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LANDMARK DECISION FOR DRIVERS
A landmark court decision has set a precedent offering anyone buying a used vehicle a much higher level of protection through increased transparency about a vehicle’s history. The magistrate found in favour of an unsuspecting consumer who was sold a previously written-off vehicle, and ordered the dealer to refund the client the full outstanding financed value of the car plus interest ...
NOTEWORTHY NEWS IN NUMBERS
500:
the number of complaints about data violations in terms of the POPIA Act. However, no fines have been issued yet, according to the Information Regulator.
1.8 trillion:
estimated number of pieces of plastic in the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', a floating island of debris covering an area twice the size of Texas.
R5 billion:
amount spent in 2022 by South Africans on imported solar equipment, now targeted by criminals who sell the panels as scrap or on the black market.
WELCOME WYNAND LOUW TO THE SAFIRE TEAM
A warm welcome to our new broker consultant (BC), Wynand Louw, who joined us from the beginning of March 2023. Wynand is the BC servicing the Bloemfontein - Free State area. He takes over from David Wise, who was appointed to the newly-created position of Business Development Manager from the beginning of the year. |
BOARD MEMBER DR DOUGLAS CROWE RETIRES
Dr Douglas Crowe has announced that he is retiring from the Safire Board; he has been part of Safire’s 36-year journey since before the company was started but says that at the age of 83, he now wants to focus on his retirement. Dr Crowe says that he is extremely proud of having been part of Safire’s transformation from timber co-operative to the multi-faceted company that it is today. |
SAFIRE BERG 100 WINNERS!
The annual Safire Berg 100 MTB marathon ensured that the usually quiet Midlands village of Himeville was buzzing with excitement on Saturday 25 March. This was the starting point for this iconic race, the premier one-day 100km MTB event in KZN, which alternates its start / finish each year between Nottingham Road and Himeville. The winners of this year’s event are ... |
ROBOTIC CLEAN-UP
Richard Hardiman, a South African entrepreneur and CEO of RanMarine Technology, has developed a robot that can remove up to 21 000 plastic bottles a day to clean litter and debris from waterways and rivers. |
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