By addressing minor inconsistencies upfront, taxpayers may avoid verification delays and receive refunds sooner where applicable.
A Hayibo.com story With just 9 shopping days left before the world ends in accordance with an ancient Mayan calendar, many holidaymakers are leaving Gauteng early to beat the pre-apocalypse rush to Cape […]
The team takes a break this week. Our sincere thanks to the many readers who broke the mould and joined us on the blog. Dit was toe glad nie so erg nie, was […]
A draft policy document on accreditation for brokers and broker organisations was published for comment by the Council. Please click here to download a copy. Affected parties have until 13 January 2013 to […]
The latest (and hopefully last) determination by the FAIS Ombud in 2012 contains two interesting new developments. The first quirk is that both respondents were ordered to pay the obligatory case fee of […]
The highs and lows of 2012 will differ from person to person. The one thing we will all agree on, is that it was not a boring year. One aspect that stands out […]
By KEN SILKE (B.A. LLB. (UCT) AA Arb, Advocate of the High Court of South Africa One of the prime examples of advisor prejudice is where an Independent Advisor advises a client to […]
Dearly beloved complaints people Please receive into thy electronic memories my contribution to Clem Sunter’s powers of observation. I did it some years ago, but it still holds water in our beloved Sefrica. […]
This circular provides information on the level 1 regulatory examinations. The following aspects are addressed: The extension of the re-write deadline for the RE3 (Key Individual: Category II and IIA) and RE4 (Key […]
The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has established a Compliance Contact Centre to deal with queries related to compliance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, No. 38 of 2001, as amended (FIC Act). A […]
We spoke a lot about referees this past year. I thought it fitting to let them have the last say. They always do anyway, do they not? This is a story by one […]
On 5 December, the first “Notification of Intention to Suspend Authorisation” (NISA) letters were sent to those people who, according to the FSB’s information, failed to write the required regulatory exams at least […]
The title of this article reminds me of a Dickens character. From immediate reactions we received, it appears that not all those who missed the June deadline are artful dodgers. Some simply expected […]
The FSB contacted us, following last week’s article entitled What’s Sauce for the Goose to get more information about the correspondence between a broker and their own consultant. We used the opportunity to […]
Beste Paul Na aanleiding van jou onlangse versoek dat ons jou van interessante gebeure en hoogtepunte in 2012 vertel. Wel, my hoogtepunt is dat my gesondheid hierdie jaar baie verbeter het. Soos die […]
In my opinion, this is South Africa’s best 5-day test XI since readmission. Please note that I did not consider persons with less than 40 test matches. The balance of the side is: […]
A constant refrain in comments from readers is the number of service providers who, in their opinion, jumped on the band wagon to make money out of advisors. Here is an opportunity for […]
there were no suspicions or clouds around our President and he was seen as a totally honest, humble guy who lived in accommodation that most people found surprisingly modest; South African drivers realised […]
