A dividend is when the bank hands part of its profit to you for owning the share, usually twice a year. Cap…by @fees_first_dan on $CPI

A dividend is when the bank hands part of its profit to you for owning the share, usually twice a year. Capitec's paid them before, so if you owned 100 shares and they paid 50 cents each, you'd get R50 in your account without selling anything.