SARS is coming hard after government officials in South Africa
SARS says it is ramping up efforts to disrupt the illicit economy in the country, specifically targeting corruption in government departments—including among its own officials.
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Name change on the cards for iconic stadium in Cape Town
The Western Cape Cricket Association (WPCA) has partnered with the marketing firm Megapro to re-evaluate the commercial strategy for the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, which could see a name change for the iconic stadium.
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Cape of Good Hope | Cape of Storms | Cyril Ramaphosa | Government | Jan van Riebeeck | National Transport Conference
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s strange comments about Jan van Riebeeck and shipping routes
President Cyril Ramaphosa says Jan van Riebeeck used trading routes which have always existed to come to South Africa to plunder.
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Big win for South Africa’s state-owned bank
Postbank has secured a financial services provider licence, but is still working on obtaining its banking licence.
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Government | Judges | Justices | Magistrates | Public Protector | Salaries
How much judges, magistrates, and justices in South Africa get paid in 2026
The office of the presidency has gazetted the updated salaries for judges, magistrates, justices and the public protector, effective retroactively from 1 April 2025.
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BizPortal | Business | Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) | Compensation Fund | Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) | ROE Online System
Labour department shutting down critical South African business portal for nearly two weeks
Several systems will be unavailable from midnight on 19 March until midnight on 31 March.
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Great art has no gender: Female composers take centre stage in Wakkerstroom
Renowned women composers and performers whose works of “enduring beauty and power” have been shelved, sidelined, misattributed or overlooked will be given a platform at the 2026 Wakkerstroom music festival. In her welcoming note, festival chairperson Linette van de Merwe, a professional mezzo-soprano and lecturer in the Humanities Department at Pretoria University, invites classical music…
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Mchunu disbandment letter divided SAPS
National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu had ample time to brief him of his intention to disband the political killings task team (PKTT) but had never brought it up. “We had not yet agreed. I said ‘gradual’, the minister said ‘immediate’,” Masemola said. Speaking at the police ad hoc committee,…
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Services SETA’s real estate transformation drive graduates 537 youth
A new generation of black property professionals officially stepped into the industry on Saturday as part of Services SETA’s ambitious drive to transform the real estate market in South Africa. A total of 537 young people graduated as certified real estate practitioners at the Durban International Convention Centre, a ceremony that marked the completion of…
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asset managers | capital preservation | financial markets | Geopolitical shocks | Grant Dixon | Peregrine Capital
Risk is what you don’t see
Beyond the obvious – the market crashes, the geopolitical shocks, recessions and black swan events – lies a bigger danger, often slow and silent.