To illustrate just how diabolical these perpetrators can be, the NPA is looking into Lottery money intended for an old age home being used to buy an estate in North West, which has since been turned into a boutique hotel.
A Nedbank employee was jailed after being caught helping herself to R5.3 million of the bank’s money, while another woman was sentenced for stealing R9 million from a mining company.
A US man who thought he’d won $340 million in a lottery is suing the organisers and a website which published his numbers, it has said, by mistake.
Autry Stephens sold his company, Endeavor Energy Resources, to Diamondback Energy earlier this week in a $26 billion cash-and-stock deal.
Cape Town is about to see a real wealth boom.
The Hawks are tailing yet another alleged scam artist accused of selling dreams of riches that have seen many people lose their life savings.
Of course, where there is a big name, there is massive amounts of money.
A new proposal by the Department of Employment and Labour’s National Minimum Wage Commission means domestic workers in South Africa could receive a significant and mandatory pay hike.
Global issues have made so-called greener pastures seem less attractive lately.
Poor Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained after being stopped by customs officials at Munich Airport.
A group of 78 disgruntled passengers are now demanding a criminal probe into the company as they’re desperately trying to claw back R302 million in refunds.
This is probably one of the more stark and poignant tales of how money cannot buy you happiness.
The current reality is that one of South Africa’s most expensive private day schools broke through the R240,000 barrier. That’s for a single matric year, by the way.
I can’t help but imagine what South Africa could be if we had more people like Engelhorn in the ranks.
A Pretoria businessman has been accused of living a high life with fancy cars and a swanky house while conveniently forgetting to pay his ex-wife’s spousal maintenance, his two kids’ school fees, and some other bills.
The City wishes to spoil its workers with lavish gifts, while the city declines further into a state of decay and disrepair and officials struggle to collect revenue.
The National Treasury set the record straight, saying that only individual clients were harmed by the bank scandal activity and not SA as a whole.
The mysterious dealings are even more intriguing as the masterpiece has suddenly been taken off the market, even though it doesn’t seem to have been sold.
These two are as ridiculous as ever.
Everyone is begging the questions: Where do the meals and snacks end up – and why has the Air Force’s higher authority not yet questioned the lavish catering costs?
Springbok players like Eben Etzebeth, Faf de Klerk, Damian Willemse, and Ox Nche are cashing in through other initiatives and businesses on the side.
The billionaire ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the gift that keeps on giving.
The only silver lining in this circus seems to be the silver trim your town’s municipal manager is putting on his new Mercedes.
Here’s your feel-good (read: jealous) Friday story.
The numbers are straight out of Eskom’s books, which published its consolidated annual financial results, where they even reported a massive financial loss to the company for the year.
If you’re still wondering whether your university-bound child made the right career choice, this should provide some clarity on whether you’ll be retiring early or bankrolling your precious little gift for the next fifteen years.
Despite a challenging past decade, South Africa is still home to over twice as many high-net-worth individuals as any other African country, notes the report.
Many South African taxpayers might have had their hearts leap out of their chests when they received an SMS from the South African Revenue Service (SARS) on Tuesday.
In an effort to ensure transparency and to instil public trust and confidence in parliament, each member is required to declare significant holdings in businesses, shares owned, as well as gifts received in the register of members’ interests for 2023.
The Mercer Institute’s global pensions report recently looked at 47 pension systems across the world, to see how the recent bout of worldwide chaos has affected retirement.