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About Ciaran Ryan
The Writer's Room is a curated by Ciaran Ryan, who has written on South African affairs for Sunday Times, Mail & Guardian, Financial Mail, Finweek, Noseweek, The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, USA Today, Acts Online and Lewrockwell.com, among others. In between he manages a gold mining operation in Ghana, and previously worked in Congo. Most of his time is spent in the lovely city of Joburg.

The stablecoin gold rush is here 

October 8, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Goldman Sachs says the boom is just beginning – and it could grow into a trillion-dollar market. From Moneyweb. You can also listen to this […]

Gold is the new anchor for SA’s mining sector

October 8, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The country’s ranking as a gold producer has slipped in recent decades, but we can never write it off. From Moneyweb. Once-unloved gold has been […]

17 years after the fact, Cape Gate found guilty of scrap metal price-fixing

October 7, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The Competition Commission says the complaint relates to conduct that ended in 2008. From Moneyweb. Cape Gate has had a rough time of it before […]

Western Cape municipalities and Midvaal are the only ones in any kind of shape

October 7, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The gap between the best and the rest is widening – Ratings Afrika. From Moneyweb. It comes as no surprise that South African municipal performance […]

Are gold shares overdone, or is this just the start of a bull market?

October 3, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Precious metals are driving the JSE to new highs, but this does not reflect what’s really happening in SA, where businesses are labouring. From Moneyweb. […]

Will stablecoins one day rule the world?

October 1, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

Connie Bloem of Mesh.trade explains why US dollar and even ZAR stablecoins, such as the recently launched yZAR, are exploding around the world. From Moneyweb. […]

Port of Gauteng aims to revitalise rail, remove 30% of trucks from the N3

October 1, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

It could also bury Joburg’s existing inland port at City Deep by offering faster container turnaround times. From Moneyweb. The Port of Gauteng may be […]

Tembisa Hospital crime syndicates bypassed every trigger alert in the book

September 30, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

The Special Investigating Unit has identified three main syndicates, and half a dozen smaller ones, fleecing the hospital of over R2bn. From Moneyweb. We now […]

Turnarounds at Eskom and Transnet not yet showing in GDP figures

September 29, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

B4SA has wracked up some impressive successes, but there’s no sign of this yet in economic growth figures. From Moneyweb. The B4SA Business Government Partnership, […]

Backlash against World Bank’s ranking of Durban as the world’s worst port

September 26, 2025 Ciaran Ryan 0

It’s bad, yes, but the World Bank focuses only on vessel turnaround times, say industry analysts and associations. From Moneyweb. Not surprisingly, the World Bank […]

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