Webinar | COFI readiness without the compliance complexity
Moonstone Compliance will explore what the FSCA’s changing supervisory approach means for smaller practices and how they can respond proportionately.
Law Society calls for safeguards as AML Bill expands regulatory powers
Its submission to Parliament highlights concerns about lifestyle audits, information sharing, beneficial ownership, and administrative fines.
RAF faces surge of almost 160 000 claims after SCA ruling
The revived RAF 1 Form claims could create billions of rands in additional liability, with the Fund’s first-quarter average payment illustrating the potential scale of the exposure.
RAF moves to curb default judgments as legal reforms gather pace
The RAF has emerged from years of adverse audits with an unqualified opinion, while the government is reworking the Fund’s funding model as part of the revived RABS Bill.
RAF pays R8.9bn in quarter, but payment queue grows
From loss of earnings to plaintiff attorneys, the quarter’s figures offer a closer look at where the RAF’s money is going.
Kamlana: Regulation must keep pace as finance goes invisible
The FSCA commissioner sets out how AI, DeFi, and open finance challenge traditional regulatory assumptions and place governance at the centre of innovation.
Retirement fund faulted for failing to verify death-benefit claim
The Adjudicator orders a fresh investigation after finding that the fund had not adequately verified an alleged cohabiting partner’s claim.
Cellphone insurance: When the policy wording matters
The NFO’s complaints show how SIM requirements, policy schedules, limits, and the circumstances of a theft can affect a claim.
Not every medical non-disclosure justifies claim rejection
The Appeal Tribunal found that an undisclosed diagnostic test was not material to the insurer’s assessment of the risk and ordered the claim to be paid.
Unclaimed benefits | Support for central tracing, not central control
Retirement funds back efforts to make unclaimed benefits easier to find but say transferring billions in retirement assets into a central fund goes too far.
High-profile FSCA investigations grind on amid legal battles
Updates disclose why the Tongaat Hulett and AYO matters remain unfinished, while the Curro case has now become a formal investigation.
Has the NHI debate reached a turning point?
Discovery believes the legal challenges have shifted government’s thinking on NHI and created an opportunity to pursue a more workable path to universal health coverage.
Landlord’s fire claim fails after tenant-created hazard goes undisclosed
The NFO found that a property owner could not avoid responsibility for an increased risk where poor construction, electrical defects, and tenant conduct contributed to the loss.
Fresh investment scams and impersonation schemes
The regulator has issued new warnings involving unauthorised investment offers and fraudsters using the names of licensed financial firms to deceive the public.
What a weekly workout can teach us about retirement
Exercising regularly is only the starting point for Discovery’s argument that everyday behaviours can have a lasting effect on earnings, debt, and retirement security.
Court and Tribunal rulings strengthen regulator’s enforcement hand
Key judgments clarified the FSCA’s ability to investigate misconduct, resist procedural delays, and pursue cross-border enforcement.
What was Collins Letsoalo thinking?
SCOPA’s draft report suggests the deeper the committee dug into the RAF, the more governance failures it uncovered.
CFDs and trader misconduct move up FSCA’s market-abuse agenda
The regulator is scrutinising how derivative positions, suspicious trading, and failures by gatekeepers can undermine market integrity.
