Georgina Crouth

Cape Town

Business Maverick. I write about retail, food, alcohol, motoring, tourism and consumer issues. Mail me: [email protected]

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Nigeria suing Binance for $81.5bn in economic losses and back tax

2 months ago | bizcommunity.com | Camillus Eboh |Richard Teng |Georgina Crouth

Advertise your job vacancies2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Nigeria has filed a lawsuit seeking to compel cryptocurrency exchange Binance to pay $79.5bn for economic losses it says were caused by its operations in the country and $2bn in back taxes, court documents showed on Wednesday, 19 February 2025.
AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

Dec 3, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Katja Hamilton |Richard Teng |Georgina Crouth

Advertise your job vacancies 2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more Binance has partnered with AltSchool Africa to offer full-tuition scholarships to 500 young Africans.
One year of leading Binance in a new era of crypto

Nov 28, 2024 | bizcommunity.com | Richard Teng |Ahmed Eljechtimi |Camillus Eboh |Georgina Crouth

Advertise your job vacancies2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Show more One year ago, I was humbled and honoured to be entrusted with an enormous task: leading the incredible organisation that CZ (Changpeng Zhao) and the founding team had built into the new era of the crypto industry. Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic. This transition became the culmination of a challenging period for Binance and the digital-asset space as a whole.
Buy Nothing Day: Consumers are reinventing Black Friday

Nov 27, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

SHOP RESPONSIBLY The best way to save money during Black Friday, the year’s biggest shopping bonanza? Buy nothing or if you do, buy green. Looking for a top tip for surviving Black Friday?
Treasury aims to alleviate SA’s drinking problem – by raising excise tax on alcohol | wine.co.za

Nov 18, 2024 | news.wine.co.za | Georgina Crouth

South Africa has a drinking problem, which the National Treasury hopes to address through new taxes on alcoholic beverages. On Wednesday, the Treasury issued a call for written comments and proposals to assist the government in developing “an appropriate excise policy framework to reduce the harmful use of alcohol”, giving the public just a month in which to respond.
Woolworths launches probe

Nov 17, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

FISH LABEL BUST The retailer has responded to last week’s police raid on a counterfeiting operation in Sedibeng, during which seven illegal immigrants were found to be tampering with expiry dates. Woolworths has launched an investigation after branded packaging was found during a police raid on a counterfeiting operation in Gauteng.
Treasury plans to increase excise tax on alcohol

Nov 14, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

SOBERING INCREASES The Treasury has given a 30-day notice period for public comments on its alcohol tax proposals, which the liquor industry says is unfair and premature. South Africa has a drinking problem, which the National Treasury hopes to address through new taxes on alcoholic beverages.
Advertising regulator tells Homemark to prove Ultrasonic Pest Magic claims

Nov 7, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

CONSUMER PROTECTION The company — which has repeatedly been hauled before the Advertising Regulatory Board and its predecessor, the Advertising Standards Authority — needs to prove that its plug-in device is as described on the box. Promoted as a revolutionary device to eliminate pests like flies, ants, rats, mosquitoes, spiders and mice, Homemark’s Ultrasonic Pest Magic must now prove its claims after a complaint to the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB).
South Africans more cost-conscious than European counterparts, but tide is turning

Nov 6, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

GROCERY RETAIL A report suggests that after prolonged pressure and penny-pinching, the global grocery retail sector is showing signs of recovery as consumers become more optimistic — even in South Africa. Judging by their till slips and the rising cost of living, most consumers wouldn’t believe it, but data suggests that things are finally beginning to look up.
SA winery named third best vineyard in the world

Nov 5, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Georgina Crouth

PICK OF THE BUNCH The winery outside Hermanus joins VIK in Chile and Bodegas de los Herederos del Marqués de Riscal in Spain as this year’s top wine destinations. A wine estate at the southern tip of Africa has just been recognised among the world’s top three vineyards for 2024. Renowned for its cool climate, dramatic landscape and virus-free vineyards, Creation Wines is a leading producer of pinot noir and chardonnay.