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  2. Taxation in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The age group 35 to 44 accounted for 27.2% of the assessed tax. The 2020/21 tax year saw the following increases in the tax thresholds: R83 100 for people below the age of 65. R128 650 for people aged between 65 and 75. R143 850 for people aged 75 and above. The 2020/21 tax year also saw the following increases in the tax rebates:

  3. Social welfare programmes in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The old-age pension accounts for the highest amount of government expenditure among all social assistance programmes in South Africa. The old-age pension was established in South Africa as early as the 1920s. However, the old-age pension system had reflected strong racial inequality until the 1990s.

  4. History of women's rights in South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Federation of South African Women was a political activist group formed in 1954. Women who protested Apartheid joined the Congress Alliance, a political coalition that fought institutional racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to the 1990s.

  5. Economy of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The finance minister was seen as central to efforts to restore confidence in South Africa. As a result of the tensions, S&P Global cut South Africa's credit rating to junk status on Monday 3 April 2017. Fitch Ratings followed suit on Friday 7 April 2017 and cut the country's credit status to the sub-investment grade of BBB−.

  6. Graça Machel - Wikipedia

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    Josina is a women's rights activist and in 2020 was listed as one of the BBC's 100 Women. Graça Machel Mandela married her second husband, Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg on 18 July 1998, Mandela's 80th birthday. At the time, Mandela was serving as the first post-apartheid president of South Africa. Mandela died of pneumonia on 5 December 2013.

  7. Demographics of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of South Africa. According to the 2022 census, the population of South Africa is about 62 million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions. [1] The South African National Census of 2022 was the most recent census held; the next will be in 2032. [3]

  8. South Africa national cricket team - Wikipedia

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    South Africa later in the year would regain the No. 1 ranking. As of 4 May 2020, South Africa is ranked 6th in Test Cricket. During this time of dominance in the Test arena, the ODI and T20I performances were far less consistent, as South Africa search for a winning formula ahead of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.

  9. South Africa women's national soccer team - Wikipedia

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    The South Africa women's national football team, nicknamed Banyana Banyana (The Girls), is the national team of South Africa and is controlled by the South African Football Association . South African Women competed in two Olympic Games, two FIFA Women's World Cups, and 14 Women's African Cup of Nations, where they were runners up five times ...