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Month: August 2020

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Get-rich-quick scheme pulls a crowd, despite regulators calling time-out

August 28, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Interest in Mirror Trading International seems undiminished, in spite of three strikes from three different regulators. From Moneyweb. Mirror Trading International’s (MTI’s) promise of 10% […]

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Two municipalities, both ANC-run, tell the story of where it all went wrong

August 26, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Steve Tshwete and eMalahleni are neighbouring municipalities in Mpumalanga run by the same party, but with very different financial performances. From Moneyweb. There’s no question […]

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King Sibiya is an unsung South African hero

August 25, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

This is my open letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa: I am a journalist writing for many South African and overseas publications, including Moneyweb, GroundUp, The […]

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Weekly wrap: Precious metals producers mint profits

August 24, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

While diversified miner South32 slips into loss. From Moneyweb. In the week that was, Gold Fields announced it had doubled its interim profits for the period to […]

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Lockdown has left South Africa drowning in debt

August 20, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Loan repayment holidays offered by banks could cost borrowers more than R20 billion. Posted in GroundUp and News24. New studies of the impact of lockdown […]

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Curro offers bigger discounts to hang on to students

August 20, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

It managed to grow student numbers by 5% over the first part of the year. From Moneyweb. Curro’s half-year results to June 2020 provide a […]

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Weekly wrap: Gold shares surge as metal breaks $2,000/oz

August 17, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Despite coronavirus disruption, Harmony’s share price has more than doubled so far this year. From Moneyweb. The gold price cracked $2 000/oz in early August, […]

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Government’s miserable small business assistance put to shame by private sector

August 13, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Since April, developmental micro-financers have made more than 180 000 loans – 18 times more than government. From Moneyweb. When the lockdown was announced in […]

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Other than in the Western Cape, municipalities are failing miserably

August 11, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

And this was before the pandemic. It’s time to rethink local government in its entirety. From Moneyweb. Even before the coronavirus struck, SA’s municipalities were […]

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The evidence is in: the lockdown has been a catastrophic failure

August 6, 2020 Ciaran Ryan 0

Four months into the pandemic we have a clearer picture of the social and economic impacts of the lockdown. From DearSA. It’s a catastrophe. The lockdown […]

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