Sassa to start paying grants through Postbank in February: The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) will for the first time make electronic payments to approximately two million social grant beneficiaries through its new corporate Postbank account on February 1, instead of through Grindrod Bank, GroundUp reports. Postbank is the banking division of the Post Office, which signed a deal with Sassa last year to pay social grants from April 1, this year. Grindrod is the banking partner of Cash Paymaster Services (CPS), which currently pays social grants. The Post Office will assist Sassa with the management of social grants, including electronic payments, but not cash payments. Cash payments — at a CPS cash point or through a retailer…
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Court order to seize McKinsey and Trillian assets not yet enforced: An explosive affidavit by the acting head of the Assets Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has implicated Eskom, Mckinsey and Trillian Capital Partners in corruption, fraud and money laundering to to the tune of R1.59-billion in assets plus interest. But although the Pretoria high court granted an order to seize these assets a month ago, it has not yet been enforced. Madoda Nxumalo, who will curate the R1.59-billion in assets to be seized, confirmed to the Mail & Guardian on Tuesday night that the assets had not yet fallen under his curatorship. Nxumalo said that part of the reason why the court order has not yet been enforced is because he only received his official letter of curatorship on Friday….
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Nehawu members to go on strike at all Unisa campuses: The union says a strike at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) is already underway. ……
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Media Monitoring Africa: SABC board needs support over appointments: Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird says that an interim court order makes it clear that the board is responsible for these appointments. ……
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Sars dismisses claims of corruption: This week, British MP Peter Hain said he has evidence that the firm overlooked allegations of money laundering by senior employee Jonas Makwakwa. ……
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Former crime intelligence cop to appear in court for fraud: Ipid’s Moses Dlamini says that the suspect is accused of submitting fraudulent invoices to claim from the secret service account. ……
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LIVE: Back to school 2018: Schools across the country are opening today, despite many pupils not having been placed. Follow our live updates, and share your back to school pics with us. ……
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#BackToSchool: Stationery price shock: Durban – The average stationery list for a primary school child starting Grade 1 has a total cost of between R700 and R1 000 and, while parents would want to compare prices to get the best deals, schools are prescribing certain brands for parents to buy. Many schools offered parents the option of paying the school for the stationery or purchasing it themselves. Most parents who spoke to the Daily News on Monday while doing their last-minute stationery shopping felt some items on the list were “overboard”. Parents believed items such as a box of tissues and toilet paper should be provided by the school. Different types of crayons, glue sticks and paper reams were some of…
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No ‘insanity’ escape for dog sex accused: Pretoria – Attempts by the family of a Bronkhorstspruit man – accused of sexually assaulting his parents’ domestic worker and then forcing her to perform sexual acts on his dogs – to avoid prosecution would not fly. Prosecutor Solly Ledallo spoke in court where the National Prosecuting Authority was opposing the application to send him to Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital for observation. He said the family was only trying to influence the man’s criminal case. “We are opposing this application because one of the strategies used by suspects to avoid being prosecuted is faking mental instability. This application could see him sent to the…
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6-year-old survives encounter with spitting cobra: Durban – A 6-year-old girl from a farm near Sugar Rush in Ballito survived a harrowing ordeal after she was bitten on the chin by a Mozambican spitting cobra on Sunday night. The snake, however, did not stop there and sprayed little Mikayla-Sue Grove’s mom, Inge, in the face, from a distance of about 30cm, when she went to investigate what had happened. Mikayla-Sue’s father, Ludwig, said his two girls Mikayla-Sue and…
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