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Pick n Pay reduces cost to renew vehicle licence from R345 to R250
https://www.capetownetc.com/cape-to...st-to-renew-vehicle-licence-from-r345-to-r250
25 Jan. 2022

"... the service fee will now cost R250 instead of R345, while the delivery fee to your chosen address will cost R99.00 including VAT.

Therefore, the total price of performing a vehicle licence disc renewal at PnP and getting it couriered to your desired address is R349.99.

“The retailer hopes to roll out the service to all Pick n Pay Liquor and Clothing stores soon, too,” said PnP.

Previously, the service was only available at 19 selected retailers, now it is available at over 500 locations nationwide! ... "
 
A ‘new wave’ of bank scams is hitting SA, ombud warns – and sucks to be you if you get hit
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/m...-consumers-in-sa-with-scams-says-ombud-2022-1
28 Jan. 2022
  • There is a "new wave" of banking scams targeted at consumers and small business, says SA's banking ombud.
  • But the methods are much the same, often relying on people to hand over OTPs or other credentials to make payments.
  • If you fall for such a scam and your bank wasn't negligent, that's your problem, says the ombud.
  • New research says technically-minded people may be even more susceptible to phising than people who aren't as tech savvy.
Steyn [ombud Reana Steyn] highlighted an example that started with an email claiming payment was due to release a package at the Post Office. The recipient made the small payment requested – R42.50 – and then hit "approve" again when another payment authorisation request was sent to his cellphone immediately after. He noticed a reference to "Singapore" as he did so, and got in touch with his bank, but it was already too late, and he was out of pocket just over R16,000.

The victim turned to Steyn for help when the bank refused to accept liability, but found little sympathy.

"The responsibility is on customers to always remain vigilant and suspicious, especially when requested to provide their confidential banking details that they know can be used to access the funds in their accounts," said the ombud's office.

"The only time the bank will be held liable by the [ombud] is when the losses suffered by the customer were because of the bank’s negligence or wrongdoing." ...

New research suggests a lack of technical knowledge is not the problem. Security company F-Secure this week released the results of an exercise that saw it target more than 80,000 people across four organisations with "commonly used phishing tactics". It found that people in the IT and DevOps departments – which help guard against attacks and who are familiar with the risk of phising – clicked on suspicious links as often, or even more so, than everyone else.

IT employees were also terrible at reporting phising attempts, ranking far below other departments in how suspicious they were."
 
Kit Kat chocolates recalled because of broken glass
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/kit-kat-chocolates-recalled-because-of-broken-glass-2022-2
3 Feb. 2022

  • Nestlé South Africa "is initiating a voluntary recall" for some types of Kit Kat, because they may contain glass.
  • It is still investigating how that may have happened.
  • The dark chocolate and white chocolate versions are not affected.
  • You'll have to check the production run numbers on "finger" and "minis" variants to see if they fall into the affected group.
...To see if a chocolate is affected, you'll have to check a production number on the back.

The affected chocolates will have a best-before date of either 30 September 2022, or 31 October 2022.

The product codes for Nestlé Kit Kat 2 Finger Milk 36x20g UTZ MB affected are:

13590177
13600177
13620177
13630177
13640177
13650177
20010177
20100177
20110177
20100177
20110177

For the Nestlé Kit Kat Mini Bag Milk 32x200g UTZ the relevant product codes are:

20120177
20010177
20020177
20030177
20080177
13620177
13600177
13610177

Those should be returned to the place of purchase for a refund, said Nestlé.

It has asked consumers unsure about their Kit Kat to WhatsApp 0860 096 116, or email consumer.services@za.nestle.com, or reach out to it on social media.

If you think you have eaten one, "please consult a medical professional who will be able to provide you with the best advice and guidance", said the company.
 
zadiac said:
At the rate that Eskom wants to hike the price of electricity, ICE vehicles could well be cheaper in the near future....lol
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ICE are here to stay, (certainly in Africa), and for some time still in my opinion ... hell, South Africans are innovative, and will probably "brew" fuel if necessary to keep the tried and tested mechanisms going, cutting out The Department of Minerals and Energy in the process, (not unlike what happened in SA during the Second World War) ... unless of course there's some evolutionary development on cheaper, greener batteries, along with a more efficient method of converting electrical energy to mechanical energy and our government losing their bulls### plans of taxing us for sunlight, aka solar power tax.
 
Grace period for licence renewal extended until March
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/grace-period-for-licence-renewal-extended-until-march
4 Feb. 2022

"... According to Mbalula [Minister of Transport], learner’s licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits that expire during the period that commenced from 26 March 2020 up to 31 August 2021, are deemed to be valid and their validity periods are extended for a further grace period ending on 31 March 2022..."
 
Hooked said:
Grace period for licence renewal extended until March
https://www.capetownetc.com/news/grace-period-for-licence-renewal-extended-until-march
4 Feb. 2022

"... According to Mbalula [Minister of Transport], learner’s licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits that expire during the period that commenced from 26 March 2020 up to 31 August 2021, are deemed to be valid and their validity periods are extended for a further grace period ending on 31 March 2022..."
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But the backlog they have due to the machine that was not operational is September 2022... Where's the maths in that?
https://ewn.co.za/2022/02/03/no-extension-for-driving-licences-that-expire-end-of-march-mbalula
 
Intuthu Kagesi said:
You surely remember our previous President's math (in)ability ... mirrored by our erm ... (Don't have an)Education Minister :eek: ... How could we expect any more from others in the funny farm :rolleyes:
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Actually, I just worked it out and their maths is quite exceptional. You see, in order to drive without a renewed license once yours expire, you need a temporary license at a cost of R150 (for a A3 piece of paper, with ink and manual labour, let's call it R10 to produce). Now this license is only valid for three months and seeing as the deadline expires in March, there are exactly 6 months to September, so 2 x temp licenses, so an additional R280 profit per person in need of renewals, of which there are a couple of million.

I am just hoping that with all these extra millions of Rands that they can eventually pay back my SARS recon money which has been outstanding since last year September. Oh, wait, it hasn't been six months yet.
 
ivc_mixer said:
Actually, I just worked it out and their maths is quite exceptional. You see, in order to drive without a renewed license once yours expire, you need a temporary license at a cost of R150 (for a A3 piece of paper, with ink and manual labour, let's call it R10 to produce). Now this license is only valid for three months and seeing as the deadline expires in March, there are exactly 6 months to September, so 2 x temp licenses, so an additional R280 profit per person in need of renewals, of which there are a couple of million.

I am just hoping that with all these extra millions of Rands that they can eventually pay back my SARS recon money which has been outstanding since last year September. Oh, wait, it hasn't been six months yet.
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Good point that you raise, and I stand corrected, but think that OUTA have already tackled them on the subject, and as we have licences that never expire, only licence cards that do, we don't need to be sucked into that lil' scheme of theirs ;)

... as to SARS ... ask them for an extension and pay their interest willingly, (It's way less than bank rates), so you can make a few $ out of the process :giggle:
 
Intuthu Kagesi said:
Good point that you raise, and I stand corrected, but think that OUTA have already tackled them on the subject, and as we have licences that never expire, only licence cards that do, we don't need to be sucked into that lil' scheme of theirs ;)

... as to SARS ... ask them for an extension and pay their interest willingly, (It's way less than bank rates), so you can make a few $ out of the process :giggle:
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They owe me... :eek::facepalm:
 
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