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Terror on SA soil - A trifecta of an issue with Hussein Solomon
Muslim academic Professor Hussein Solomon reveals the extent of terrorist financing, training, and activity on South African soil. He describes the relationship between the extortion of big businesses, kidnappings, and terror financing. He states that the Government does not have the ability, the capacity, or the political will to deal…
Helen Zille on Joburg chaos: Gayton "played" DA's Moonshot partners, always defaults to supporting ANC
Chair of the Democratic Alliance's federal executive, Helen Zille, has been publicly blamed for torpedoing an anti-ANC alliance's opportunity on Friday to take back governance of SA's richest metro. But just like at the BizNews Conference in March, Zille answers her critics with a powerful comeback - arguing that this…
Meet Dr Patrick Moore: a true environmentalist, climate change realist, and co-founder of Greenpeace who walked away after its hijacking by the politi..
Dr Patrick Moore, the co-founder of Greenpeace, shares how he came to join the fledgling group that founded Greenpeace, the bold endeavours and significant victories obtained by the young organisation during its early years, and the details behind his decision to walk away from the organisation after 15 years of…
Coalition talks collapse in Johannesburg as Action SA blames DA for shattering Moonshot Pact – Herman Mashaba
After intense behind-the-scenes negotiations to find an agreement between coalition parties in the Johannesburg metro on the following executive mayor for Johannesburg, talks have collapsed, leaving the door open for the ANC/EFF, who have patched up their differences to take control of the council. Action SA issued a statement on…
Joburg's collapse of anti-ANC Moonshot Pact - "dit loop kak", but insider Cronje provides context, offers hope
A month after DA leader John Steenhuisen proclaimed a Moonshot Pact to sweep the ANC from power next year, the coalition has collapsed at a relatively low first hurdle. Although they had the numbers to eject the ANC alliance from power in the Johannesburg Metro, opposition politicians could not agree…
Stellenbosch aerospace co is blazing a satellite trail for SA in space - Dragonfly Aerospace CEO Bryan Dean
South Africa is known for exporting raw minerals, fruit and wine, but what is probably not that well-known is that it has a thriving space industry that supplies satellite components and services globally. South African space products are incorporated into a multitude of international satellites. Exports generated by the country’s space…
SA's third big Jackpot: First Diamonds, then Gold, now it's Oil from West Coast, Karoo - Lorimer
The DA's James Lorimer believes South Africa is on the cusp of hitting a natural resources jackpot transformative as the discovery of diamonds in 1867 and the Witwatersrand gold basin twenty years later. In this uplifting interview, the Shadow Minister of Minerals and Energy explains how the offshore Orange Basin,…
SA Treasury's shock Exchange Control tightening - Magnus Heystek on why, and how citizens will react
SA Treasury has reacted to the flood of private capital legally leaving the country with a sneaky regulation change announced immediately before the May long weekend. Restrictive new compliance criteria for financial emigration and the R10m per taxpayer that can be invested offshore annually takes these options off the table…
Everybody has a price in South Africa’s booming kidnapping-for-ransom market
Herman Bosman, the Kidnapping and Crisis Incident Manager at TSU International, spoke to BizNews about the steep increase in kidnappings, particularly of high-net-worth individuals. This has already led to companies abruptly closing their doors and leaving the country. In this interview, Bosman warns that the damaging effect on the economy…
A coalition of the ‘good people’ will prevail in Johannesburg City Council – Freedom Front Plus Chief Whipp Corné Mulder
There has been a flurry of negotiation behind the scenes to get opposition parties to agree on who should be the next Mayor of Johannesburg and keep the ANC/EFF’s candidate out. This follows after ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba accused the Democratic Alliance of not being serious about removing the ANC…
Corion's David Bacher on "no news is good news" April - and runs a line through Alec Hogg's FFM picks
An unusually quiet April provided welcome relief to investors after the turbulence of recent months, and Corion's David Bacher explains why the long-neglected property sector shot to the top of the JSE's leaderboard. In this monthly recap, the author of the Corion report also looks at Alec Hogg's selections in…
FFM podcast ep1: Ultimate starter's guide, and beating those ex-dividend blues
Fantasy Fund Manager kicked off this week with over 2800 users battling it out for the inaugural investor's crown. It's a game built with education at its core to grow the South African investor base. Corion Capital's David Bacher and Garreth Montano, the brains behind the idea, joined BizNews' Stuart…
Cancer, Alzheimer’s, ageing: Dr Valter Longo on his pioneered fasting-mimicking diet and its infinite potential
Humans have attempted to understand ageing and reverse its effects for thousands of years. In modern times, the study of ageing and attempts to reverse its effects have become more scientific and rigorous. The field of gerontology, which focuses on the study of ageing, emerged in the early 20th century,…
South Africa is playing with fire and putting relations with Western nations at risk – Centre for Risk Analysis Chris Hattingh
National Security Adviser in the Presidency, Sydney Mufamadi headed a South African delegation in Washington last week to lobby the U.S. Congress and Biden Administration amid concerns that South Africa’s drift into the Russia-China camp could jeopardise its relationship with the US and other Western trading partners. The Head of…
Herman Mashaba - Opposition pact's 'Elephant in the Room' exposed in Joburg Mayoral Drama
Action SA leader Herman Mashaba exposes the Elephant in the Rainbow Alliance room for all to see - and urges that unless the anti-ANC alliance gets past this, the DA’s proposed Moonshot Pact is a dead duck. Mashaba shares the events leading up to the contentious vote for a new…
Zuma Jnr enters 2024 election as an independent - Duduzane predicts “cataclysmic shift” for SA
The famous, highly articulate son of former SA President Jacob Zuma has decided to fight the country’s potentially watershed 2024 National election outside the ANC because he “wants to be part of the solution”. Duduzane Zuma warns those in power will be held accountable for “dropping the ball”. In this…
Elon Musk won't pay bribes to ANC cronies - so SA to miss out on Starlink's cheap, fast internet broadband from space
Elon Musk's Starlink, the high-speed, low-cost internet access offering from space, won't be coming to South Africa. The reason, says tenacious SA opposition politician Dianne Kohler-Barnard, is the ANC demands that to be licenced, Starlink must first give 30% of the local company to politically connected cronies under the guise…
Andre Crawford-Brunt: From global banker to taking 7m tourist targets on daily SA game-drives
Every month virtual game drive broadcaster WildEarth takes seven million viewers on safari in the South African bush - entertaining and de-stressing them while simultaneously planting seeds for future tourists. In this interview, UK-based Saffer and co-owner Andre Crawford-Brunt shares his journey from global banker to co-owner of an international…
BNC#5 - Stafford Masie Q&A: Booming AI, BTC, quantum-computing, Starlink and SA’s untapped potential
Tech entrepreneur and former Google Executive Stafford Masie answers questions on the rapid rise of cryptocurrency, the integration of Artificial Intelligence in business and the growing concern surrounding South Africa’s economic future. Masie highlights the overlooked value of Bitcoin as both an asset and an international currency, emphasizes the threat…
The South African who loves to tackle for the Chicago Bears – Dieter Eiselen
Dieter Eiselen was born in Pretoria and attended school in Stellenbosch at the Paul Roos Gymnasium and he has just been signed for a fourth season of the Chicago Bears, a professional American football team. Even though he loves rugby and would love to see his former class mate, Herschel…