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BN Daybreak: CR and Mashatile in crisis, saving AGOA, US has lost Iran war, Tatjana v Swimming SA
Ramaphosa's impeachment inquiry loses its evidence leader just as his court challenge opens, Mashatile is still nowhere to be seen, and Dr Iraj Abedian tells Alec Hogg at BNC#9 that the world's only superpower has lost a war it won't admit to losing. Then Tatjana Smith, SA's most-decorated olympian, finally…
Tatjana Smith takes on shambolic Swimming SA
The night before she raced for a World Championship title, Tatjana Smith wasn't thinking about her stroke. She was thinking about a fine. South Africa's most decorated Olympian tells Alec Hogg how Swimming SA threatened to fine her tens of thousands of euros for wearing the wrong swimwear, how her…
BNC#9 | 3 Amigos Q&A: AGOA on a knife's edge, fighting BEE in court, FF+ eyes Joburg coalition
Three of South Africa's toughest voices, one no-holds-barred Q&A. At BNC#9 in the Drakensberg, Dr Corné Mulder, Dr Theo de Jager and Gerhard Papenfus fielded questions from delegates on AGOA's future, a BEE court battle they say is being decided by judges swapped out overnight, and what business is prepared…
Solly Moeng: CR impeachment fight, Mashatile “poisoning” rumours, military “assassins” & more cop rot
In their latest weekly chat, Chris Steyn and political commentator Solly Moeng talk about President Cyril Ramaphosa winning another round in his impeachment fight while the man waiting in the wings, Deputy President Paul Mashatile, has not been seen officially since July amid rumours that he might have been poisoned…
BNC#9 | Dr Abedian Q&A: America's lost war, SA's "non-alignment", Israel-Palestine, oil's big moment
America hasn't just lost ground in Iran, says economist Iraj Abedian, it's lost the myth of being unbeatable. Speaking at BNC#9, Abedian lays out the binary choice facing Washington and Tehran, the alliances quietly reshuffling around Israel, and the human cost hidden behind the headlines. Then comes the question every…
BN Daybreak: Mega metro plan slammed; Roodt's economic fix; Ian Cameron on Philippi; Wall St slides
AfriForum's Morné Mostert tells BizNews the ANC's plan to merge Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni into one mega metro fails the science test - bigger municipalities don't perform better - and mainly boosts councillors' pay, which scales with size. From BNC#9, Dawie Roodt tells Alec Hogg he'd rebuild confidence by literally…
Morné Mostert: ANC’s “fantasy megatropolis” faces full-scale fight from AfriForum
According to Nomvula Mokonyane, First Deputy Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), the party is considering a fundamental review of the country’s municipal structures, including the possible amalgamation of Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni into a single “megatropolis”. In his reaction, Morné Mostert, Local Government Affairs Manager for AfriForum, tells…
Hesitant about the stronger rand? Here's how to structure your hedging strategy — Sebastian Steyn (Sable International)
While many individual investors and emigrants are postponing major financial decisions amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and upcoming elections, Sebastian Steyn, Head of Dealing at Sable International, says businesses do not have the same luxury. Steyn told BizNews that South Africa’s growing Business Process Outsourcing sector and multinational SMEs continue to…
BNC#9 | Roodt Q&A: What he'd do as FinMin; SARB's crypto plan; SA's shrinking tax base and more...
The taxman, the Reserve Bank and your crypto wallet: Dawie Roodt doesn't hold back. In this Q&A straight after his BNC#9 keynote, the Efficient Group chief economist explains why officials want your phone and your passwords if you try to take money offshore, why roughly 200 000 taxpayers are propping…
BNC#9 | Cameron Q&A: SAPS patronage networks, Madlanga fallout, SA's new cartel problem, and more...
