Maphaka. 1 minute South Africa’s 18-year-old fast bowler, Kwena Maphaka, will make his Test debut for the Protea men when the second cricket Test against Pakistan starts in Cape Town today. Maphaka replaces Dane Paterson in the starting 11 and is one of three changes to the team. The other changes…
India’s Rohit Sharma in action. Virat Kohli’s record-extending 52nd one-day international century laid the groundwork for India’s 17-run win over South Africa on Sunday, getting the hosts off to a winning start in their three-match series after the visitors swept the tests last week. Former captains Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who have retired from tests…
Limpopo police are looking for suspects involved in the murder and attempted burglary that occurred at a high school in Wisane village in the Mopani district. Police say the armed suspects exchanged gunfire with on-duty security guards before fleeing the scene. One suspect was shot dead. Suspected housebreaking tools, live rounds of ammunition and empty cartridges…
File: Police recover firearms. Police have arrested ten suspects and seized firearms and ammunition in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats. The suspects are expected to appear in the Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate’s Court. They face charges of possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, “The members conducted an intelligence-driven operation in Watt…
