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 | The latest Ombudsman for Short Term Insurance (OSTI) annual report makes interesting reading from a consumer perspective, especially the insights it provides on the most common reasons for claims rejection... read |
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 | | In a webinar held by PSG, Jacques Pauw, author of The President's Keepers, told viewers the lockdown is only part of the reason the illegal cigarette trade in SA is thriving...read |
|  | SESHREE GOVENDER AND NONJABULO MTHEMBU On 19 June 2020 the Minister of Finance, in terms of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 38 of 2001 (FICA), published proposed amendments to Schedules 1, 2 and 3 for public comment. The proposed amendments will align FICA with the current International Standards of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as well as recent legislative amendments...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY MIWAYLIFE The phased stages of lockdown and the surge in infections that we are seeing are bringing us closer to realising that things will not return to normal any time soon. As we begin to look for ways to rebuild our economy and try to find ways to repair our finances, planning for the unknown future that awaits us has become pivotal... Read |
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| Accounting & Auditing |
 | The auditing profession finds itself in a state of crisis. In discussing how and why this happened, the lessons learnt and the required response, Bernard Agulhas, former chief executive of the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA) identified six questions... Read |
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 | Customers can now make cash deposits directly into their own bank account at any Pick n Pay till point, anywhere in South Africa. Read |
 | KALU OJAH Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to deliver a public good. Their success depends on it... Read |
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 | The Covid-19 pandemic might be easing around the world, and with any luck, will be in our rear-view mirror before too long. However, there are lessons to be learned for the future. One lesson, is that even households need to do scenario planning... Read |
| Fintech |
 | JUSTIN GROSSBARD, ISSUED BY COMPARE FOREX BROKERS In the past, it has been almost impossible to work out brokerage when forex trading. This was solved with a calculator taking into account spreads, commissions and more... Read |
| Insurance & Actuarial |
 | The Covid-19 pandemic has radically changed the insurance landscape, and will probably continue to for years to come... Read |
| Markets & Investment |
 | NICCI BOTHA What started off as a public health crisis in the form of Covid-19 is really started to bear down as a significant economic crisis... Read |
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 | TIMOTHY A CAREY, AGNES BINAGWAHO & JUDY KHANYOLA This year - 2020 - marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. It's therefore understandable that it's being marked as the year of the nurse and midwife... Read |
 | SANDY RHEEDER From humble beginnings in a London flat in 2005, to an African fintech giant in 2020, Mukuru's journey has been one of turning challenges into opportunities for innovation... Read |
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 | The recent launch of 5G technology in South Africa presents several highly attractive opportunities for consumers, carriers and the ICT industry... Read |
 | HOWARD FELDMAN Because 2020 wasn't weird enough, South Africans are apparently now able to purchase coffins on Takealot... Read |
 | The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) in South Africa came into effect on 1 July 2020. If you have waited with your compliance project, you need to act fast... Read |
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