RC 261023Cape TalkStephen Grootes
Friday, 23 October 2026
Tax cases from the state capture-era commissions, a Pick n Pay retrenchment climbdown and a PHP vulnerability that took government websites offline dominated this Money Show.
- 18:13
SARS has handed more than 100 tax cases from the Commissions of Inquiry to the NPA, Commissioner Johnson Makubu said after the medium-term budget.
- 18:02
Pick n Pay has withdrawn its Section 189A retrenchment consultation that threatened around 22,000 store-based employees, after reaching an agreement with its primary labour partner.
- 19:01
The Health Department has recorded 595 gastrointestinal illness cases linked to the Bronkhorstspruit water contamination, 44% of them children under four, and will open a case over non-compliance.
- 18:25
Government websites went offline over the PHP vulnerability, a known weakness rather than a confirmed hack, while fixes are made and tested before services return.
- 19:19
Over R50 billion in retirement fund money is unclaimed, affecting about 4.3 million South Africans, Warren Ingram says, and people can search the FSCA website for free.