Open up rail network to private operators or miss commodity boom
70% of it is underutilised. That must change, and fast. From Moneyweb. Miners were in good spirits at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town this […]
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Mining Indaba: For SA it’s about the bottlenecks strangling growth
Lack of exploration, a dysfunctional licensing system, Eskom and lack of transport capacity. From Moneyweb. The Investing in African Mining Indaba got underway in Cape […]
Mining Indaba: South African lawmakers get schooled by the masters
Resource nationalism, once an anti-mining rallying cry across the continent, has now given way to a kinder, more accommodative approach by governments from Zambia to […]
Oligarchs trade insults over crypto
Billionaire Peter Thiel named Warren Buffett, Larry Fink and Jamie Dimon as ‘enemies’ of Bitcoin. Buffet fired back with insults of his own. From Moneyweb. […]
CompCom wants more small businesses on banks/insurers’ supplier panels
‘Practice note’ aimed at promoting greater competition among suppliers to banks and insurers should benefit more smaller companies. From Moneyweb. A Practice Note recently published by the […]
Pityana demands minutes of Absa board meetings
Specifically those at which his possible appointment as chair was discussed. Bank says he’s not entitled to them. From Moneyweb. Sipho Pityana, former lead independent […]
Zondo praises EOH for coming clean, but says it cannot keep the proceeds of corruption
Corrupt tendering involving the City of Joburg helped fund the ANC’s election campaign. From Moneyweb. Volume 1 of the latest section (Part 4) of the […]
A wake-up call for SA’s ballooning cities
Their populations are exploding at rates far in excess of economic growth. From Moneyweb. Buried in the dry numbers of the latest State of South […]
SA house prices measured in bitcoin increase for the first time in a decade
But over the last 10 years, bitcoin’s deflationary power is unrivalled. From Moneyweb. It’s a fun but increasingly irrelevant historical fact to recount the most […]
Comair planes grounded indefinitely over safety concerns
24-hour flight suspension over the weekend has been extended indefinitely after the airline failed to address all safety issues raised by the regulator. From Moneyweb. […]