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Month: July 2022

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Yet another challenge to SA’s plan to ‘drive out 178 000 Zimbabweans’

July 29, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Third group takes legal action against the decision by Home Affairs to suspend the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit system. From Moneyweb. The Zimbabwe Immigration Federation, representing […]

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Drop in Amplats profit suggests we may have hit peak platinum

July 26, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

The group is hostage to commodity prices and inflationary pressures outside of its control. From Moneyweb. The fact that Anglo Platinum’s share price has dropped […]

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Sars claims R931m in tax and penalties from Mirror Trading International

July 22, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Says liquidators did not file returns and failed to carry out their duties as deemed public officers. From Moneyweb. The South African Revenue Service (Sars) […]

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Evidence of repossessed homes being sold for a pittance can be used in R60bn class action suit – court

July 22, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Credit regulator wanted damning evidence against banks to be withheld. From Moneyweb. An attempt by the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to suppress disclosure of a […]

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SA had 3.6m indigent households in 2020, most relying on some form of support

July 20, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Statistics SA’s non-financial census on all 257 municipalities around the country shows a decrease in some free basic services, but increased demand for free basic […]

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Crypto entrepreneur ‘Fluffypony’ warned to appear in Cape regional court on decade-old charge

July 20, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Riccardo Spagni, once the public face of privacy crypto coin Monero, was arrested in the US last year following an extradition request from SA. From […]

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The collapse of TerraUSD takes two SA scalps

July 18, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Invictus Alpha and parent company New World Holdings have been placed in liquidation. From Moneyweb. Headquartered in the British Virgin Islands but managed out of […]

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FSCA tells Veracity Markets to stop trading

July 14, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Pending finalisation of probe. From Moneyweb. Veracity Markets, with close to 400 000 clients, has been ordered to stop trading by the Financial Sector Conduct […]

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Motsoaledi threatens defamation suit against Zimbabwean lawyer over tweets

July 13, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Simba Chitando refuses to back down, says Zim nationals have been defrauded by government officials of over R1bn. From Moneyweb. Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi […]

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State capture scorecard: R500bn looted, zero assets recovered

July 12, 2022 Ciaran Ryan 0

Meanwhile government debt balloons to R4.3trn and 6.5m South Africans go hungry every day. From Moneyweb. State capture has generated acres of news columns over […]

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