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Are you suffering from corruption fatigue yet?

January 23, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Accounting Weekly. Suffering from corruption fatigue yet? You better get used to it, because it looks like the Zondo Commission […]

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Transnet’s R100bn dagger pointed at the heart of SA

November 16, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

                      This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Transnet pensioners have fought a decade-long battle to […]

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Ciaran Ryan on SAFm radio talking about SA’s construction mafia

June 7, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ciaran talks on SAFm radio about the spread of Durban’s construction mafia to Joburg.

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Construction mafia moves from Kwazulu-Natal to Joburg

June 7, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. It’s a shakedown that’s been going on for several years in KwaZulu-Natal, but is now rearing its head in […]

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Tony Webbstock: a warrior has left us

May 23, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

My dear friend Tony Webbstock passed away last Wednesday morning, the result of complications from a decades-long battle with diabetes and – one has to […]

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Does SA need 35 ministers, 9 provinces and 263 municipalities?

May 21, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Acts Online. SA is over-governed. We have 35 ministers, 37 deputy ministers, and 9 provinces each with their own ministers […]

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Thank Trump and Bibi for higher oil prices

May 18, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Acts Online.   Thank Donald Trump and Bibi Netanyahu for higher oil prices, which spiked from around $40 to nearly $80 […]

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Ciaran Ryan on Bruce Whitfield Show discussing massive court action against banks

August 17, 2017 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ciaran Ryan discusses the R60bn court action in the Constitutional Court being brought by more than 225 applicants whose homes were repossessed by the banks […]

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Banks cream it off bounced debit orders

June 23, 2017 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Fees charged by banks for bounced debit orders range from R5 to R150. Banks are raking in between R500 […]

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How Nedbank sold a family home for R10

May 29, 2017 Ciaran Ryan 0

Here’s a case where Nedbank repossessed a Katlehong home for R10. You read that right. Ernest Mashaba and his family have been put through a […]

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