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Month: December 2025

Liquidators seize documents and laptops in raid on Banxso offices

December 23, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

In search of records they believe were being withheld from them. From Moneyweb. Banxso’s offices were raided last week by officers acting on behalf of […]

Police close in on illegal miners in North West

December 19, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The police commissioner seems determined to stamp it out, but will this new zeal fizzle or flourish? From Moneyweb. It used to be gold in […]

Vape shop owner on the run as millions go missing abroad

December 18, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Former business partner is attempting to track down more than R40m intended for investment in padel courts. From Moneyweb. Police are on the hunt for […]

Please Call Me inventor refuses arbitration with former legal funder

December 17, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

We’ll proceed with or without you, says Black Rock Mining, as it seeks to recover 40% of Kenneth Makate’s payout from Vodacom. From Moneyweb. Please […]

What happens if the US imposes sanctions on South African officials?

December 17, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Revoking former foreign affairs minister Naledi Pandor’s US visa suggests a shift towards personal, targeted pressure, and that’s usually how it starts – but the […]

It turns out AI trading bots behave just like humans …

December 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The losses are discouraging but the bots are learning. From Moneyweb. There’s a competition taking place where artificial intelligence (AI) models are pitted against each […]

MTI creditors want liquidators removed to stop further dissipation of funds

December 15, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

They want the Cape High Court to bar the liquidators from incurring further legal costs in the UK, and then to have them removed entirely. […]

You’ve accumulated some crypto, but how do you spend it?

December 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Spendl Money founder and CEO Greg van der Spuy explains how the SA-born fintech is addressing the crypto spending hurdle by offering a MasterCard debit […]

Eskom signs deal aimed at saving SA’s shrinking smelter sector

December 10, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Recovery depends on ferrochrome prices and energy cost relief. From Moneyweb. Eskom has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samancor Chrome and the Glencore-Merafe […]

Nedbank sent back to school over botched attempt to recover BMW debt

December 9, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

There’s a lesson here for others in the same situation – always challenge the banks’ accounting. From Moneyweb. Nedbank was sent back to school after […]

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