The South African Revenue Service (Sars) on Thursday reminded taxpayers they had just four days left to submit their personal income tax returns through e-filling. Walk-in submissions closed in October and the online system is expected to close on 16 November. Sars has had to make changes to the way it collects taxes this year due to...
Day: <span>13 November 2020</span>
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Facebook is Mostly Relieved after the Election Passes Without Major Mishap
The feeling inside Facebook is mostly relieved as the company got through the 2020 U.S. election without any claims of foreign interference or rampant misinformation, two employees told CNBC. A third person who worked closely on the election characterized the mood as guarded, with continued vigilance necessary against posts that would encourage civil unrest. After preparing for the...
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Doctor’s Self-funded Test lab Leads way in Somalia’s COVID fight
Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu’s first advanced diagnostic laboratory. Its arrival could hardly have been better timed because, just two months later, the coronavirus epidemic reached the Horn of Africa country. Since then Medipark Diagnostics, which he runs with five other doctors who pooled $1...
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Unemployment Rate in South Africa Keep Rising now is Sitting on 30.8%
Unemployment in South Africa has soared to 30.8% in the last three months, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for the third quarter of 2020 revealed. The rise was a 7.5% increase from the second quarter. This comes after Stats SA in September reported that despite the South African economy shedding 2.2 million jobs due...