Taxpayers should inform SARS if they have been unemployed for a full year or longer, to avoid being flagged as non-compliant.
Read moreCutting Edge Regulatory Workshops Anton Swanepoel’s popular, informative and practical Regulatory Workshops will be run again in March this year. There will be two presentations – one focussing on short-term intermediaries, and one […]
FinaMetrica decided to standardise the single-user annual fee for all new and existing FinaMetrica subscribers in South Africa from R3500 to R3850 with effect from 1 March 2015. The South African subscription price is well […]
We receive regular enquiries about people wanting to qualify to become “Finance and Insurance” (F & I) consultants in the motor industry. In order to become an F & I, one needs the […]
Two important FSB documents which saw the light this week see a firm shifting of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) from a theoretical basis to a practical one. The publication of the TCF Complaints […]
Outcome Six: After Sales Service The final outcome requires that clients do not face unreasonable post-sale barriers to change product, switch provider, submit a claim or make a complaint. The word “unreasonable” is […]
Business Day reported on 12 October about a court challenge to what it terms “dodgy micro lending.” In an unprecedented legal challenge, the University of Stellenbosch’s Legal Aid Clinic (LAC) is taking on […]
Just like at the most famous gun battle in Western history, there will not be a place for timid souls on Saturday, even on the stands and in front of our TV sets. […]
The “why” of this requirement is clear to all, but the “what”, “how” and “when” remains one of the biggest grey areas for FSPs. If you place your client’s business with a leading […]
Up to the 70th minute I had that dreaded “here we go again” feeling. So often in the past, and particularly against Australia, we managed to everything required to win, but did not. […]
It is going to take some time before we fully understand the plans of Lesotho’s squabbling political elites. These elites are attempting to advance their own agendas in the mediation process led by […]
Thus far in this series of articles, we covered the need to embed fair treatment of customers in the culture of your business, and ensuring that the products you recommend address the real […]
From 14 April 2014, changes to the FAIS Act which came into operation on 28 February 2014 were incorporated in the regulatory exams. FAIS Circular 4 of 2014 contains details of these changes, as well as […]
This may well be the mantra that Heyneke Meyer is chanting after selecting Oupa Mohoje in the starting line-up for the test against Australia at Newlands on Saturday. Had he opted for the […]
Last week was not a good one for the two most prominent property syndications in the country. We reported elsewhere about the woes of Sharemax, and now Picvest also made the headlines. This […]
Sharemax made the headlines again last week, after a relatively long lull in media exposure. It was reported that SARS applied to the North Gauteng High Court to liquidate Sharemax Investments in view […]
By Bobby Londt An interesting development has transpired regarding overseas Boks, more specifically the “Toulon” Boks, over the last few weeks. If you have not read about it – it basically relates to […]
