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Month: April 2025

Ranking post-94 SA presidents by their performance

April 30, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Thabo Mbeki stands out as the best in terms of economic growth and fiscal management. Jacob Zuma and Cyril Ramaphosa have been terrible. From Moneyweb. […]

The price of ‘local is lekker’: Solar panels set to get more expensive

April 30, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

South Africa’s push for local manufacturing could mean higher costs for homeowners and businesses. From Moneyweb. The cost of renewables could be on its way […]

Afrimat slumps to 52-week low after profit warning

April 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

On expectations of 85-90% drop in earnings. From Moneyweb. Afrimat’s share price plunged more than 8% on Wednesday on news that earnings per share (EPS) is […]

Former customer charges Absa with perjury and defamation

April 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Saying the bank misled the courts in attempting to repossess his late father’s Roodepoort property. From Moneyweb. Aubrey Larkins has lodged charges of perjury and […]

New employment race targets face court challenge

April 22, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Employers association and Sakeliga promise an immediate challenge to targets based on race, gender and disability under the new Employment Equity Amendment Act. From Moneyweb. […]

ArcelorMittal SA’s perfect storm of woes

April 22, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Surging electricity and transport costs, cheap imports, and state subsidies for competitors threaten the steel producer’s longer-term future. From Moneyweb. The decision by ArcelorMittal South […]

‘Blatantly xenophobic’: Charlotte Maxeke hospital sued for refusing to save Zimbabwean girl’s life

April 16, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Vuyelwa Ncube has lodged an urgent court application as her daughter’s condition deteriorates. From The Citizen. Fifteen-year-old Vanessa Mafu, the daughter of Zimbabwean parents, suffers […]

Afrikaner business delegation welcomed in Harare, as Zim warms to Washington

April 16, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

‘Afrikaners are African’ declares the ruling Zanu-PF party, signalling a major policy shift by the country after decades of hostility to the West. From Moneyweb. […]

The once mighty Murray & Roberts to be wound up

April 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The main businesses in mining will be sold to a consortium of investors led by Differential Capital. Unsecured creditors will receive 5-10 cents in the […]

How residents in one North West town are tackling municipal collapse

April 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Kgetlengrivier residents are using the courts and some elbow grease to halt the town’s decay. Could this be the model for restoring order to small-town […]

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