Day: April 19, 2025
News24 | Wendy Knowler | If you don’t check that discounts reflect at the till – you’re missing out
Pricing mistakes often happen – where items may scan higher than shelf prices, or you don't get a discount owed to you. If you notice it on your till slip later, you're entitled to a refund of the overcharge, or with some stores, a lot...
Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape govt takes steps to do away with apartheid-era decree of former Transkei
The Eastern Cape legislature is working hard to finalise Eastern Cape Environmental Management Act regulations, which will have the effect of repealing an environmental conservation decree which came into effect in the former Transkei in July 1992.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Waiting to wed: South Africans embrace later marriages for growth and stability
If "only fools rush in", then South Africans are no fools, with the average age of brides and grooms in the country continuing to rise.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Umalusi flags errors spotted in 44 marking guidelines before start of 2024 matric exams
A total of 52 marking guidelines drafted for markers of the November 2024 National Senior Certificate exams did not provide all correct answers, while 44 contained typographical errors and 66 "were not fair, valid, or reliable".
Continue ReadingNews24 | How Cape Town woman, 90, ‘found’ her dad… who had once lived down the street from her
When a young Louisa Lawrence asked her relatives about her biological father one day in the 1940s, she had no reason not to believe them when they told her he had died.
Continue ReadingNews24 | ISIS-linked ‘Sharia Court’ behind Joburg extortion, kidnapping and terror, court told
A "Sharia Court" affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been terrorising foreign nationals in Johannesburg, shooting at vehicles and torching businesses when they refuse to pay extortion fees, according to a police detective's affidavit before the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court.
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