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Africrypt brothers face fresh R300m claim from former Dubai investor Raees and Ameer Cajee – the Johannesburg brothers behind the Africrypt ‘hack’ – are back […]

Pula’s $195m Motsepe claim thrown out of Tanzanian court on a technicality – for now But the court left the door open for Pula Group […]

NHBRC sits on R11bn but paid just R14m in warranty claims last year Home-building regulator says its real value lies in preventing defects through inspections […]

Southern Palladium gets a mining licence after two decades of trying And after 15 years of fighting, the Bengwenyama-ya-Maswazi community now owns 30% of a […]

South African Sebastiaan Bock handed the reins at Barrick’s international operations Group credits the Stellenbosch University graduate with helping to resolve its prolonged confrontation with […]

Merafe more than doubles earnings while its ferrochrome furnaces stand idle Basic earnings shot up 120% over the six months to June, despite the company’s […]

When a cold wallet isn’t so cold: Lessons from the $90m bitcoin theft Cold wallets were long considered the safest way to store bitcoin. A […]

Power struggle erupts over future of Kimberley diamond mine Liquidators warn that an Eskom power cut could flood the mine within 48 hours – but […]

Going to court? The paperwork alone could bury you in costs The permitted charge for a photocopied page has gone up to R8, which is […]

New cross-border crypto rules could drive business, jobs offshore They could also lock companies out of the booming cross-border stablecoin market. New proposed rules for […]