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New bill aims to reboot the ailing SA Post Office

May 18, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

It’s been on life support for years. The South African Post Office SOC Ltd Amendment Bill aims to rectify that. From Moneyweb. President Ramaphosa has […]

FIC takes a bigger stick to lawyers and estate agents over grey list

May 16, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

These are the two sectors holding up SA’s exit from the grey list. The good news is that SA has addressed 20 of the 22 […]

Bitcoin eyes R2 million (again)

May 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

There’s growing consensus that the bull market is far from over. From Moneyweb. Bitcoin (BTC) broke R1.9 million this week, reversing the nearly 30% drawdown […]

National Petroleum Company’s bold plan to secure SA’s energy security

May 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

One of its ambitions is to rebuild local fuel refining capacity, which has dwindled from 80% to 35% of refined fuel consumed in SA since […]

JSE issues cease and desist to Mantengu over share manipulation claims

May 12, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Follows a criminal complaint by Mantengu Mining that its share price was manipulated downwards to disrupt its acquisition of Blue Ridge Platinum. From Moneyweb. The […]

Tariff lifeline for ArcelorMittal means higher prices for customers

May 8, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

‘Safeguard’ duties of 13% were imposed at the start of May to shield Amsa’s hot-rolled steel products from international competition. From Moneyweb. The International Trade […]

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Tether, the world’s richest crypto company, moves into AI

May 7, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Tether made more than $13bn in profits in 2024 with just 150 employees, more than BlackRock and on par with Goldman Sachs. Now, it is […]

R100bn Transformation Fund hopes to spend R20bn a year

May 6, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

But not everyone thinks it is a good idea – it’s far larger but also more complex than other institutions with similar aims of boosting […]

New employment code aims to address SA unemployment crisis

May 5, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

It allows greater flexibility for small business when it comes to worker dismissal. From Moneyweb. Recent amendments to the Code of Practice on Dismissals aims […]

Standard Bank must pay back the money

May 5, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

It paid out more than R2.1m from a deceased estate to a fake executor and tried to argue that it followed proper due diligence. The […]

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