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SALBA to apply for break in paying excise duties
The alcohol industry pays Sars an average of R2.5 billion per month in excise tax contributions for locally produced and imported products.
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WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals
New terms sparked criticism as users outside Europe who do not accept the new conditions before 8 February will be cut off from the messaging app.
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Anoj Singh has until Monday to submit affidavit to Zondo inquiry
Singh was supposed to have given evidence before the commission of inquiry on Wednesday.
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Extension of booze ban to have a ‘significant negative effect’ on wine industry
Agri Western Cape said they were disappointed that government opted for a total ban instead of following a differentiated approach.
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Tech expert Goldstuck on WhatsApp policy update: No one will read your texts
The popular messenger app has recently updated its privacy policy.
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Ex-Eskom CFO Singh’s evidence testimony at state capture postponed
Singh’s legal counsel told the inquiry Singh was not able to testify on Wednesday and submitted an affidavit giving the reasons.
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YouTube suspends Trump's channel for a week over violence fears
Donald Trump's access to the social media platforms he has used as a megaphone during his presidency has been largely cut off.
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Cash-strapped consumers urged not to take up loans, to consider debt counselling
Off the back of festive season spending, COVID-19 has also presented some problems for households that found themselves with even less money to spend.
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Banks told to provide sanitisers as ATM queues flagged as COVID-19 risks
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said that the new regulation called for the provision of sanitisers at every ATM, warning that they could easily become a source of mass infections.
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Job losses & anxiety: CT business owners hope to survive lockdown
They’re desperate for the government to lift the ban on the sale of alcohol soon.
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Koko 'shocked' to learn email address he thought was Ngubane's belonged to Essa
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko told the Zondo Commission that he had been given the email address by Eskom's former head of legal and compliance, Suzanne Daniels, who said that it was board chair Ben Ngubane’s personal email account.
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Manufacturing production decreased by 3.5% in November – Stats SA
The decline in manufacturing production wasn’t unexpected given the difficult economic conditions that underpinned the year.
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Telegram chief reports 25 million new users in three days
The surge in downloads comes after WhatsApp, which boasts over two billion users, introduced controversial changes to its privacy conditions that will allow it to share more data with its parent company Facebook.
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‘It’s been very tough’ - CT restaurant owner on level 3 lockdown restrictions
Restaurant owners in Cape Town on Tuesday said they didn’t know how much longer they would be able to stay open with shorter trading hours and a ban on alcohol sales.
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Consumers urged to avoid loans this January
The festive season contributes to overspending but the pandemic has also put a strain on budgets this time around.
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I kept quiet about meetings with Tony Gupta - former Eskom manager Nteta
Ayanda Nteta said Vusi Mboweni had requested weekly reports on progress with coal contracts but she did not know where the information was going to, or who had asked for it.
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EU 'regrets' new US tariffs, looks to Biden
The tariffs are yet another chapter in a 16-year spat over subsidies for aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing that turned increasingly sour under US President Donald Trump.
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Don’t worry, WhatsApp won’t see your texts… or nudes: expert
Many of the app's users have raised concerns and questions about what the updated policy meant for their personal data with rumours circulating that the mobile application will be sharing the personal data of its users with its parent company, Facebook.
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Zondo hears how Parly misled on profitability of diamond mining in Alexander Bay
Alluvial diamond contractor Gavin Craythorne took the witness stand on Monday.
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WATCH LIVE: Former Eskom CEO Koko returns to state capture inquiry
The former CEO has previously been implicated in allegations of wrongdoing by some witnesses at the commission.
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Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy
The social network began its purge Friday, shortly after it had permanently suspended Trump's account for language that could incite violence.
