By Kerry Vermeulen, senior consulting manager at Alexander Forbes Health Medical expenses are increasingly squeezing our purses, with private medical cover being an unavoidable expense for most. However, you can claim certain of these medical costs from the tax collector, offering some relief. Here’s how to maximise your tax refund. Medical scheme tax credits Previously medical aid contributions were deducted against income. The medical tax credit system now provides for a monthly credit against your tax owing to the South African Revenue Service (SARS). If you and your dependants belong to a medical scheme, then you will receive a R332 medical
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Monthly Archives May 2021
CLICKS TO ACQUIRE PICK N PAY RETAIL PHARMACY BUSINESS
Health and beauty retailer Clicks plans to acquire the retail pharmacy business of Pick n Pay, including 25 in-store pharmacies which will be rebranded to Clicks. Clicks is the largest retail pharmacy network in the country and the acquisition will increase its national presence to 632 pharmacies. In terms of the proposed transaction, Clicks will acquire the pharmacy licences and ethical drug stock, while all staff employed in the pharmacies will transfer from Pick n Pay to Clicks. Vikesh Ramsunder, chief executive officer of Clicks Group, said the acquisition of the pharmacy chain from Pick n Pay accelerates the strategy
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Time Square’s Guy Fieri’s Kitchen & Bar goes family-friendly
The Tshwane restaurant named after larger-than-life American chef Guy Fieri is now open for the whole family, with a new entrance separate from the Time Square Casino gaming floor. Offering big, bold American-Italian inspired cuisine, Guy Fieri’s Kitchen & Bar South Africa has been relaunched with a new, easy access entrance which is adjacent to the Magic Company Arcade – ideal for entertaining busy youngsters and making the dining spot more family-friendly. There is also a new food and drinks menu. The atmospheric and fun restaurant serves up signature dishes by the chef, who is known for TV shows such
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Sibaya equips learners with stationery
Learners of no-fee school receive support A school serving rural communities on the outskirts of Mount Edgecombe has been provided stationery to the value of R141 000 by Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom. Siphosethu Primary previously this week received a massive delivery from the casino comprising pens, pencils, exercise books, erasers, rulers, library bags, educational wall charts, felt-tip pens and crayons. The school serves the communities of Amawoti, Cornubia, and Waterloo. Sibaya Human Resources Manager Karen Hammond said they had received an application from the school a few months ago and had no hesitation in responding to the request. “It
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Young and talented Wesli leads the Table Bay kitchen brigade
Focus is on fresh, sustainably sourced food supplies Wesli Jacobs, Executive Sous Chef, The Table Bay hotel, V&A Waterfront Durban-born Wesli Jacobs was cooking alongside his mother and grandmother from the age of seven, so it was no surprise when, after school, he opted for studies which would lead to the kitchen. “I completed a three-year diploma in cookery and kitchen management at the International Hotel School in Durban. It was either that, law, or do business studies to learn how to open my own restaurant one day.” Demonstrating that he made the correct choice, the 31-year-old is today Executive
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