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Month: February 2019

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Suspended nuclear company execs smell rat over adverse audit

February 28, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The Auditor-General says there are doubts over the ability of SA Nuclear Energy Company (Necsa) and its subsidiary Pelchem […]

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Barrick and Newmont at war over who will be king of the mountain

February 27, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Moneyweb. We are now in the era of the gold mining super-deal. The only question that remains is who will […]

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Forget cigarette smuggling. The big money is in stealing coal

February 23, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Groumdup. We’ve heard about gold theft, but coal theft is the biggest game in town. It’s costing Eskom and coal […]

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Lawlessness at Gupta mines was behind deadly tragedy

February 18, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Groundup. A methane gas explosion ripped through the Gloria Coal Mine on 4 February, trapping 22 men underground. They were […]

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It’s war over Eskom privatisation plans

February 14, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. President Cyril Ramaphosa in his state of the nation address announced the unbundling of Eskom into three operating units. […]

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Cable thief gangs haunt mines in Mpumalanga

February 14, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Last week a gang of more than 40 suspected cable thieves overwhelmed security guards and made their way down […]

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Hey Tito, how about a flat tax of 20% instead of this monster?

February 9, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. Pictured: Tito Mboweni, finance minister, South Africa With Budget Day fast approaching it is worth dreaming of a […]

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The mine of the future has arrived

February 9, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. This would’ve been the stuff of wild imaginings just a few years ago: a fully automated mine with not […]

Is this the future of small town South Africa?

February 9, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

When the taps run dry and the lights go out. This article first appeared in Moneyweb.  The residents of Bethal, a small farming town in […]

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The witch trials of Megawatt Park

February 1, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Matshela Koko, the former acting CEO of Eskom once described as ‘the face of corruption’, recently tweeted out a […]

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