The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has again recorded a remarkable growth in the levels of tax compliance, with 6.09 million income tax returns submitted for the 2013 Tax Season. This means 91.5% of taxpayers, who were eligible to submit Read the full story
The Independent Electoral Commission has announced that it will hold a final registration drive on 8 and 9 February. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Electoral Commission last week to review the outcome of the first voter Read the full story
On Tuesday morning, 26 November, at 11.30, Cllr Mpho Parks Tau, the executive mayor of Johannesburg, will inaugurate a revolutionary green school in a Soweto. St Martin de Porres High School in Orlando West was established in 1947. Most of the classrooms Read the full story
The City of Johannesburg and two organisations representing informal traders in the Inner City, JEWDET and ONE VOICE, have agreed to establish a Joint Operation Committee (JOC) to facilitate a speedy reallocation of traders to designated stalls in the Inner Read the full story
Advances in science mean that HIV/AIDS can now be viewed as any other managed chronic condition, giving people living with the disease access to life, disability and severe illness cover for their businesses and families. Jaco Gouws, Marketing Actuary at Read the full story
Sixteen Days of Activism on No Violence against Women and Children is an annual awareness raising campaign observed globally to reaffirm our commitment to create a society that is safe and secure for women and children. The purpose of this Read the full story
The City of Johannesburg invites all informal traders who have been verified to present themselves at Metro Mall to be issued with new Smart Cards. The issuing of the new smart cards paves that way for the allocation of stand Read the full story
B-BBEE is at the top of mind for many businesses at the moment. Although the Amended Codes state that they come into effect after a 1 year transition (being 10th October 2014) the reality is that your preparation will need Read the full story
Eskom has lifted its electricity supply emergency declaration as the system is now stable. However, the risk of another emergency declaration remains, as the system continues to be constrained. “Understanding the impact on our key industrial customers and the South Read the full story
The repo rate will remain unchanged at 5%, Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said Thursday 21 November. “The MPC has decided to keep the repurchase rate unchanged at 5.0 percent per annum at this stage,” said Marcus at the last Read the full story
