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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.

Selling trading signals is the scam du jour – FSCA

April 10, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Head of enforcement Gerhard van Deventer walks us through a new generation of scams, from deepfakes of FSCA personnel to the sale of trading signals. […]

Tour companies ripped off in Robben Island fiasco

April 9, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Two were defrauded of close to R200 000 – which was supposed to pay for foreign tourists to visit the landmark but ended up a […]

FirstRand taken to the dry cleaners in high court

April 7, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Told it needs to be cross-examined on its accounting and other defects in case against customer. From Moneyweb. Reproduced in The Citizen. FirstRand Bank’s attempt […]

Does SA’s transport reforms risk repeating Telkom’s mistakes?

April 6, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Reform progress is slow as independence for private partners remains limited. From Moneyweb. In February, Transnet issued a request for quotations, inviting private investors to […]

SA crypto exchange volumes are down 95% in five years

April 2, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Exchanges that used to transact 1 000 bitcoin a day are now doing 50. But while crypto transactions have collapsed, stablecoins have picked up the slack, […]

Kego Mining, African Bank reach agreement over R51m debt

March 31, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ensuring the company’s operations can continue without disruption. From Moneyweb. Kego Mining says it has reached an agreement with African Bank over an outstanding debt […]

Another smelter threatens shutdown over crippling electricity prices

March 31, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Ferroglobe has warned it will cease operations unless it receives electricity tariff relief by 1 April 2026. From Moneyweb. Global metallurgical producer Ferroglobe said in […]

Why SA needs stablecoin regulations – and fast

March 27, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Wiehann Olivier from Forvis Mazars explains what new stablecoin regulations will look like and why SA needs to speed up its regulatory reform. From Moneyweb. […]

Glencore-Merafe chrome smelter deal with Eskom hits a snag

March 27, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

Numsa has called on smelter operators to withdraw retrenchment notices, reopen mothballed smelters, and return to the negotiating table. From Moneyweb. The National Union of […]

Court orders sheriff to seize Kego Mining’s assets over R51m debt

March 25, 2026 Ciaran Ryan 0

The junior miner has until 8 May to explain why the order should not be made final. From Moneyweb. African Bank was granted an order […]

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