By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Pension Funds Adjudicator has ordered the Motor Industry Provident Fund to pay a pensioner compensation after he went seven months without receiving his monthly pension. The fund blamed a bank technical error for the missed payments between August 2024 and February 2025. The PFA found the fund's behaviour "reprehensible". Therefore, in addition, to paying the member back payment of some R72,000 plus interest, the fund was also ordered to pay compensation to the amount of R5 000 for failing to attend to the complaint. Pension Funds Adjudicator, Lebogang Mogashoa explains... 

By Newsbreak Producer Hoosen Ebrahim - The Pension Funds Adjudicator has ordered the Motor Industry Provident Fund to pay a pensioner compensation after he went seven months without receiving his monthly pension. The fund blamed a bank technical error for the missed payments between August 2024 and February 2025. The PFA found the fund's behaviour "reprehensible". Therefore, in addition, to paying the member back payment of some R72,000 plus interest, the fund was also ordered to pay compensation to the amount of R5 000 for failing to attend to the complaint. Pension Funds Adjudicator, Lebogang Mogashoa explains...&nbsp;

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By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Department of Home Affairs has sought to clarify concern around the issuing of online death certificates before the disposal of bodies. Concern was raised by the People's Freedom Party who say this could have a negative impact on those who follow Islamic law - which prescribes for the immediate burial of a body. The department says where immediate burial is required for cultural or religious reasons and a Home Affairs office is not open or available; a notice of death form (DHA 1663) must be completed by a medical professional. This allows the burial to proceed, with formal registration done once Home Affairs offices reopen. Deputy Director General for Operations at the Department of Home Affairs, Thulani Mavuso elaborates...

By Newsbreak Producer Tashlan Naidoo - The Department of Home Affairs has sought to clarify concern around the issuing of online death certificates before the disposal of bodies. Concern was raised by the People's Freedom Party who say this could have a negative impact on those who follow Islamic law - which prescribes for the immediate burial of a body. The department says where immediate burial is required for cultural or religious reasons and a Home Affairs office is not open or available; a notice of death form (DHA 1663) must be completed by a medical professional. This allows the burial to proceed, with formal registration done once Home Affairs offices reopen. Deputy Director General for Operations at the Department of Home Affairs, Thulani Mavuso elaborates...

#PODCAST Home Affairs address concerns over the issuing of online death certificates prior to burial or cremation #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2026 Budget Speech is expected to strike a careful balance between fiscal discipline and political reality. That's according to Professor André Roux, economist at Stellenbosch Business School. Minister Godongwana will deliver the 2026 Budget Speech next Wednesday, the 25th of February. Professor Roux says with local government elections looming, he predicts the Minister will avoid major tax shocks while maintaining a commitment to a primary budget surplus and stabilising South Africa's debt burden...

By Newsbreak Producer Taliesha Naidoo - Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2026 Budget Speech is expected to strike a careful balance between fiscal discipline and political reality. That's according to Professor Andr&eacute; Roux, economist at Stellenbosch Business School. Minister Godongwana will deliver the 2026 Budget Speech next Wednesday, the 25th of February. Professor Roux says with local government elections looming, he predicts the Minister will avoid major tax shocks while maintaining a commitment to a primary budget surplus and stabilising South Africa's debt burden...

#PODCAST Economist André Roux previews Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's Budget Speech, set for next week #sabcnews

The KwaZulu-Natal e-Hailing Council and the Phoenix Taxi Association have agreed to work together following the assault on an e-hailing driver on Saturday. The Provincial Department of Transport convened an emergency meeting in Phoenix, north of Durban, to ease tensions between e-hailing and taxi operators in the area. Zanele Buthelezi has more...

The KwaZulu-Natal e-Hailing Council and the Phoenix Taxi Association have agreed to work together following the assault on an e-hailing driver on Saturday. The Provincial Department of Transport convened an emergency meeting in Phoenix, north of Durban, to ease tensions between e-hailing and taxi operators in the area. Zanele Buthelezi has more...

#PODCAST Adjudicator orders Motor Industry Fund to pay back over R72k after a seven-month pension payout delay #sabcnews

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