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1 day ago | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan |Nadia Khan
The VAT rate was expected to rise from 15% to 15.5% on May 1The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, announced this morning that the proposed 0.5% Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate hike would be withdrawn. Image: File imageAfter a two-month-long battle, the Ministry of Finance announced that the proposed 0.5% Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate hike would be withdrawn. The VAT rate was expected to rise from 15% to 15.5% on May 1. The proposed increase was announced during the Budget Speech in March.
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1 month ago | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan |Nadia Khan
A woman ordered to pay her sister back her inheritance, allegedly cannot be located. Published 9m ago | Published 9m agoA Durban woman, who successfully challenged her sister in court after she swindled her inheritance from their late parents' estate, has been dealt a second blow. In the Verulam Regional Court, Bhavana Badassey, was ordered to pay her younger sister Zaaria Omarsaib (Swastika Badassey), 25, of Newlands West, over R730 000 with interest and legal fees.
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2 months ago | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan |Nadia Khan
Picture: XPublished 10m ago | Published 10m agoFive foreign national men, who were arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a nine-year-old boy and demanded a R15 million ransom, made their first appearance in the Atteridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
Shailen Singh. Pictures: FilePublished 14m ago | Published 14m agoThe father of slain businessman, Shailen Singh said the claims that his son’s murder was related to a “love relationship" with one of his alleged killers’ girlfriend, was not new. Speaking to the POST today, Singh’s father, Pradeep, said they had been aware of the relationship. “I knew of the relationship between my son and this said woman. It happened a few years ago. It was before he got married.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
Brothers, Darren Govender, in front, and Ferrel Govender, who are accused of murder, are expected to apply for bail todayPublished 12m ago | Published 12m agoThe bail application of two brothers accused of killing Mount Edgecombe businessman Shailen Singh is expected to get underway in the Durban Magistrate’s Court this morning.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
Murder accused, Ferrel Govender, lifts his hand to the crowd of supporters in the Durban Magistrate’s Court. Pictures: Leon Lestrade/Independent NewspapersPublished 10m ago | Published 10m agoTHE bail application of two brothers accused of killing Mount Edgecombe businessman Shailen Singh is expected to commence in the Durban Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
iolnewsletters.co.za | Nadia Khan
Murder accused, Ferrel Govender, lifts his hand to the crowd of supporters in the Durban Magistrate’s Court. Pictures: Leon Lestrade/Independent NewspapersPublished 4h ago | Published 4h agoTHE bail application of two brothers accused of killing Mount Edgecombe businessman Shailen Singh is expected to commence in the Durban Magistrate’s Court tomorrow.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
Law firm under fire after apparently using “non-existent” case studies generated from an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application. Picture: FilePublished 48m ago | Published 48m agoA Pietermaritzburg law firm has come under fire after apparently using “non-existent” case studies generated from an Artificial Intelligence (AI) application in court proceedings. This was heard during the handing down of judgment in a leave to appeal application in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wednesday.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
| Published 14m agoThe eThekwini Municipality has prohibited recreational activities, including fishing from the Umgeni Estuary to the Blue Lagoon non-bathing beach, due to a sewage effluent discharge. Gugu Sisilana, the city’s spokesperson, said an investigation to trace the source of the discharge along the Umgeni Estuary was being conducted. She said the prohibition was in accordance with the Coastal Compliance Notice issued by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
iol.co.za | Nadia Khan
Paven ChettyPublished 6m ago | Published 6m agoA MOTHER relived this week how armed robbers, who had shot and killed her son during an early morning home invasion, walked around his lifeless body looking for what they could steal. Paven Chetty, 36, of Padianagar Township, in Tugela, a father of three, was shot twice - in the back and neck. Speaking to the POST, Managi Chetty said her son was robbed of his life for R150 and four cellphones. “They had no mercy for my child.
