Ruby Delahunt

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Ruby Delahunt

A born and bred Joburger, Ruby is a junior journalist at Currency with a passion for politics, current affairs, and the written word. She is a Wits University graduate with a degree in journalism and media studies, and was named student journalist of the year.

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Simpler, better, faster: Fihla’s blueprint for Absa

Fihla’s plan to bring Absa back to the top

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PODCAST: UncoveringIT! Does SA need the Post Office?

Giulietta Talevi and Ruby Delahunt discuss the viability and future of the South African Post Office

Time to pack it in: Does South Africa even need a Post Office?

Plagued by debt, branch closures and competition from private couriers, is it time for the Post Office to pack it in?

AI and the law: The phantom menace

AI’s hallucinations are putting the integrity of the law at risk

Standard Bank. File picture: FREDDY MAVUNDA.

Standard Bank’s African machine is paying off

Standard Bank's African machine just helped deliver a record R26.1bn profit — and there's plenty of room left to run

It’s the end of diamonds as we know them (but lab-growns are fine)

The diamond industry faces a crisis as lab-grown stones destroy prices and threaten the economics of natural-diamond mining. But the value of scarcity may save natural diamonds.

Valterra Platinum. Rawpixel/Currency

Valterra: platinum’s poster child? 

A surge in platinum prices lit the fuse, but years of disciplined investment have left Valterra well placed to cash in on the market’s recovery

Telecoms jostle. Rawpixel/Currency

rain struggles to take the reins 

Can rain’s new LoopPhone – a high-tech mobile device tied exclusively to its data network – reignite market interest in the one-time upstart?

PIC public investment corporation. ChatGPT Currency

High drama as suspended PIC boss goes to court

Patrick Dlamini goes to court over his suspension as the PIC board collapses, deepening the governance crisis at the asset manager

Can De Beers make diamonds forever again?

Making diamonds desirable again depends on more than reviving one of history’s greatest marketing machines

Northam mine. Facebook/Northam/Khoni Johannes Mokhonoana; Rawpixel; Currency

Northam: digging through the platinum dip

While many miners hold back, Northam is expanding production and attracting heavyweight investors betting on tighter future supply

David Masondo(Gallo Images/Brenton Geach), Enoch Godongwana (Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp), Rawpixel/Currency

Inside the PIC’s meltdown

PIC CEO Patrick Dlamini’s suspension has reignited questions over governance, politics and accountability at the R3.6-trillion asset manager

Absa ugly duckling. Rawpixel/Currency

The odd bank out

After years of leadership churn, and with a turnaround now under way, Absa is still searching for its mojo

Fintech credit. Rawpixel/Curreny

The fintechs muscling in on South Africa’s credit gatekeepers  

Armed with data, algorithms and frictionless onboarding, fintechs are increasingly deciding who gets access to credit, and doing it faster than the banks.

Gareth Penny. Ninetyone.com

A Penny for De Beers’ troubles

Gareth Penny is tipped to acquire De Beers, but reviving the diamond market may prove harder than buying it

PPC results. Rawpixel; Currency

PPC’s comeback starts to cement itself

PPC’s CEO says there’s still value trapped in the business, though analysts say he needs to look outside.

Youth vote South Africa. Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images; Photo by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images; Rawpixel; Currency collage

Do young people care about voting? 

Upcoming municipal elections face a growing youth trust deficit, with political parties struggling to inspire frustrated and increasingly disillusioned younger voters.

Jibar Zaronia. Rawpixel/Currency

The great rate switcheroo about to impact your cash

It’s time to bid Jibar goodbye and welcome Zaronia: the main new rate for South African loans, bonds and derivatives

Grainfield, rainbow and storms. Rawpixel/Currency

Cape storms threaten more than just food security

The storms hurt farms, but the real threat to agriculture is broken logistics, slow disaster response and delayed wheat tariffs

WeBuyCars competition. Wikimedia Commons; Rawpixel; Currency collage

Can WeBuyCars ride the Chinese import tsunami?

With consumers financially stretched and imports booming, WeBuyCars faces a tougher road to growth than investors once expected