The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has enforced a new reporting obligation on casinos, car dealers and attorneys. The cash threshold reporting system requires the organisations to report all cash transactions of R25 000 or more.
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The cash threshold reporting obligation has come into play since Monday, 04 October 2010, in an attempt to help law enforcement [...]

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Tonight on the show, the Carte Blanche Consumer team takes a look at just how much you are paying for the parts needed to repair your car and also the dangers of teenagers riding quad bikes on public roads.

Quad bikes
At age thirteen, CJ Richards lost his lower jaw in a quad-biking accident. And Ben Zeelie’s [...]

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President Zuma is planning to adopt a ‘hands-on’ approach to improve government performance and speed up service delivery. In November 2010 he will embark on a trip to visit a range of government facilities across the country: “We will visit the best and the worst hospitals, police stations, home affairs offices, social grant [...]

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The Carte Blanche Consumer team tackles two topical issues on the show tonight: how the Consumer Protection Act will impact on gym memberships and how to protect your personal information online. In the meantime, read through our tips on how to tighten up your security settings on Facebook.

Hackers
There are growing concerns about giving away [...]

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The Presidency Hotline has received mixed signals since its rather chaotic launch on 14 September 2010, with over 17 000 calls coming in that first day.
The most frequent complaints about the hotline are that consumers battle to get through to the toll-free number, and once they do the response times are far too slow. [...]

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