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DRAFT TAX LAW AMENDMENT BILL

Taxman gives seven months’ notice – thereafter retirement funds captured for three years

Government moving to hold onto South Africans’ retirement funds On July 31 2020, the Draft Tax Law Amendment Bill (“TLAB”) contained a hidden announcement, which may prove to be the final straw for many ex-South Africans who still have…

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Directions issued by health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allow for South Africans arriving back in SA to self-quarantine.Image: 123RF/ADZIC NATASA
SELF QUARANTINE

Expatriates now allowed to self-isolate on return from abroad, says NGO

AfriForum says it welcomes regulations that have been published in the Government Gazette which stipulate that people returning to SA from abroad may self-isolate for a fixed period. The organisation says this means its struggle of four…

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CORONAVIRUS

Expats may now return to South Africa under special conditions

Foreign expatriates are now allowed to enter South Africa during the National State of Disaster under exceptional circumstances. This follows the announced amended regulations by the Minister of Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on July 3.…

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