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    FNB under fire for R25 monthly fee for business banking account holders

    FNB violating National Credit Act (NCA) NCA requires credit providers to deliver regular periodic statements to consumers. Section 65 of NCA the credit provider must offer the consumer a choice. When you open an account or sign a credit agreement, the bank must allow you to select your...
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    FNB under fire for R25 monthly fee for business banking account holders

    Classic case of "Enshittification" (coined by author and tech activist Cory Doctorow) describes the process where digital platforms and services gradually degrade in quality over time. I opted in to receiving email statements, but FNB stopped sending them anyway. Statements in GMAIL are much...
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    Belle Rive Farm in the Free State is set to become South Africa's largest off-grid commercial farm

    Factors in deciding to invest in Solar: 45% increase in price of electricity - with more increases expected dropping prices of panels, batteries, inverters making the investment affordable financing available from financial institutions for capex investment Tax incentives for businesses Section...
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    Precision satellite components from South Africa were onboard the Falcon 9 rocket on its latest Transporter-17 mission

    Why are ZA not using SANSA (South African National Space Agency) for this launch? Why are ZA not using BrainSAT for the launch services? Are ZA allowed to use non BBBEE compliant providers? (Starlink comes to mind)
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    Discovery Bank's AI prepares payment details from invoices automatically

    +1 I have tired eyes. The App fonts are so small on the app that my eyes bleed. The App ignores Android font settings. I prefer to use my 27" screen on my PC. Why is a lot of functionality missing from the web app?
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    South Africans face biometric and identity verification processes that use their personal information when they sign up for a banking app

    And yet these bank fail to detect corruption and fraud flying thru their bank accounts. Crime Intelligence, Major-General Feroz Khan had bank accounts. Tembisa fraud committed by Hangwani Maumela (Squirrel's family) - money went thru bank accounts. Christopher Tshivule (Lotto corruption) money...
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    South African government refused to sell Post Office for R5.22 billion in Alibaba deal

    Selling Post Office for R5.22b to Mark + Alibaba, is not the same as "handing over" and makes financial sense. Would you be happier Selling Post Office for R5.22b to Mark + Fedex Selling Post Office for R5.22b to Mark + Alibaba Letting Post Office collapse and sink more taxpayer money Much...
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    The primary dangers of a digital ID system in South Africa

    The problem is when this digital id is required to access services. here is an example: GoGo don't have a smartphone to take a selfie to verify against Home Affairs digital ID, so GoGo can't use Capitec... Capitec only works with App. Even web banking requires Capitec App to function. GoGo...
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    South African satellite Internet and communication company launched

    So Government aka taxpayer is buying services from BrainSAT. Pretty sure Starlink is cheaper and faster. Where are the tender docs?
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    ACT goes quiet on Fair Share in South Africa

    Double Dipping. The end user is already paying huge for data - see how much profit MTN and Vodacom are making from data charges: MTN Group Data Revenue: Surged by 37.7% to reach R101.5 billion on a reported basis. This milestone marks the first time MTN's data business has crossed the R100...
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    South Africans must be worried about recent massive data leak

    These scammers buy or takeover small legitimate trusted apps then re-release them rebranded with hidden RAT capabilities. aka "Trojan Horse Update" play store update or a "Supply Chain Attack" (use my special SDK) Google Says Nothing To See Here As 50 Android Apps Infected By Malware (2026) see...
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    South Africans must be worried about recent massive data leak

    After all these ZA data leaks TransUnion 2022 Experian 2020 Standard Bank / Liberty 2026 StatsSA 2026 Polmed XP95 Gauteng Provincial Government 2026 Cell C 2025/26 The "Master Deeds" Leak 2017 Netstar 2026 etc We may as well assume that any Phisher has your: Full Name RSA ID Date of Birth...
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    15 of Johannesburg's own city councillors have outstanding electricity bills

    ‘Fraud’ pastor with 3 SA identities bagged R500m at broke CityPower Paywalled: https://www.news24.com/investigations/fraud-pastor-with-3-sa-identities-bagged-r500m-at-broke-johannesburg-power-entity-20260618-1122
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    WhatsApp Plus launched in South Africa

    Plenty of these
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