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October PAYE, UIF and SDL fall due Saturday 7 November, so SARS's weekend rule means paying by Friday 6 November. Dates and penalties to year end.

Dis-Chem sales rose 8% to R23bn but HEPS fell 12.8% to 64.3c and the dividend was cut to 25.62c as X, bigly labs costs ...