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            <title>Tau launches upgraded, real-time beneficial ownership register in partnership with the CIPC</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau has launched the upgraded beneficial ownership register, through which accredited users from law enforcement agencies can get beneficial ownership information in real-time. The new model will expose ownership links and make tracing easier for law enforcement officials.]]></description>
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            <category>OWNERSHIP REGISTRY</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s stainless steel industry needs coordinated interventions across the value chain to address weak domestic demand, rising energy and logistics costs, global overcapacity and increasing import penetration, says the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic). The dtic states the sector remains strategically important to South Africa’s manufacturing base, with opportunities for beneficiation, value addition, exports and job creation. It is supported by established production capacity, technical expertise and a downstream manufacturing base serving the mining, water, energy, rail, automotive, food processing, construction and capital equipment manufacturing sectors.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <title>Nigeria wins arbitration as Sunrise's $400m hydropower claim dismissed</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigeria has won an international arbitration case after a tribunal dismissed a $400-million claim by Sunrise Power and Transmission over the long-delayed Mambilla hydroelectric project, Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi said on Tuesday. The September 17 ruling removes a major legal obstacle to the 3 050 MW hydropower project, potentially reviving Nigeria's biggest hydroelectric scheme after nearly two decades of delays.]]></description>
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            <title>Vital that new professional civil service legislation be implemented – BLSA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The professionalisation of the civil service is a key area of concern for organised business in South Africa's effort to support improved service delivery and some steps have been taken by the government to improve performance, including the signing into law of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Act. This Act will extend the function of the PSC to cover municipalities and public entities, as well as give it some teeth to enforce improved practices across government, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>PUBLIC SERVICE</category>
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            <title>Hill-Lewis welcomes ConCourt decision to invalidate Public Procurement Act</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the Constitutional Court's unanimous decision to invalidate the Public Procurement Act (PPA), owing largely to insufficient public participation. The court also awarded costs to the City of Cape Town (CoCT), to be paid by the President, Finance Minister, and Speaker as opposing respondents.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>PUBLIC PROCUREMENT</category>
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            <title>Ekurhuleni murders: Busa says ‘all-in response’ needed as it offers support</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Business Unity South Africa has lent its voice to the recent outrage expressed by all sectors of South Africa’s society, following the discovery of eight women’s bodies, in murder cases being tracked by police across Ekurhuleni. On Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa issued assurances to the public that the recent spate of murders of women in the East Rand area, in Gauteng, will be prioritised. Busa, on Wednesday, said the murders are a national crisis that is an assault on constitutional rights and human dignity, as it relayed its condolences to the families of the victims. “No woman should live in fear or be denied the freedom to move, work and participate fully in society. Violence against women is not a private or marginal issue; it is a national crisis that harms communities, weakens our economy and diminishes us all,” Busa stated.]]></description>
            <author>Sashnee Moodley</author>
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            <title>Single-tier model could strengthen government delivery – institution </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Having analysed the Draft White Paper on Local Government, civil engineering professional body the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) notes that it has correctly identified systemic flaws, with SAICE noting that, with the right implementation architecture, the document has the potential to “finally change things on the ground”. One of the most important areas that the White Paper gets right, SAICE CEO Sekadi Phayane-Shakhane explains, is its diagnosis of Constitutional autonomy as a structural barrier, noting that under the current framework, municipalities hold constitutional protection over infrastructure functions, including water, sanitation and electricity distribution, regardless of whether they have the technical capacity.]]></description>
            <author>Lynne Davies</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa urged to lock in reforms before Ramaphosa leaves</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa must enshrine its reform process in law to guarantee the momentum gained under President Cyril Ramaphosa endures after he leaves office, said the head of a key business lobby group. “The reform project is the most important project that is happening in this country,” Business Leadership South Africa Chief Executive Officer Busi Mavuso said in an interview at Bloomberg’s office in Johannesburg on Wednesday. “Reducing government dominance in the country gives the country the resilience in order to continue functioning, irrespective of what happens in politics.” Investors have warmed to Africa’s largest economy as reforms begin to bear fruit, most visibly with the end of almost daily power cuts as the state-owned electricity utility improves its performance.]]></description>
            <author>  Bloomberg</author>
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            <title>Draft policy on petroleum stocks will test capacity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ Draft Strategic Petroleum Stocks Policy 2026 carries material operational, financial and infrastructure implications that must be carefully assessed before finalisation, says industry body Fuels Industry Association of South Africa (FIASA).   The draft proposes a mixed reserve model that would require government to hold 60 days of cover while legally compelling private oil companies and wholesalers to store strategic commercial stock of a further 21 days at their own cost.  ]]></description>
            <author>Keabetswe Shilakwe</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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The obligation translates into higher working capital requirements to fund larger inventory volumes. For refiners, wholesalers and distributors, this adds cost pressure at a time when margins are already under scrutiny

