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Month: October 2025

Maersk fails to halt ICTSI-Transnet Durban Container Terminal deal

October 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Winning bidder and Transnet welcome ruling. From Moneyweb. Danish ports and shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk has failed in its bid to halt the award of a […]

Zimbabwe and Lesotho permit holders get a reprieve until May 2027

October 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

This is the third time the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit has been extended since 2017. It’s time to give us permanent residence, says permit holders association. […]

PIC sets up R1.35bn fund for early-stage mining

October 9, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

SA has slipped into irrelevance in terms of global mining exploration. The fund will not fix that, but it will help. From Moneyweb. Just days […]

SA is no country for young people

October 9, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Your employment prospects are bleak and government is not coming to rescue you. From Moneyweb. In 1994, there were 3.7 million unemployed people in SA. […]

The stablecoin gold rush is here 

October 8, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Goldman Sachs says the boom is just beginning – and it could grow into a trillion-dollar market. From Moneyweb. You can also listen to this […]

Gold is the new anchor for SA’s mining sector

October 8, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The country’s ranking as a gold producer has slipped in recent decades, but we can never write it off. From Moneyweb. Once-unloved gold has been […]

17 years after the fact, Cape Gate found guilty of scrap metal price-fixing

October 7, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The Competition Commission says the complaint relates to conduct that ended in 2008. From Moneyweb. Cape Gate has had a rough time of it before […]

Western Cape municipalities and Midvaal are the only ones in any kind of shape

October 7, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The gap between the best and the rest is widening – Ratings Afrika. From Moneyweb. It comes as no surprise that South African municipal performance […]

Are gold shares overdone, or is this just the start of a bull market?

October 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Precious metals are driving the JSE to new highs, but this does not reflect what’s really happening in SA, where businesses are labouring. From Moneyweb. […]

Will stablecoins one day rule the world?

October 1, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Connie Bloem of Mesh.trade explains why US dollar and even ZAR stablecoins, such as the recently launched yZAR, are exploding around the world. From Moneyweb. […]

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