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    Dubai airport lounges

    Spent 4 hours at the Ahlan lounge in T3 about 2 weeks ago. Found it pretty decent and was quieter than other lounges.
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    Americans brace to start New Year without healthcare

    NHI would become a reality if everyone’s premium increased fourfold.
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    Telkom international roaming for prepaid customers – up to R300,000 per GB

    Was this message sent with telkom prepaid in 2021.
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    The best medical aid in South Africa that you can’t join

    They shouldn’t be on any medical aid and instead be the first members of the new NHI, they can test their own ideas out firsthand.
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    Immigrating to the UK

    I think i used printed out bank statement, SARS tax return and medical aid statement, they only asked for 1 but figured 3 would work better. They didn’t say anything about it being printed statements.
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    Wealthy foreigners flocking to South Africa

    We have a retirement visa?
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    R4.62 petrol price relief for South Africa

    Can we stop the sensationalist headline and add the word cumulative price relief.
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    How much you’ll get when withdrawing from the new two-pot retirement system – after tax

    “SARS has made it clear that withdrawals from the vested component will be taxed at the individual’s marginal tax rate.” Surely this isn’t correct? The vested pot follows the old rules.
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    Immigrating to the UK

    Also used this new route (however mine was maternal grandfather between years 1983-1987) and got my passport a few months ago, was approximately a year long process from docs submitted to passport in hand.
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    Cheapest way to access data while travelling in the UK? Also do I need a VPN for hotel WiFi?

    Which is better, Ubigi or Airalo in terms of connectivity, or not much difference? Ubigi seems a bit better priced.
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    New two pot retirement system

    A few additional questions if you perhaps may know the answers. What happens in the case of resignations, and the transfer of the vested pot and savings components? If transferring to a private RA, do they also see it as vested component transfer and savings component transfer? Especially...
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    Immigrating to the UK

    Also recently acquired citizenship through 4L, you only need retention before the ceremony, as the ceremony is when you officially become a citizen. As mentioned above, it takes about 4-6 weeks for the retention and I waited almost 3 months for my ceremony invite. I did actually arrange my...
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    New two pot retirement system

    If someone has 2 or 3 RA’s, how are they capping the 10% and to a maximum of R30 000? Sure it will be picked up most likely when submitting tax returns but that is still after withdrawals.
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    4,700 South African Post Office jobs safe – for now

    To be reassessed on the 30th of May
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    85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way

    Rename it all, so the decay and destruction is associated with the new name. This will be their legacy.
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