Thursday, 1 October 2026

Discovery Health will raise contributions by 7.4% to 8.9% next year, while medicine prices received an extraordinary 2.88% October increase after manufacturers reported sharply higher input costs.

Home Affairs will stop producing green ID books by 31 March 2027 and stop recognising them a year later, with digital IDs planned for smartphones and 515 bank branches offering Smart ID applications.

Estate-fraud specialists warned that criminals exploit fragmented, manual processes to divert inheritances, advising beneficiaries to identify assets, contact institutions directly and verify executors independently.

Index funds’ compulsory buying pushed Stadio Holdings sharply higher during a rebalancing auction, but the price retreated when the temporary, price-insensitive demand disappeared the following Monday.

Small-business founders were urged to plan succession early by documenting processes, developing employees and building systems so operations and relationships do not depend on one person.