By Louis Nel and Jo Stolp The Road Accident Fund (RAF) has been a contentious subject for a number of reasons. Firstly, it has been marred with inefficiencies and inconsistencies…
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How To Prevent Identity Theft
Identity theft is a crime that has plagued humans for a long time. Although technology has exacerbated this in the internet era, criminals can just as easily gain sensitive personal…
How To Register And Claim For Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Benefits
Who can register and claim for UIF unemployment benefits? You can claim UIF benefits if you have been retrenched involuntarily. You cannot claim UIF benefits if you have resigned or if…
State-funded agencies are lucrative employers
Top executives in at least 24 government-funded agencies were paid more than R3-million in the 2017/18 financial year — more than the salary allocated to Jacob Zuma in his final year as…
You can transfer data now but don’t get excited
ICASA’s new rules came into effect on 1 March 2019. But don’t get excited. ICASA, last April, wanted to ban expiring data and automatic out-of-bundle (OOB) charges, and make data…
New car licence fee increases released
Our Minister of Transport announced the licence fee increases of driver’s licence renewals. Blade Nzimande broke the news on Friday, 8 March 2019. This appeared in the government gazette according…
Home Affairs tells man to come back with his dead mother
Robert Masuku has been voting since 1994 but is registered as an illegal immigrant. A 45-year-old South African has been told he must bring his dead mother to the Department…
Soon cars won’t need a key anymore – keyless cars of the future
South Africa has one of the highest rates of motor vehicle theft in the world. The rate is estimated at around 202 thefts per 100 000 citizens. This is around…
How to read and understand South African product barcodes
Take the first item you see and look at the back of the labelling: you will probably see a barcode. Almost all products manufactured in South Africa has a barcode…
Applying for a South African Smart ID Card – Everything you need to know
You might have seen them emerging from people’s handbags. You might have seen the posters around departmental buildings. You might even have gotten a little bit jealous because you don’t…