Minister of Transport, Joe Maswanganyi has announced that South African motorists can expect to pay more in national licensing transaction fees in 2018. In terms of The Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, local registering authorities (licensing centres) must pay the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) a transaction fee for each motorist it processes. This is..
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Government increases vehicle licence fees
Car brands Chrysler and Dodge to exit South Africa
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FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) bids farewell to two of its car brands in South Africa, with the Chrysler and Dodge vehicle ranges no longer being available locally. FCA, which also produces Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo vehicles, said: “This unfortunate situation has arisen from our principals in the USA no longer building Chrysler or Dodge..
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R60m fraud case involving a former Petro-South Africa manager
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The Hawks arrested Petro SA’s corporate social investment manager Matshidiso Mogashoa for alleged fraud of more than R60 million. According to the Hawks, the crimes were committed between 2007 and 2011. Once again the question arises how a person can steal money, and Petro SA takes almost 10 years to realize that the money is..
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OUTA WINS FREEZE ON GUPTA MINE REHAB FUNDS AT BANK OF BARODA
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The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) won an urgent interim interdict in the Pretoria High Court against the Bank of Baroda, freezing R1.75 billion in the Gupta-owned Optimum and Koornfontein coal mines’ rehabilitation trust fund accounts. “This is another sweet victory for South Africa, with the prevention of Gupta mining trust accounts worth at least..
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SASSA IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE GROWS TO R1.4 BILLION
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In Sassa’s latest financial statements tabled in Parliament on Friday, the Auditor General says the agency did not take effective steps to prevent the irregular expenditure. The Auditor General has deemed the R43 million spent by the South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) on so-called work streams to have been irregular. In Sassa’s latest financial..
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National Treasury captured by Finance Minister Gigaba?
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Officials in the Treasury accused the finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, of hijacking the treasury by running a parallel administration. This he did by appointing about 20 confidants in his office. In this public attack on Gigaba, it is claimed that he decided to delay a forensic investigation into Eskom contracts with Tegata. The allegation also..
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The true financial cost of Hurricane Jacob
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Over 1 month, six months, one year, three years and even five years. In rand as well as US dollars. Against the developed world and now also against the emerging market world. Take your pick; it doesn’t matter. These are the current facts of the returns of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange relative to the major..
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Zwelithini ‘not paid what he deserves’ as a king – You got to be joking
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IS HE WORTH IT? King Goodwill Zwelithini’s family has grown over the years, and with it the amount the taxpayer continues to fork out to fund it Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has lashed out at the provincial government‚ accusing them of failing to pay him what he deserves. The monarch was speaking at a King..
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Energy minister slips up on oil plan
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Minister of Energy Mmamoloko Kubayi is backtracking on the investigation into the sale of the country’s oil reserves, say highly placed sources. But the minister has denied this outright. In May, Kubayi announced in Parliament that she would investigate the controversial sale by the Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF) of 10-million barrels of the country’s fuel..
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EXCLUSIVE: Cash Paymaster Systems made R1-billion profit paying social grants
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Over the past five years Cash Paymaster Systems recorded a pre-tax profit of R1.1-billion from paying social grants on behalf of the government, the outsourced service provider told the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. After tax the net profit came to R705-million, the now infamous American-listed company said. That translates to a profit to shareholders of..
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Scopa to call KPMG to parliament over SARS ‘rogue unit’ retraction
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Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Sopa) will call KPMG to appear before parliament to account on its conduct regarding the SA Revenue Service (SARS) ‘rogue unit’ report and the subsequent withdrawal of some parts of this report, it said in a statement on Monday. Scopa’s ANC study group whip Mnyamezeli Booi said: “KPMG must..
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Moyane clings to existence of so-called ‘rogue unit’ despite KPMG confession
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Sars commissioner Tom Moyane has insisted that there is evidence to support the notion of a so-called “rogue unit” in Sars, despite a blow from auditing firm KPMG which withdrew its findings on the unit. Moyane announced in a press briefing on Monday that the South African Revenue Service is now pursuing legal action against..
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Can we believe this: ‘I didn’t conspire with Zuma’ – Mkhwebane
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Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has denied conspiring with the presidency and State Security Agency‚ saying her office remains independent. In papers filed in the High Court in Pretoria‚ the Reserve Bank accused Mkhwebane of meeting with President Jacob Zuma’s office and the State Security Agency before releasing her report on missing apartheid funds. The report..
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Minister’s Benz: Going… going … gone …. for R10!
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A Mercedes-Benz sedan belonging to Defence and Military Veterans’ Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula was sold for a lousy R10 during an auction in King William’s Town on Thursday morning. This after it was placed under the hammer after Mapisa-Nqakula had failed to settle a R50000 debt to a King William’s Town garage which had worked on..
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Johan Rupert: “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft”
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South Africa’s richest man Johann Rupert said “radical economic transformation,” the policy championed by the country’s President Jacob Zuma to reduce racial inequality, is no more than theft. “Radical economic transformation is just a code word for theft,” Rupert said on the sidelines of Richemont’s annual general meeting in Geneva on Wednesday. “That’s what’s happening..
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