For those of you who don't believe it's possible to get blood out of a stone, your friendly taxman has a plan...
Not only has SARS proudly announced that
tax collection has increased, but to cheer us all up, the government department we all love is going to
tighten its tax collection laws. Apparently the aim is to target wealthy individuals who SARS reckons are costing the country millions of rands every year through tax evasion.
Still on the finance front, Amy Johnson shows you
four ways to keep up with payroll and tax law so you don't fall foul of the above-mentioned.
About your mobile phone... Fred Mitchell writes that while the only thing men will boast about as having the smallest has revolutionised the way we work and communicate, it has also become a new avenue for cybercriminals to relieve you of your cash before the taxman does. So beware...
viruses are now also infecting mobile devices.
On a much happier note, for those few remaining with money to spare after a round of price increases, our tame motoring editor, Henrie Geyser, has just the vehicle to which you can attach your e-tag. It's the new Mercedes B-Class, which Henrie gives an A for being
cute, cool, and connected - rather like Henrie himself, then.
Rod Baker, general manager: content
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African government ministers attending the recent Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have pledged their support for the ZA Central Registry's (ZACR) bid to become the dotAfrica registry operator. The ZACR is a non-profit company based in South Africa, and is the administrator of the popular CO.ZA domain name space. 
Vox Pureview, the conferencing and collaboration specialist within the Vox Telecom group, says its new Eyeris mobile application is the first affordable app that offers boardroom-quality video conferencing, no matter where the participants are. 
The rise of the HTML5 web standard, paired with the growing penetration of smartphones into South Africa, will help to bring rich self-service applications to a mass market via their cellphones. 
Turkish cellphone operator Turkcell has filed a US$4.2bn (R32.45bn) lawsuit in a US court against MTN over alleged corruption in a deal in Iran, the companies said yesterday. 
NEW YORK, US: Some 63% of global, socially-conscious consumers are under age 40, consult social media when making purchase decisions and are most concerned about environmental, educational and hunger causes, according to a 
The South African Revenue Service has vowed to enhance its tax collection laws in a renewed bid to target wealthy individuals who are said to be costing the country millions of rands every year through tax evasion. 
Government has once again exceeded its revenue collection target for the financial year that ended on March 31, indicating an improved performance by the South African Revenue Service (SARS). 
Telkom said on Friday that its results for year ended 31 March 2011 will be restated to reflect the entire investment in the Multi-Links business as a discontinued operation. 
