Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the relationship between the government and the taxpayer
is crucial, and we couldn't agree more. Perhaps what many taxpayers would like to see - if the relationship is to be a good one - is a far better use of tax funds not least of which would be achieved through more efficient management, less wastage, and far less corruption.
On the consumer front, are you up to speed on
returns policies and the CPA? If not, Danie Strachan has some words of advice for you.
For all you aspiring learner drivers, and wannabe petrol-heads out there, here's some news of
South African tech designed to help get your drivers license faster. Proposed changes to the National Road Traffic Act could see it taking up to 12 months longer to get a drivers license, so anything you can do to speed it up a bit, would help. Right?
On the emotive subject of the land issue, TAU SA says it's
about the economy, not emotions or politics. Well, that sounds sensible to many people, but unfortunately, emotions do sometimes get in the way on many issues. Here's hoping common sense rules.
It's wheel spanners at dawn... or not. Our tame motoring editor,
Henrie Geyser, reckons the new
Nissan Infiniti is fit to rumble the Germans. Ja! He reckons this offering from The Land of The Rising Sun is one of the classiest brands and strikingly good looking - like our Henrie, then? (He tends more towards the "ruggedly..." Whatever.)
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The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the call for entries for the 2013 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). The prize aims to support Africans efforts to develop new products, increase efficiency and drive cost-savings. 
SA's beleaguered ostrich industry, already collapsing under a European Union (EU) export ban as it waits for at least three months for bird flu tests to prove negative, has suffered a blow after the virus was found in the Breede River to Great Brak River area last week. 
The ANC must not create "pandemonium" among business and the public over land reform, Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said on Thursday. 
Through their "Trees for Zambia" project, Cape Town-based social enterprise Greenpop aims to fight the deforestation in the Livingstone area. The goals of this project are to plant indigenous trees in protected national parks and concessions, plant fruit trees at schools, educate the local community about the importance of trees, and develop micro tree-nurseries that will give local community members an additional revenue - and that will give trees a direct value. 