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            <title>Western Cape expands police-station lawyer project after promising Grassy Park results</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-en.creamermedia.com/article/wcape-saps-global-initiative-against-transnational-organised-crime-launch-lawyers-in-police-stations-project-2026-09-04</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Western Cape Police Oversight and Community Safety Minister Anroux Marais last month unveiled the Lawyers in Police Stations Project (LPSP), in partnership with the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime (GI-TOC). The project pretty much does what it says on the label: It focuses on strengthening the technical capacity and skills of police officers by providing in-station legal mentorship and training, guidance on statement taking, as well as legal advice and community support.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>CRIME</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Steel scrap policy distorting local steel market – recycling association</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Industry organisation the Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has called for the suspension of the Price Preference System (PPS), under which South Africa recyclers must first offer scrap at a 30% discount to local steel mills and pay the freight to a domestic mill before being permitted to export it. In July, South Africa exported 113 000 t of primary steel products, of which 25 862 t was semi-finished steel products, including billets, blooms and slabs.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>NCRS publishes proposed amendments to strengthen vehicle safety requirements</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) has published proposed amendments to the Compulsory Specification for Motor Vehicles of Category M1 (VC 8022), aimed at strengthening the minimum compulsory safety requirements for new passenger vehicles sold in South Africa. The NRCS is now inviting consumers, vehicle manufacturers, importers, industry bodies and other interested stakeholders to review the proposals and participate in the consultation process.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Independent investigation finds no diesel missing, but identifies governance lapses – Eskom</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[An independent investigation, commissioned by State-owned power utility Eskom, into diesel procurement and storage contracts under Tender MWP2197GX found no evidence that diesel paid for by Eskom is missing. The investigation did, however, confirm instances of non-adherence to Eskom processes concerning payments made to certain suppliers.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>DIESEL CONTRACTS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>CIPC celebrates fifteenth anniversary, tenth year of clean audits</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Regulator the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary serving the South African economy by formalising businesses and promoting investment. It has also achieved a decade of consecutive clean audits.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Innovation key to  sector growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Creating a competitive advantage has become the South African food and beverage sector's greatest challenge, with business organisation the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) identifying technology, regional trade and value-added manufacturing as key drivers of future growth. The sector remains resilient despite economic pressure, supported by sophisticated food manufacturing industries, strong agricultural capabilities, established retailers and internationally recognised food brands, says JCCI business development strategist Marcus Wendell Jacobs.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Wire industry flags circumvention of import rules as main cause of distress</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s wire industry is struggling to sustain itself amid the circumvention of import duties, including through the misdeclaration of imported products – often at values below the cost of the raw materials used in the production process – and inadequate enforcement of import tariffs.  ]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Nene appointed Financial and Fiscal Commission chair</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed Nhlanhla Nene as chairperson of the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) and Malijeng Ngqaleni as its deputy chairperson. Additionally, Bulelwa Nqadolo, Neo Tsholanku, Andrew Donaldson and Astrid Ludin have been appointed as members of the commission.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Digital VAT will use electronic invoicing, reporting – SARS</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has called for comment on the value-added tax (VAT) Modernisation Consultation Paper that aims to support a modern, transparent and efficient VAT administration system in South Africa. The Consultation Paper outlines a proposed digital VAT model that brings together e-invoicing, an interoperability framework and e-reporting to reposition VAT administration for the economy, ease compliance obligations and strengthen oversight.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's proposed shift from voluntary to mandatory strategic petroleum stockholding may strengthen protection against fuel supply shocks, but will require importers to finance more stock and risk trapping the working capital needed to keep trade moving, says cross-border financial technology firm Verto. The dual-obligation model detailed in the gazetted Draft Strategic Petroleum Stocks Policy requires State strategic stocks equivalent to 60 days of net imports that will be managed by the South African National Petroleum Company, and 21 days of mandatory stocks for licensed wholesalers and importers.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has noted the High Court judgment declaring the suspension of Public Investment Corporation (PIC) CEO Patrick Dlamini invalid and unlawful. In a media statement, the Minister says this judgement vindicates the actions taken by the National Treasury and Cabinet to restore governance at South African’s largest asset management institution.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury and the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) have published the draft Crypto Assets Manual for cross-border activities for comment. The institutions had published the draft Capital Flow Management Regulations 2026 for public comment on April 17.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transport Minister Barbara Creecy and Deputy Minister Mkhuleko Hlengwa have welcomed Cabinet's decision to approve the extension of the validity period of driving licences for Codes A, A1, B and EB from five to ten years. The ten-year renewal period will apply only to light motor vehicles. Heavy commercial and public transport vehicles will remain subject to the existing five-year renewal cycle and the Professional Driving Permits to the existing two-year cycle.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trusted Employer Scheme Phase 2, introduced by the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), significantly expands access to the programme and introduces a fully digital application process, says immigration consulting firm IBN Immigration Solutions Africa and Europe senior director Andreas Krensel. An important change is that Phase 2 no longer follows a single assessment model. Instead, qualifying businesses can now apply under one of three dedicated scorecard pathways, which recognise that different types of organisations contribute to South Africa’s economy in different ways.