The law – should it be applied or enforced?
In District Six, the musical, one of the songs asks: The law, the law, the law. What for? The answer comes from Kris Kristofersson: The law is for protection of the people. After […]
The ARB says the advert is misleading because it did not make it clear that the maternity benefit came with a 12-month waiting period.
Read moreIn District Six, the musical, one of the songs asks: The law, the law, the law. What for? The answer comes from Kris Kristofersson: The law is for protection of the people. After […]
The Information Regulator (IR) says its online portals for the registration of information officers and the submission of Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) reports have gone live. Information officers who are […]
Life insurers will have to incorporate beneficiaries as a risk factor when determining a client’s overall money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risk, according to a proposed directive published for comment by the […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has published a document to guide designated non-financial businesses and professions (DNFBPs) in developing and implementing their risk management and compliance programmes (RMCPs). Public Compliance Communication (PCC) 53 […]
The Tax Administration Act (TAA) permits the warrantless search and seizure of a taxpayer’s property by the South African Revenue Service (Sars). However, this has been under scrutiny for many years because of […]
FSPs will pay 5% more in levies in the 2022/23 levy year than they did in 2021/22, as the FSCA has rejected calls from some stakeholders to implement a lower increase. Our columnist, […]
National Treasury has reiterated its message that changing legislation will not be enough to avert a potential grey-listing next year; the authorities will have to demonstrate commitment and progress with enforcing legislation aimed […]
In last week’s Moonstone Monitor, we published an article titled “FSCA publishes notices issued to FSPs for Fica non-compliance”. The article stated that the FSCA had informed subscribers to its communications that it […]
The FSCA this week announced it has fined KEB Prosperity (Pty) Ltd R50 000 for contravening the FAIS Act for three months of last year. In a statement, the Authority said an investigation found […]
The Western Cape High Court has ordered an FSP to pay an executor the balance due on a loan of R1 million, plus costs, after rejecting the company’s defence that its obligations in […]
General Notice 1258 of 2022 – Levies on Financial Institutions was published on 29 August and effectively put paid to any further concessions from the regulator to alleviate the plight of an industry […]
The process to address deficiencies in the country’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing legislation got under way this week after Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana tabled the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering and Combating […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) will work with entities that become accountable institutions in terms of the amendments to the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (Fica), to help them bed down compliance with the […]
The JSE has disqualified Steinhoff’s former chief financial officer, Ben la Grange, from acting as a company director for 10 years and fined him a total of R2 million. La Grange served as […]
Nedbank has agreed to pay a fine of R2 million for implementing a transaction before obtaining the approval from the competition authorities, the Competition Tribunal said last week. In a statement, the authority […]
The FAIS Ombud, Advocate Nonku Tshombe, says it is impossible to blame the collapse of the Sharemax property syndications on the intervention of the South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) unless “pertinent questions” about […]