A brigadier's pips on a secretary with zero police experience. A rape kit that costs the state eight times what it should. A cocaine pipeline running through a West Coast holiday town. One year after he was shot at during an oversight visit in Philippi, Police Portfolio Committee chairperson Ian…
BN Daybreak: Mashele's new political party, Hersov on Jozi's mafia problem, Copelyn on offshore oil
Prince Mashele has a warning for KwaZulu-Natal: when Jacob Zuma dies, he believes MK's hold on the province won't survive him. On this Daybreak, the political analyst spells out the party he's quietly building to replace the ANC, who he says is bankrolling it, and why he'd rather copy Singapore…
BNC#9 | Mashele Q&A: MKP after JZ, Zille for Jozi, Singapore's blueprint, and who funds SA politics?
Prince Mashele has a warning for KwaZulu-Natal: when Jacob Zuma dies, MK goes with him. In this Q&A from BNC#9, the political analyst behind a new project to unseat the ANC gets blunt about the money he can't yet raise, the small group he says quietly bankrolls South African politics,…
BNC#9 | Hersov Q&A: Joburg's mafia problem and Zille's odds; BEE and EWC; corporate silence; AI bets
Rob Hersov isn't sure Helen Zille can fix Johannesburg. Not because she isn't capable, but because of who she'd be fighting: an "international mafia" he says has spent 20 years perfecting the art of looting the country's richest city and knows exactly how to disappear when the pressure's on. In…
BN Daybreak: SA's early election loophole; Wiese on title deeds; Nurture Brands' R10bn plan
In today's episode, Ron Weissenburg explains the constitutional path to an early South African national election before 2029. Nurture Brands discusses their ambitious goal to build a R10 billion business through strategic consolidation. Christo Wiese unpacks how property title deeds could unlock dignity and economic wealth for millions, while David…
The NdB Sunday Show - Ron Weissenberg: How to change the regime next year - without a revolution!
In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Ron Weissenberg of The Accountability Group (TAG), tells Chris Steyn how South Africa could have a new government by next year instead of after the 2029 national elections. He says it can be achieved in accordance with a Constitutional provision for Parliament…
“Failure is the best MBA”: Riël Malan on risk, resilience and building big
Riël Malan joins Alec Hogg in Hermanus for a wide-ranging conversation about entrepreneurship, resilience and building businesses with purpose. From growing up in a farming family and launching Fruits Unlimited to creating 36 startups and leading Nurture Brands, Malan reflects on failure, leadership, partnerships and the lessons learned along the…
Squeezed at home, priced out abroad: SA families can pivot to universities in Mauritius, UAE...
With South Africa’s premier universities oversubscribed and the cost of popular overseas destinations like the UK, US, Australia, and Canada soaring, families could pivot to highly competitive, cost-effective global alternatives. Sable International’s Brent Morris told BizNews in an interview that Mauritius, the UAE, and Malaysia now offer highly attractive degrees,…
David White: "Entrepreneurial time poverty," DRG's dot-com crash and B-BBEE's "success formula"…
"Running a business is really complicated," says David White, founder and CEO of DRG, BusinessFit SA and The Africa Marketing Initiative, and the resulting "entrepreneurial time poverty" is what quietly kills small businesses long before bad ideas do. In conversation with Irakli Rekhviashvili, White explains how BusinessFit's open source self-assessment…
BNC#9 | Johnny Copelyn: From a banned union organiser to SA's most patient dealmaker
Johnny Copelyn turned a one million rand trade union investment fund into HCI, a business now worth well over ten billion rand, without ever raiding the pockets of the workers who backed him. In one of his last interviews as CEO, he talks candidly about a bank that nearly went…
BN Daybreak: DA eyes 6 metros; Zuma on MK's land plans; Zambia lessons; Cape Town costs; Nvidia
In today's BizNews Daybreak, Geordin Hill-Lewis outlines the DA's ambitious push to govern six metros. MK Deputy President Duduzane Zuma confirms that land expropriation without compensation will happen as party policy. We also explore why South Africa’s anxious youth should look to Zambia's optimistic turnaround. Plus, BOSA’s Roger Solomons warns…