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Month: September 2021

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Mpumalanga residents head to court to halt 20-hours-a-day power cuts

September 13, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

Daily outages threaten businesses and the health of residents. From Moneyweb. A residents association in the farming town of Bethal in Mpumalanga has dragged the […]

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Ciaran Ryan on SAfm on Viceroy being hit with R50m fine by the FSCA

September 10, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0
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Out of my cold, dead Kung-fu hands

September 9, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

Beware governments that disarm. First published in DearSA. In what is possibly the worst timing imaginable, the Firearms Control Amendment Bill was opened for comment […]

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FSCA hits Viceroy with R50m penalty for false, misleading statements on Capitec

September 8, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

Its January 2018 report caused Capitec’s share price to drop 23%. From Moneyweb. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has slapped a R50-million administrative penalty […]

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Bidvest shrugs off Covid woes with record profit

September 7, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

Trading profit is up 47.8%, with strong performance from Services, Automotive and Commercial Products. From Moneyweb. Bidvest shrugged off the disruptive effects of Covid-19, registering […]

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Opposition parties want to deliver kill shot to ‘wounded’ ANC in local elections

September 7, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

By reminding residents that it’s all about potholes, clean water and keeping the lights on. From Moneyweb. The Constitutional Court’s ruling last week that local […]

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Bitcoin and the beauty of rear-view vision

September 3, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

As BTC bumps up against the $50 000 resistance level, are we poised for a replay of late 2020? From Moneyweb. A year ago bitcoin […]

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Can you be mandated by your employer to get vaccinated?

September 2, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

And if you are injured by the vaccine, can you sue your employer? From DearSA. With more than 12.5 million vaccines administered to 9.4 million […]

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Government pulls green paper on mandatory social security

September 1, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

No reasons given, but almost universal condemnation from labour to business appears to have sunk this ship before it could sail. From Moneyweb. Social development […]

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AdvTech benefits from declining trust in public sector education

September 1, 2021 Ciaran Ryan 0

With 6% growth in student numbers over the year to June, and a 37% surge in headline earnings. From Moneyweb. AdvTech shares have been on […]

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