PSG Financial Services warns against early retirement withdrawals

South African rands. PSG Financial Services has warned South Africans against withdrawing money from their retirement funds, saying it could have serious long-term financial consequences. The warning comes as National Treasury plans to open discussions later this year on allowing limited access to retirement savings under the two-pot system in cases of financial distress. The…

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Iran conflict to drive up fuel, food and living costs in SA

Children queuing for food. The war in Iran is likely to worsen the cost of living crisis poor South Africans find themselves in already. Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Programme coordinator Mervyn Abrahams says the % increase in electricity prices later this year effectively cut the increase in the National Minimum Wage to below the…

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Joburg City Parks to halt cremations over Easter holidays

Multiple booked cremations have since been turned away, leaving families to make alternate arrangements at their own cost. Cremation services will be suspended in Johannesburg on Good Friday and Easter Monday because of the public holidays. City Parks has apologised to residents and funeral directors for the inconvenience caused. The entity’s Jenny Moodley says Muslim…

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Joburg City Parks halts cremations over Easter holidays

Multiple booked cremations have since been turned away, leaving families to make alternate arrangements at their own cost. Cremation services will be suspended in Johannesburg on Good Friday and Easter Monday because of the public holidays. City Parks has apologised to residents and funeral directors for the inconvenience caused. The entity’s Jenny Moodley says Muslim…

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Tiger Woods leaves county jail in Florida after DUI arrest

[FILE] Genesis Invitational tournament host Tiger Woods speaks to the media during a press conference. Golfer Tiger Woods was released late on March 27 from the Martin County Jail in Stuart, Florida. Woods was arrested on suspicion of a DUI after crawling out of his rolled-over vehicle following a two-vehicle crash on Jupiter Island after…

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Ramokgopa urges Limpopo conference delegates to uphold ANC mandate

ANC Limpopo newly-elected Top 5 Officials. African National Congress (ANC) Second Deputy Secretary General, Maropeng Ramokgopa, says leaders elected in conferences should carry out the mandate given by delegates. She was speaking at the ANC’s provincial elective conference in Limpopo. The conference had a rocky start due to an urgent application to interdict it. The…

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ANC leaders to face contempt application in court

[FILE] ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses the party’s fifth National General Council in Boksburg. The High Court in KuGompo is expected to hear a contempt of court application filed by African National Congress (ANC) members this morning. The application is against ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, NEC convener of deployees in the province Mmamoloko Kubayi,…

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