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Lindile Sifile is a senior reporter for Sowetan

Court has rejected woman's maintenance claim, saying it was exaggerated

Judge slashes wife’s R60k maintenance bid

Judge cuts woman's inflated R60k maintenance claim after finding she exaggerated her monthly expenses.

SASSA pensioners are being targeted for their ID numbers and are tricked into signing up for funeral policies they don't need.

How I was coached to ‘steal’ from Sassa pensioners

'I was in my early 20s and unemployed, and I saw an advert on social media from someone who was recruiting agents to target old age grant and disability grant beneficiaries'

Court scraps order for man to pay ex-wife spousal maintenance.

Court overturns order for man to pay R2,000 maintenance to former wife

Court cancels order for maintenance for life after ex-wife fails to prove she needs it

Your driver profile and what you use your car for influence the insurance premium you pay. Stock image

Why two drivers with the same model car pay different insurance premiums

The driver's profile and how the car is used affect what one pays for insurance

A boy, 14, allegedly died after losing control of his father's vehicle in KwaMashu, KZN, on Sunday.

14-year-old boy killed while driving ‘drunk’ father

A boy crashed his father's vehicle and died in KwaMashu, KZN, over the weekend.

Cartrack to pay R5m fine to settle complaints from clients.

Cartrack to pay R5m fine to settle 167 customer complaints

Company to amend terms and conditions in accordance with Consumer Protection Act

Clicks has recalled these snacks due to possible contamination.

Consumers warned about Click’s contaminated snacks

Clicks informed the NCC that about 348 units were sold to consumers while 804 units had been removed from shelves.

A Tshwane medical doctor allegedly lost more than R4m through bank fraud. Picture: 123RF.com/itchaznong. File photo

How a woman lost more than R4m via cellphone banking fraud

A Standard Bank client allegedly lost more than R4m in a single day through alleged fraudulent instant money transactions.

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson. File photo.

Macpherson suspends official implicated in R113m school tender fraud

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has ordered the precautionary suspension of a senior director implicated in the R113m school tender fraud in Mpumalanga.

You must stop at the roadblock but you don’t have to agree to everything. File photo.

You don’t have to pay fines at roadblocks, says legal expert

Motorists cannot be forced to pay any outstanding fines at a roadblock, says Kirstie Haslam, a partner at DSC Attorneys.

Nomsa Simelane's car engine was damaged allegedly after the petrol pump attendant forgot to close the lid of the radiator.

Engine badly damaged ‘after petrol attendant’s costly mistake’

Nomsa Simelane was on her way from Soweto to a church service in Secunda, Mpumalanga, when the engine of her Chery Tiggo started smoking and the temperature dial showed it was extremely hot.

Security guards hardest hit by employers' nonpayment of pension funds

The Pension Funds Adjudicator has seen a 13% increase in the number of new complaints in the past financial year, largely affecting security guards.

Telemarketing companies are now compelled to keep records of customers who’ve declined direct marketing approaches, and must not contact them.

Telemarketers can no longer bombard you with spam calls

The government has taken strict measures to discourage telemarketers from bombarding your cellphone with unsolicited adverts to market their products and services without your consent.

The bill repeals the Sexual Offences Act (previously the Immorality Act)  and section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act to decriminalise the industry. Stock image.

‘Time-wasting fee’: Escort ‘extorts R70k’ from man who refused her services

A KwaZulu-Natal man has allegedly been extorted of R70,000 by an escort after he declined her services.

Firefighters battling an inferno as panelbeater mistakenly burns five cars.

Panelbeater accidentally destroys five customers' cars

What was meant to be a fire to get rid of rubbish resulted in five cars being gutted while awaiting repairs at a panel-beating workshop.