JOHANNESBURG – The National Credit Regulator (NCR) announced on Thursday that it has referred Wesbank to the National Consumer Tribunal for alleged breaches of the National Credit Act following an investigation into the bank’s debt collection practices. Wesbank, a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, is one of South Africa’s leading vehicle and asset finance providers. […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 30 – The Official Memorial Service of the late Rivonia Treason Trialist and stalwart of the liberation struggle, Ahmed “Kathy” Kathrada, will take place on Saturday at the University of Johannesburg in Soweto, the Presidency has announced. Kathrada died on Tuesday at the age of 87 after a short illness following surgery to […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 30 – The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has been described as “misleading” the reports that its deputy governor and registrar of banks, Kuben Naidoo, defended the dominance of South Africa’s biggest banks on the market. This comes after media reports quoted Naidoo as having “defended the lack of transformation in the banking […]
JOHANNESBURG – The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) on Thursday came out in defence of President Jacob Zuma who was barred from the funeral of struggle stalwart Ahmed Kathrada, saying funerals of struggle icons should not be used for “political posturing”. On Wednesday at the struggle icon’s funeral, former president Kgalema Motlanthe received a […]
JOHANNESBURG, March (ANA) – South Africa is expected to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) next Friday to account for failing to arrest President Omar Al Bashir, when he attended an African Union Summit in South Africa in June 2015. The president of Sudan is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity, genocide, […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 30 – The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) on Thursday said a budget of about R50 million has been approved to address the first phase of the revitalisation programme of the Ekandustria Industrial Park. The Deputy Director-General for Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation at the dti, Sipho Zikode said the […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 30 (ANA) – A 16-year-old schoolboy collapsed during rugby practice at a sports field in Scottsville and later died at a Pietermaritzburg hospital. ER24 Spokesperson Annine Dormehl said on Wednesday afternoon paramedics found the boy on the field, where it is believed he collapsed during rugby practice at Alexandra High School. “CPR had […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 29 (ANA) – The Pietermaritzburg High Court sentenced two men to life imprisonment on Wednesday for beheading people and using their body parts for medicine, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said. Spokesperson Natasha Kara said that Thandowakhe Duma, 22, and Elias Sihle Mchunu, 42, were sentenced on charges of murder, robbery and kidnapping […]
JOHANNESBURG, March 29 (ANA) – SA Revenue Services (Sars) customs officials intercepted a Ferrari F1, with an estimated value of R13.8 million, which was being smuggled back into South Africa, Sars said on Wednesday. The car was stored at a bonded warehouse in South Africa since 2014, spokesperson Sandile Memela said. “When it was first […]
FREE STATE, March 29 (ANA) – Eighteen people, including police officers and home affairs officials, were arrested at the Fiksburg Border Post for corruption, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) said on Wednesday. Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Robert Netshiunda said that the 18 were arrested in a joint operation between the Hawks, Free State […]