Unable to collect lotto windfall during lockdown
COVID-19
I HAVE taken the opportunity of the lockdown to thoroughly clean up my house and get rid of unwanted items. Going through my desk drawer, I sifted through over a year’s lotto tickets. I threw away tickets over 365 days and cashed some winning tickets prior to the lotto outlets closing for the lockdown. I have checked tickets till end of May last year and have over R400 worth of winning tickets with nowhere to cash them. I still have tickets from June last year to check. What happens to winning tickets that expire during the period that lotto outlets were closed for the lockdown?
Government says masks prevent Covid-19. Then why not just give them to the prisoners instead of unleashing them on the public?
Please inform the Education Minister that she should start training the unemployed how to screen people and children and to sanitise schools, it will be too much for teachers to handle. Concerned parent.
Cigarettes that cost R40 are now R80. Illegal ones that cost R20 are now R50. The only thing our government has done with the tobacco ban is create a black market for tobacco. I wonder which bigwigs are getting kickbacks from the tobacco ban. Cigarettes are available if you are willing to pay the exorbitant price.
Cyril claimed on TV the other night that he was pleased to see everyone wearing masks when he went out for a walk. He needs to walk around Pinetown to see what’s really going on.
Covid-19 cases and deaths increase daily in the country. I personally doubt the timing of the level 5 and 4 lockdown. With increased activity and movement in level 4, more cases and deaths will arise.
ODDS AND ENDS
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is to be commended in pushing the envelope in cleaning up her department.
Education/economy: 127 million schoolchildren. Plus 1.2 million born every year. To kick-start economy, build schools and houses.
Police that are breaking down doors and tear gassing babies and grannies while allegedly looking for illegal cigarettes should concentrate their efforts on drug kingpins.
I refer to a Daily News article on
Monday, “FNB throws weight behind its payment holiday solution”. If you look at the example of a loan of R100 000, the additional charges to the consumer are R9 636 at 18% but equates to 50.363% in the first instance and R1 845 additional cost at 7.75% equates to 32.187% in the second example. This seems to be a rip off. I finance with both Wesbank and Standard Bank Asset finance. Wesbank declares charging additional interest as per their premium holiday agreement but does not disclose the actual amount being charged. Standard Bank, however, is clear in their arrangement. They only charged a service fee of R87.50 a month and extended the term of the loan by three months with no additional charge. A much fairer option and transparent. Is FNB really helping the consumer? Check what you are signing for.