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Tom Moyane fired, leaving Sars in a state of “intrigue, fear, distrust and suspicion”

November 3, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired former SA Revenue Services (Sars) Commissioner Tom Moyane after receiving the Nugent Interim […]

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Lonmin says it is a victim of vexatious litigation

October 29, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in GroundUp. The Mining Forum of South Africa has applied to the North West High Court to have the mining licences […]

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The toxic role of consultants in SA

October 24, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. Several years ago John Micklethwaite and Adrian Wooldridge published The Witch Doctors, a brutal excoriation of the consultancy business […]

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The Economist, famously wrong on just about everything, disses Bitcoin

October 14, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly. I was waiting for The Economist to diss Bitcoin. Now that it has done so, I feel it is […]

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Equality court rules: no racism is acceptable

October 8, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared at GroundUp. In a moment of anger, ANC member Velaphi Khumalo let rip on Facebook that South Africa needed to be […]

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Ghosts of the Guptas still haunt Optimum coal mine

October 8, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared on Moneyweb. Last week the Pretoria High Court dismissed an attempt by a Swiss-based company, Charles King SA, to stop the […]

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How banks routinely over-charge on vehicle loans in arrears

October 6, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

This article first appeared in Moneyweb. Eight years ago debt counsellor Fanie Grové started looking at vehicle loan statements from his clients and was staggered […]

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Ciaran Ryan on SAFM talking to Chris Gilmour about the new mood of optimism in mining

October 6, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0
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Banks are clogging the system, says court

October 6, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

From GroundUp. This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. A full bench of the Pretoria High Court ruled last week […]

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Another victory for distressed debtors – court tells banks “take your cases elsewhere”

October 6, 2018 Ciaran Ryan 0

From GroundUp. This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 is here. The Pretoria High Court struck another blow on behalf of distressed […]

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