Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation
This article first appeared in GroundUp. The Mining Forum of South Africa has applied to the North West High Court to have the mining licences […]
Month: October 2018
The toxic role of consultants in SA
This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. Several years ago John Micklethwaite and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, a brutal excoriation of the consultancy business […]
The Economist, famously wrong on just about everything, disses Bitcoin
This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. I was waiting for The Economist to diss Bitcoin. Now that it has done so, I feel it is […]
Equality court rules: no racism is acceptable
This article first appeared at GroundUp. In a moment of anger, ANC member Velaphi Khumalo let rip on Facebook that South Africa needed to be […]
Ghosts of the Guptas still haunt Optimum coal mine
This article first appeared on Moneyweb. Last week the Pretoria High Court dismissed an attempt by a Swiss-based company, Charles King SA, to stop the […]
How banks routinely over-charge on vehicle loans in arrears
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Eight years ago debt counsellor Fanie Grové started looking at vehicle loan statements from his clients and was staggered […]
Banks are clogging the system, says court
From GroundUp. This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. A full bench of the Pretoria High Court ruled last week […]
Another victory for distressed debtors – court tells banks “take your cases elsewhere”
From GroundUp. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 is here. The Pretoria High Court struck another blow on behalf of distressed […]