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Month: October 2015

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Is there a better tax system than the monstrosity currently in place?

October 31, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Is there a better tax system than the monstrosity currently in place? Stephen Meintjes, analyst at Momentum SP Reid […]

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White expat South Africans returning in record numbers

October 31, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

More than 400,000 white expat South Africans have returned to the land of their birth since the apex of the financial crisis in 2009, according […]

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The story of SA in two depressing charts

October 31, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

Two charts tell the story of South Africa Inc. One shows that SA companies cannot invest outside the country fast enough, and the other shows […]

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Lessons for SA from South America

October 12, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

Two South American countries – Colombia and Venezuela – offer lessons in governance that we would do well to heed. Colombia is now one of […]

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How SAA shot down its rivals with taxpayer money

October 12, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

Competition never sat easy with SAA, which used R30 billion in taxpayer-funded bailouts over the last decade to shut down a string of competitors, from […]

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How the banks are targeting black home owners in Cosmo City

October 12, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

The financial crisis has percolated down to first time home buyers in Cosmo City near Johannesburg, many of whom claim they have been evicted irregularly […]

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Ostrich farmer from Eastern Cape shows court his mortgage loan is now in Taiwan

October 12, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

An ostrich farmer from Grahamstown has thrown the local court into a spin by apparently proving that his mortgage loan with Standard Bank has been […]

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Meet the man who tried to arrest the board of Standard Bank

October 12, 2015 Ciaran Ryan 0

Jonathan Buckley of Centurion in Pretoria may be the first South African in history to win six judgments against Standard Bank in one day. When […]

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