Warren Thompson
@ThompsonWarren8
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Financial journalist @finuncovered and co-author of the Battle of Bangui, the inside story of South Africa’s worst military scandal since Apartheid.
London, Johannesburg
Joined March 2010
The opening match of #FIFAWorldCup 2026: Mexico v South Africa
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A casual 2,5 billion people (Indian + Chinese) excluded from #FIFAWorldCup2026 *peace love unite the world* World Cup draw. Anyway after that show, I am sure they are happy!❤️
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Old @WOOLWORTHS_SA biltong packets for me @MandyWiener
Bosasa paid cash bribes in grey plastic tamper proof security bags. The Guptas allegedly did it in brown leather backpacks. The IDT CEO used a Dior handbag. Vusimuzi Cat Matlala says he did it in black Woolies bags. What are you using for your cash bribes?
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Great piece by David Shapiro in @currencynewsza about the end of one of the great fixtures in the investment world: Warren Buffett's annual thanksgiving letter.
currencynews.co.za
Warren Buffett has given us something money can’t buy: a way to laugh at the market’s absurdities while still believing in its promises.
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Ten points about the recent G20 summit in Johannesburg: 1. The summit was well presented logistically and in terms of facilities, appearance, logo, preparation. The protea was a nice logo and Nasrec was clearly very well put together for the summit. Every South African can
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“Again, the regulator was unequivocal. It wrote that the contraventions “can only be substantial” because Zuma broke the law “on numerous occasions”, each of which constituted an offence with a prison sentence,”
The real value in being relentless with the PAIA requests, is that they set judicial precedents that in future not just journalists, but the wider public can use to access information on the state. Thank you @Dariomilo and the team at @webberwentzel
https://t.co/3RmKax7Lrt
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The real value in being relentless with the PAIA requests, is that they set judicial precedents that in future not just journalists, but the wider public can use to access information on the state. Thank you @Dariomilo and the team at @webberwentzel
https://t.co/3RmKax7Lrt
dailymaverick.co.za
The Information Regulator has ordered SARS to release former president Zuma’s tax records and has eviscerated the agency for its ‘soft approach’ to Zuma’s tax non-compliance. Seven years after...
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S&P decided to upgrade SA’s credit rating from BB- to BB. In addition S&P has kept South Africa on a positive outlook. This is S&P’s first upgrade of SA’s credit rating in twenty years. Good news, but more progress is required to get back to Investment Grade
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Europe is getting 150% tariffs tomorrow. #RyderCup2025
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Secrecy is becoming the default position in the public and private sectors in South Africa. Another example:
amabhungane.org
Five years ago, a small company, Inhlanhla Ventures, was placed in a difficult financial position. It had been investing in shares on the stock market through a broker. As part of their agreement,...
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BATTLE OF BLOG IS OUT https://t.co/SPKHoq30nG
@1TrueRicardo @ali_naka @darren_olivier @deanwingrin @defenceWeb_Afr @SongezoZibi @SowetanLIVE @SANDF_ZA @ThompsonWarren8
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This is the wildest, most eye popping story I have read in SA since state capture. What on god's green earth is the @SANDF_ZA doing assassinating a senior police investigator? Does @CyrilRamaphosa have any idea what is going on in his security forces? https://t.co/KAxF0DlXmO
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One of the 13 South African National Defence Force’s elite unit soldiers arrested for the murder of Hawks detective Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa allegedly played a central role in the kidnapping...
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Disgraceful. Nobody in South Africa should play the lotto again. You’d be better off just giving that money to the Mashatiles.
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Starlink now available in Lesotho!
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The South African government is hoarding 2,5 million hectares of land acquired for land reform purposes Watch my conversation with @BizNewsCOM here https://t.co/LsAa5LgGA8
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The South African Reserve Bank welcomes the positive news of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) confirmation that the country has completed all 22 of its action items to combat money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. This is a significant step
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Genocide If we are going to act like victims of genocide, the race that comes closest to what one will describe as a genocide is the Coloured race. We have lost 30 young people to gang violence this weekend alone. Let me repeat, 30 killings.
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If I didn’t know better I would be convinced that the South African government really wants to keep #Starlink out of this country. In all my thinking life, I have never seen a more spectacular mess up of process and glaring invitation for litigation. From what can easily be
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