Why the cost of sending money depends on what passport you own

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Anton Titov, founder of a RemiDe, a SWIFT-type system for the crypto age, explains why Africans pay so much more than Europeans to send money – and how a solution is at hand.

2 Dec 2025 English South Africa Tech News · Investing

Can tokenisation spark an economic revival in SA?

How much value is tied up in frozen assets in SA? If we can unfreeze these assets through tokenisation – allowing ordinary South Africans to buy fractions of companies, properties and even farms and rare wines, what value could be unlocked? Shiven Moodley, CEO of Novaque, brings us a little…

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Dawie Roodt: Do we still need exchange controls?

The Efficient Group chief economist weighs in on new exchange control regulations and doesn’t like them one bit – nor, it appears, does he have much time for any kind of controls.

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$1.2bn spent on crypto in a week and the market didn’t blink

Institutions ploughed $1.2bn into bitcoin in a week and markets didn't blink. Cape Crypto CEO Leon Kowalski explains what's really driving crypto and shares his fiery take on government's proposed exchange control changes.

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New exchange control rules: ‘If they pass, we’re leaving SA’

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Something new: A multi-currency token to rule them all

And it promises to be more stable than a stablecoin.

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