With stringent limits now applying to the Road Accident Fund to limit how much one can claim in injuries from a negligent driver, it may be good idea to take out additional insurance cover in case one is seriously injured in a road accident. The public should be concerned about several changes within the Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill.
Funded by FinMark Trust and DFID, a new information leaflet and corresponding web page for people in the United Kingdom sending money home to family in South Africa was launched at an event at South Africa House at the beginning of May. A booklet for people working in South Africa who wish to send money to Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique or Swaziland was also unveiled.
The corporate world may be letting younger blood through the revolving doors but South Africa’s large corporates continue to choose relatively older, more experienced employees to fill their top jobs, especially those at exco (executive committee) level.
Before using a financial adviser, it is worth checking if he or she has been ”S-referenced” by the Life Office’s Association (LOA). The system aims to protect consumers from advisers who are considered unfit to be marketing the products of the long-term-insurance industry. The system is one of self-regulation operated by the LOA.
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African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma left the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Esselen Park before its conclusion Saturday, but there were conflicting reports on why he did so, City Press reported on Sunday.
The 19 South African passport-holders arrested by the Democratic Republic of Congo authorities on allegations that they were hatching a coup have been deported from Kinshasa and were expected to arrive at the Johannesburg International Airport on Sunday evening.
Fresh photographic evidence seen by United States investigators is believed to reveal that some of the 24 unarmed Iraqis killed in the Iraqi town of Haditha after an American died in a roadside bomb in November were in effect executed, it was reported on Saturday.
New Zealand rugby officials have defended the decision to go ahead with the fog-bound Super 14 rugby final in Christchurch on Saturday, but said the match would have been postponed if it was any thicker. The match was reduced to a farce at times in the pea-souper that shrouded Jade Stadium, where the Canterbury Crusaders emerged from the fog as 19-12 victors over the Wellington Hurricanes.
England beat Sri Lanka by six wickets on Sunday after a career-best performance from paceman Liam Plunkett gave his team an easily attainable victory target on day four of the second Test at Edgbaston. England, led by Kevin Pietersen’s 142 off 157 balls, reached 295 in reply to Sri Lanka’s first-innings 141.
President Thabo Mbeki should open the succession debate, the National Union of Mineworker’s (NUM) president Senzeni Zokwana said on Saturday. Speaking at NUM’s 12th congress at Midrand, he said this would dispel perceptions that some leaders, especially African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma, were being marginalised.