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Month: April 2019

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Afriforum fights to prevent banning of old SA flag

April 29, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and Afriforum are opposing each other in the Johannesburg Equality Court. From Groundup. The Nelson Mandela Foundation is asking the Equality […]

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Former Sasol Coal miners claim more than R80 million for coal-related illnesses

April 27, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Groundup. Twenty-two former underground miners are claiming more than R80 million in damages from Sasol Coal after they contracted serious […]

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Protests grow over defamation suits against environmentalists

April 24, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Environmental activists are headed to court next month in a bitter defamation suit brought last year by Australian mining […]

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Municipal sector in SA faces collapse

April 17, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. SA’s municipal sector faces collapse as financial governance continues to deteriorate, says Ratings Afrika’s latest Municipal Financial Sustainability Index […]

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Equality court tosses out discrimination case against FNB

April 17, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The Cape Equality Court last week tossed out a claim of racial discrimination against FNB brought by usury expert […]

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Sibanye-Stillwater’s long march to the courts

April 12, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The modern era of deal-making requires an army of lawyers. It’s been more than a year since Sibanye-Stillwater announced […]

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Disease haunts Mpumalanga coal town

April 11, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

Last week Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe visited Phola, in Mpumalanga, to hear complaints that blasting from nearby coal mines was causing cracks in houses […]

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Message to South Africans: The good times will be back shortly

April 11, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Listening to the daily corruption report from the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture one can easily miss some […]

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Party election manifestos are a collection of fantasies

April 4, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. The ANC is on target to win next month’s election. The big question is whether it loses Gauteng. The […]

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Corruption Watch goes to war against previous Eskom board

April 1, 2019 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Civil society group Corruption Watch wants five former Eskom board members declared delinquent directors. It has applied to the […]

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