I.am.not.making.this.up💥 Words fail us. Then they multiply.
Words of the year that was 2025 - or perhaps weren't.
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥 From World Cup anthem to black box: The unanswered questions around Waka Waka
The unanswered questions - and broken promises - around Waka Waka, currently the world's seventh most popular song on YouTube.
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I am not making this up💥 The world in 2025, as demonstrated by two events
The weirdness of 2025 in two examples: the German Federal Election and the listing of SpaceX
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥Changpeng Zhao and the Fine Art of HODL
Changpeng Zhao and the art of HODL - holding on for dear life
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥 The rich support higher taxes. And other bedtime stories.
Is it true that nearly 64% of South Africa’s dollar millionaires support a 2% wealth tax?
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥Sunlight on tenderprenurs: SA’s procurement dashboard exposes startling red flags
Government has thrown open its public procurement system dashboard. Its revealing. But why have the red flags not been waved?
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥 The dog that didn’t bark: Reading between the lines of the Epstein emails
Epstein’s "I’m 75% there" is the language of a man who thinks he’s solving a crime, when in fact he’s starring in one.
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VODCAST | Listen Up! What is the actual point of the G20?
What actually is the point of the G20?
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥 Why do (some) dumb ideas never die?
From Trump to Mamdani: why do dumb ideas never die
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CurrencyNews.co.za💰 From Andrew Windsor to ‘Witness C’
The odd connection between the evidence of Witness C at the Madlanga Commission and the stripping of the royal title of the person we all once knew as Prince Andrew.
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I.am.not.making.this.up💥Bitcoin and exchange controls: The return of the fiscal time machine
Did you know bitcoin is currently not subject to exchange controls in South Africa?
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VODCAST 📣 Listen Up! What’s down the track? Changes in rail, greylisting, and art theft
Change is, as they say, the one constant.
In this podcast Mark Barnes and Tim Cohen discuss the efficacy of
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