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The resilience shown by the South African economy since re-escalation of the US-Israel and Iran war, with the rand holding up better than it has during past global shocks, is a direct result of a deliberate build-up of policy credibility, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busisiwe Mavuso. This build-up includes a lower inflation target, a primary budget surplus that has been widening since 2023/24 after 15 years of deficits and a planned fiscal trajectory that will see government debt peak at 78.9% of GDP this year before falling towards 75% by the end of the decade, she points out in her latest weekly newsletter.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts last month addressed the 2026 Annual Air Quality Priority Area Summit in Rustenburg, in the North West province, highlighting the responsibility of government, industry, civil society, academia and citizens to work together to reduce air pollution and advance environmental justice. The theme of the summit, ‘Collective Accountability for Clean Air: Clean Air is Not a Privilege, but a Fundamental Right’, focused on how poor air quality disproportionately affects the most vulnerable members of society, with children, the elderly and people with underlying disease bearing the brunt.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public money is properly managed”. The Treasury says the goal is also to address unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and to ensure that municipal officials and office-bearers are held accountable for their management of public funding.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission, the Black Management Forum (BMF) and the Procurement Performance Institute on July 14 held a virtual press briefing outlining their joint stakeholder submission to National Treasury regarding the Draft Public Procurement Regulations issued under the Public Procurement Act. Speaking in the briefing, BMF policy and research committee chairperson Dr Shevonne Henry warned that a major issue facing public procurement was criticisms of corruption, and that there was a need to corruption-proof these processes.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has announced that it has initiated an urgent application to the High Court to put the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) second phase on hold. Outa believes that government is bringing the amended legislation into force although it has not yet set up the legal safeguards that motorists have the right to have. In the application, the organisation is asking the Court to pause Aarto Phase 2 until government ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng calls for a fair, transparent and collaborative intergovernmental process to resolve the decision by the National Treasury to withhold equitable share allocations from six municipalities in the province. Treasury announced last week that it would withhold equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across the country.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[National Treasury is temporarily withholding the July equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities across all nine provinces in an effort to “instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public money is properly managed”. Treasury says the goal is also to address unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and to ensure that municipal officials and office-bearers are held accountable for their management of public funding.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Section 34A of the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act requires that the independent transmission system operator (ITSO), as the licensed transmitter, control the network it operates, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA). President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his February State of the Nation Address, confirmed that the new entity “will have ownership and control of transmission assets”, and the Presidency again reaffirmed this position in June, said BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso in her weekly newsletter.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) says it is making progress ahead of schedule in its digital transformation agenda to reform all systems and processes by decentralising access to services through technology. The reform programme, started in 2024, to use technology to bring services directly to citizens is delivering measurable results and more ambitious reforms will be introduced.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says public governance responsibilities are best achieved through continued engagement, constructive dialogue and institutional processes through which evidence is considered and policy positions are refined in the interest of the public. Withdrawal from these forums limits opportunities to influence governance outcomes, it states in response to business organisation Business Unity South Africa’s (Busa’s) withdrawal of its representative from the UIF board of directors and UIF-related structures at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s steel industry is facing an “emergency situation” driven by global overcapacity, surging low-cost imports and collapsing domestic production, which has led to government and Parliament pushing parallel interventions to stabilise the sector and protect thousands of jobs.    Authority responsible for trade remedies in South Africa the International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) has gazetted proposed tariff increases, rebate provisions and import-control measures following a steel tariff review that began in March 2025. Itac chief commissioner Ayabonga Cawe says the review underscores the severity of the crisis.   ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[International recognition of South Africa’s accredited testing, inspection, certification and verification results is helping local companies to export goods and services under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement by reducing technical barriers to trade, lowering compliance costs and limiting the need for duplicate testing and certification across borders. National accreditation body the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) executive: accreditation Mpho Phaloane says SANAS supports South African companies aiming to export under the AfCFTA Agreement through internationally recognised accreditation that helps to demonstrate conformity and compliance.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African companies face a growing challenge because compliance with South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) certification and South African National Standards (SANS) does not always align with EU regulatory requirements, notes International Organisation for Standardisation specialist World Wide Industrial & Engineering Systems (WWISE) MD Muhammad Ali. Ali says many exporters incorrectly assume that compliance with local standards will automatically provide access to international markets, but it does not.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Domestic and foreign travellers must now declare cash in their possession above the threshold of R100 000 when crossing the country’s land and seaports, says national financial intelligence unit the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). From July 1, travellers crossing any of the country’s air, land or sea borders and who have in their possession cash, goods, currency and/or bearer negotiable instruments above the threshold of R100 000 will be required to declare this through the Customs and Excise traveller management system.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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