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BNC#5: Advice from the investing panel - be sensible and place your bets wisely
In this insightful BNC#5 investment panel discussion 36One’s Cy Jacobs, Ranmore Fund's Sean Peche, and Merchant West’s Piet Viljoen offer their insights as they weigh in on pressing investing questions covering growth vs. value, the problems with technology and the volatile future of the stock market. Learn more about your…
BNC#5 - Cy Jacobs Q&A: Our stock market is not a reflection of SA - massive opportunity out there
In this BNC#5 Q&A, Cy Jacobs highlights the massive opportunity in the renewable energy sector and the trillions of dollars that will be spent globally. Jacobs discusses the involvement of various companies in the industry, cautioning against the slow turnaround time for fixing coal-fired power stations and the challenges facing…
BNC#5: Cy Jacobs - Better to protect capital on the 10 worst days than miss the 10 best days
In this BNC#5 presentation, Cy Jacobs focuses on hedge fund investment strategies, highlighting forensic research into businesses that are believed to be unsustainable. Jacobs discusses the ability to assess the current environment and choose between value, growth, or quality investments. Highlighting the importance of protecting capital during down markets and…
Lessons from Finland: The world's happiest country – Senior Director Visit Finland, Kristiina Hietasaari
Finland has topped the list of the world's happiest countries for the past six years. That is according to the World Happiness Report. This always surprises countries like South Africa, where we consider plenty of sunshine and our friendly people to be the key ingredients of happiness. In contrast, Finland…
Dr Richard Lindzen exposes the climate change movement as a fabricated, politicised power play motivated by malice and profit.
Veteran climate expert Dr Richard Lindzen made a name for himself before the term "climate scientist" had even been invented. In an interview with the pioneering atmospheric physicist and former emeritus professor of meteorology at MIT, he recounted how, between 1989 and 1996, funding for climate science in the US…
New political party, RISE Mzansi Songezo Zibi wants to rebuild a non-racial democracy in South Africa
Songezo Zibi is a former newspaper editor and political commentator who was the chairperson of the Rivonia Circle, a platform that drew inspiration and courage from the Rivonia Trialists. He will need courage in the robust and sometimes even violent political world he is entering. Zibi comes from a tiny…
BNC #5 Piet Viljoen part 2 - “Assets will fly in this country if Rainbow coalition assumes power in 2024
In the follow-up to his BNC#5 presentation Piet Viljoen delves into what he thinks will happen in 2024 if either an ANC/EFF coalition or the Rainbow coalition assumes power and what it could mean for investment performance. He also offers his thoughts on Bitcoin and its place in today’s turbulent…
BNC#5 - Piet Viljoen: You are not Chuck Norris, take advantage of valuations and don’t put all your money in SA
In this BNC#5 presentation, portfolio manager, Piet Viljoen, delves into his portfolio of undervalued securities and warns that each security is like a brittle twig that can easily break. He clarifies that the job is not to pick individual stocks, but to manage the portfolio using a sensible investment process…
South Africa could lose privileged access to US markets – Foreign Policy Analyst Peter Fabricius
Pressure is growing from the West on the South African government, because of its close relationship with Russia. President Cyril Ramaphosa is said to be sending an envoy to the US to discuss its relationship with Russia. Foreign Policy Analyst Peter Fabricius told BizNews that the South African government is…
Play the share market, win prizes, with SA's hottest new game - Fantasy Fund Manager
Always wanted to play the share market but never known how to? Fantasy Fund Manager a new game which borrows from its wildly popular Sports equivalents, is a fun and free introduction to investing in equities - and easy as pie to participate. In this interview Corion's Garreth Montano tells…
BNC#5 – Essential Stafford Masie: is SA getting left behind? The future of ChatGPT, BTC, and AGI
Stafford Masie, technology entrepreneur, former Google Africa Chief and advocate for emerging technologies, discusses the rapid growth of ChatGPT and its potential to transform businesses and society, stressing the implications of AI and the necessity for businesses to be focused on these areas for future planning. Masie also shares his…
Cows are coming home for Makhoba Farms and unemployed KZN youth – Nyosi Empowerment CEO Evan Jones
One of the success stories of land that was transferred back to the community is Makhoba Farms, a 10,000-hectare farm at the foothills of the Maluti Mountains. Makhoba Farms, assisted by Nestlé, is currently producing four and a half million litres of milk for the country every year. To equip…
BNC#5 COVID panel discussion with Dr Aseem Malhotra, Professor Tim Noakes and PANDA’s Nick Hudson
At the fifth BizNews Conference in March, BizNews founder Alec Hoff facilitated a COVID panel discussion between consultant cardiologist and public health advocate Dr Aseem Malhotra, world-renowned sports scientist Professor Tim Noakes and PANDA (Pandemics ~ Data & Analysis) Chairman and co-founder Nick Hudson. Neither of these prolific individuals is…
Message of hope as 10-party coalition governing SA's #5 Metro beating the odds, delivering turnaround
Nelson Mandela Bay's 10-party coalition is now seven months old and, according to executive mayor Retief Odendaal, has already notched up some remarkable wins. Apart from keeping all partners onside in reputably the largest governing coalition on earth; focused maintenance and fast-tracking of existing projects has removed the very real…
Prof Filatova’s icy Siberian shower on Opposition hopes that 2024 will end ANC rule
SA/Russia expert Prof Irina Filatova sees many parallels in the way people in the two countries are disconnected from economic reality by outdated ideology. The Russian-born and educated historian, academic and author says this fact, along with possible support from Moscow, will ensure the ANC retains political power after SA’s…
Gayton McKenzie (Part 2) - By-election results, Rob Hersov, and the major political change coming to SA
In Part Two of today's early morning interview, Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie offers his insights on critical by-election results in South Africa, including the key message from the Swellendam vote where the PA/DA split vote opened the door for an unlikely ANC win, despite a 20% drop in its…
Gayton McKenzie’s reckoning - PA Leader explains why he’s back in the anti-ANC fold (Part One)
In Part One of an extended early morning interview with the leader of the Patriotic Front, Gayton McKenzie explains why his kingmaking party is set to switch sides (again) in Gauteng - and why this time it’s likely to be for keeps. A central personality in South Africa’s edge-of-the-seat political…
"The evidence is so clear" – Dr Aseem Malhotra on COVID vaccine harms.
Consultant cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra made waves in September 2022 when he published a two-part paper titled 'Curing the pandemic of misinformation on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines through real evidence-based medicine' in the Journal of Insulin Resistance. Although Malhotra had been a public health advocate for a decade before the publication…
Mashaba rolls dice to bring PA into a rejuvenated Rainbow Coalition - and take back Jhb Metro
Action South Africa, a member of the anti-ANC/EFF Rainbow Coalition, today threw down the gauntlet for other members to bring the Patriotic Alliance back into the fold - and immediately take back control of the Johannesburg Metro. ASA's leader Herman Mashaba served notice of a vote-by-raised-hands motion of no confidence…
Cape Independence about to take a big step with imminent Bill tabled in WC Provincial Parliament
In the past three years, the Cape Independence Advocacy Group has firmly put the topic of Western Cape secession onto the agenda in the SA province that's succeeding where the rest are failing. According to the CIAG's Phil Craig, the separation process is about to be another huge step forward…