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Sars claims new customs system will ensure swift processing of travellers

System to be piloted at Durban’s King Shaka airport allows travellers to pre-declare goods on an online portal

The South African Revenue Services (Sars) said on Thursday it had seized R10-million worth of illicit cigarettes that were declared as tissue paper at the Durban harbour.
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Sars snatches R16-million worth of illicit cigarettes in two weeks

Tax agency’s custom officials in Durban seize imported cigarettes that were declared as tissue paper

How smuggled gold destined for Dubai or Singapore has links to France and Mali

Three Malagasy citizens were apprehended at OR Tambo International airport, but now the trail is found to connect to France and Mali

Tradition is very important among the Fang, and women are supposed to know their place within it

They called him a scoundrel

An extract from the first chapter of La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, published by Modjaji

Resigned British prime minister Theresa May. (AFP)

UK PM faces double trouble in looming Brexit showdown

With Britain set to leave the bloc at the end of March, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker is demanding ‘substantial progress’ this week

Tennis shoe racket: The game’s afoot

A lack of customer service and prohibitive added costs make the online ordering of sports shoes into a sad experience.

SA drags customs into 21st Century

Sars’s new super-efficient setup at borders should clear paperwork and delays, and curb corruption.

“Many of the other business in the Steinhoff group offer good prospects and I strongly believe every attempt possible should be made to restructure the group as expeditiously as possible

Mr Moneybags shrugs off the load

Despite Christo Wiese’s highly public run-in with the British authorities, it is business as usual, writes Heather Formby.

Atachi gets her man

Omer Redi takes a peek behind the ceremonial scene in rural Ethiopia and watches how one young couple seals the deal.