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Month: October 2025

Crypto outflows of R5bn a year flying under the radar

October 22, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

We now know that about R100bn in crypto flows in and out of SA every year, but there’s a consistent net outflow each year in […]

VALR becomes SA’s first licensed crypto derivatives issuer

October 22, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

This enables it to offer derivative contracts and options with underlying assets such as cryptocurrencies, commodities, shares, currencies and indices. From Moneyweb. In what is […]

Harith General Partners slapped with R1.7m fine for breaches of law

October 22, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The company failed to verify clients and their source of funds, among other regulatory breaches. From Moneyweb. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has imposed […]

SA, we have a (gambling) problem

October 17, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Gross gambling revenues are growing more than 25% a year as more South Africans admit to a gambling problem. From Moneyweb. South Africa has a […]

Former SA Tourism board members vow to fight on against De Lille

October 16, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Attempts to overturn the tourism minister’s decision to dissolve the board of SA Tourism this week were dismissed in the Pretoria High Court due to […]

Dismay over Creecy’s decision to renew 25-year leases for oil majors in Durban

October 16, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

BP and Vitol are among those set to benefit, leaving local companies outraged. From Moneyweb. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy’s decision to renew 25-year terminal operator […]

Is the crypto bear market over already?

October 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Macro strategist Shiven Moodley analyses the carnage in crypto markets over the past week, runs the numbers, and finds some disturbing signs of insider trading. […]

After six years of runaround, UK immigrant wins permanent residence

October 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

High court orders Home Affairs to issue her documents without delay. From Moneyweb. A UK-born citizen has been granted permanent residence in SA six years […]

Hill-Lewis’s brotherly advice from Cape Town to Joburg

October 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Arrest infrastructure decay before it happens – not after, says Cape Town Mayor. From Moneyweb. Even the ANC grudgingly concedes that Cape Town is a […]

Calls for scrap metal inquiry after price-fixing-cartel ruling

October 13, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Recyclers want deep-dive into policy situation. From Moneyweb. Three bodies representing scrap metal recyclers in SA have called for an inquiry into all policies impacting […]

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