Ciaran Ryan on Bruce Whitfield Show discussing massive court action against banks
Ciaran Ryan discusses the R60bn court action in the Constitutional Court being brought by more than 225 applicants whose homes were repossessed by the banks […]
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Banks cream it off bounced debit orders
This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Fees charged by banks for bounced debit orders range from R5 to R150. Banks are raking in between R500 […]
How Nedbank sold a family home for R10
Here’s a case where Nedbank repossessed a Katlehong home for R10. You read that right. Ernest Mashaba and his family have been put through a […]
Joburg man defends himself in court against the bank – and wins
Johannesburg businessman Damon Greville defended himself in the South Gauteng High Court this week against Sasfin Bank, which liquidated his 67 year-old business in 2012 […]
Mass civil disobedience over e-tolls could sink the ship
Despite the recent Supreme Court of Appeal victory for government over its plans to introduce e-tolls, the matter seems likely to go before the Constitutional […]
South Africa’s silent revolution
In 1990 John Kane-Berman of the SA Institute of Race Relations wrote a book called The Silent Revolution in which he detailed the extent to which apartheid […]
The surveillance state is fighting for its life
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has criticised NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden for “misuse” of government data. Excuse me? What about the galactic-scale misuse of private data by […]
Rape and retribution in West Africa
While working in West Africa earlier this year I met a rapist. Actually, I employed him in the company I was running in the […]
Headlines that grab
The job of the headline writer is to capture the essence of the story in a few words. The headline sells the story. Some people […]
Surrender ultimatum to Queen Elizabeth
We, the people of Ireland (including her sons and daughters in the Diaspora), hereby demand the immediate surrender of Her Majesty’s Government and the hand-over […]