Transnet’s R100bn dagger pointed at the heart of SA
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Transnet pensioners have fought a decade-long battle to […]
Head of e-tolls company was an e-tolls boycotter
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Coenie Vermaak, CEO of e-tolls collections company Electronic Toll Collection […]
SA’s twisted history of pension fund plunder
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. South Africa has a grimy history of companies raiding their pension funds, and the fear is that two recent […]
Tom Moyane fired, leaving Sars in a state of “intrigue, fear, distrust and suspicion”
This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired former SA Revenue Services (Sars) Commissioner Tom Moyane after receiving the Nugent Interim […]
Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation
This article first appeared in GroundUp. The Mining Forum of South Africa has applied to the North West High Court to have the mining licences […]
The toxic role of consultants in SA
This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. Several years ago John Micklethwaite and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, a brutal excoriation of the consultancy business […]
The Economist, famously wrong on just about everything, disses Bitcoin
This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. I was waiting for The Economist to diss Bitcoin. Now that it has done so, I feel it is […]
Equality court rules: no racism is acceptable
This article first appeared at GroundUp. In a moment of anger, ANC member Velaphi Khumalo let rip on Facebook that South Africa needed to be […]
Ghosts of the Guptas still haunt Optimum coal mine
This article first appeared on Moneyweb. Last week the Pretoria High Court dismissed an attempt by a Swiss-based company, Charles King SA, to stop the […]
How banks routinely over-charge on vehicle loans in arrears
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Eight years ago debt counsellor Fanie Grové started looking at vehicle loan statements from his clients and was staggered […]