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Month: June 2025

Oil jumps 7%, ZAR slumps on Israel-Iran conflict

June 14, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Sasol shares surge almost 11%, but a fuel hike in July is inevitable if the Middle East situation escalates. From Moneyweb. Brent crude surged over […]

Ciaran Ryan on Power FM on the excruciating path to revival for Barbrook and Lily gold mines

June 12, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Path cleared for Barbrook and Lily gold mines to emerge from business rescue. From Power FM. It’s been a decade since the Barbrook and Lily […]

Don’t treat National Credit Act as a box-ticking exercise – judge to FFS Finance

June 12, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Court admonishes Ford Credit for trying to dictate terms to a customer attempting to make good on his arrears. From Moneyweb. The Western Cape High […]

Could quantum computing crack Bitcoin?

June 12, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Rob Price, CEO of Sound Money, takes us through some of extraordinary leaps in quantum computing in recent months and what threat this poses to […]

Path cleared for Barbrook and Lily gold mines to emerge from business rescue

June 12, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Nearly 99% of creditors vote in favour of plan that will allow for payment of claims. From Moneyweb. After nearly a decade of tragedy, stalls, […]

SA’s shrinking mining sector and the policies that brought us here

June 9, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Mining is now officially in recession after two quarters of declining output. The minister’s answer to this is more ministerial control … From Moneyweb. After […]

No one seems willing to take on taxi industry’s anti-competitive behaviour

June 5, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The industry likes to emphasise that, unlike buses, it receives no subsidies from government – but when will the authorities take them on for their […]

Ciaran Ryan on Radio 702 talking about ghost workers in government

June 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ciaran Ryan joins John Perlman on Radio 702 to discuss the issue of ghost workers in the public sector and why is so little being […]

How many ghost workers are there in government?

June 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

There are more than two million people on the public sector payroll, and not all of them are actual people doing actual work. From Moneyweb. […]

Loophole blocked: Sarb appeals ruling on crypto not being subject to exchange controls

June 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Follows a high court ruling in May that exporting funds via cryptocurrencies does not violate exchange controls. From Moneyweb. It took the South Africa Reserve […]

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