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Voter registration weekend for SA expats excludes Israel, Sudan and Ukraine – Sy Mamabolo
In a first, South Africans living and working abroad can now register online to vote in this year’s provincial and national elections. This weekend, on 26, 37 and 28 January, they will also have the opportunity to register in person at diplomatic missions. However, Chief Electoral Officer Sy Mamabolo said…
Winning the Away Games: Bob Skinstad chats to AI guru Jon Flynn
In this captivating episode of 'Winning the Away Games' in collaboration with Elixirr, host Bob Skinstad welcomes Jon Flynn, Microsoft's sports visionary, on a journey exploring the intersection of technology and sports. From Jon's Southern African roots to his role at Microsoft, discover the transformative power of data and AI…
Eskom financial data shock: Compliance expert says consumers overcharged R1,3 trillion in 15 years
Financial compliance expert Paul Nel says South African consumers of electricity have been overcharged by R1.375 trillion in electricity tariffs over the past 15 years. He believes this has contributed to South Africa’s failing municipalities.
Paul O’Sullivan: SAPS and Hawks chiefs MUST GO after lifestyle audit shock
Ace forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan says SAPS National Commissioner Fannie Masemola and Hawks boss Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya are unfit for service as both failed a lifestyle audit he conducted. He has written to president Cyril Ramaphosa urging the immediate suspension of SA's two top cops pending a formal investigation…
It won’t be a slam dunk for 800-pound gorilla Amazon in South Africa – Andy Higgins
Amazon is set to launch its online shopping service in South Africa this year. The tech giant announced in October last year that it would provide independent sellers throughout the country the opportunity to launch, grow, and scale their businesses. In anticipation of Amazon’s arrival, Naspers has boosted investment into…
Cape Kids Foundation grants Cape Flats teens the power of family and dreams - Vicky Bauer
The Cape Flats in South Africa is an area plagued by gang violence and drug abuse. The situation has been so dire that the army was sent into the townships in 2019 to control the situation. Exposure to the violence is particularly distressing for children who are caught in the…
Mashaba: SA will become a failed state if the ANC is not unseated…
Action SA leader Herman Mashaba paints a grim picture of what a future South Africa will look like if the African National Congress (ANC) is not unseated in this year’s historic national elections. He predicts that the country will become a failed State - and says Zimbabwe will look like…
Former shadow minister Cachalia: Dumping the DA and why SA politics needs to change
The first weeks of SA’s election year have been full of drama: new parties, new alliances, and shock resignations, especially that of DA shadow minister for Public Enterprises Ghaleb Cachalia. In this interview, Cachalia shares the details behind his decision to leave the Democratic Alliance (DA). He gives his views…
Champion Chalupsky: Still fighting four years after ‘six month to live’ cancer prognosis
Kayaking’s iconic world champion Oscar Chalupsky decided to write a book in November 2019 after being diagnosed with quick-killing, incurable bone marrow cancer. The result, a page-turner titled No Retreat, No Surrender, is a guide to the practical benefits of positive thinking and laser-like focus. In this wide-ranging and uplifting…
Electoral alliances to dominate South Africa’s elections, not parties or individuals - Prof William Gumede
With the campaign season for South Africa’s national and provincial elections kicking off, The Multi-Party Charter, a coalition of opposition parties, including the official opposition in Parliament, the Democratic Alliance, has entered the election season with a subdued start. In an interview with Biznews, the chair of the MPC, Prof…
Argentina's President shakes Davos elites - Milei's watershed address in full
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, chose the podium at Davos for his first international appearance - and his message could hardly have been more explicit: Western civilisation is in grave danger. In a brilliant 23-minute discourse, the libertarian economist explained how abdication to a political elite threatens to put prosperous…
Frans Cronje gives ANC hope for Election24, but disgusted at another “sale” of SA foreign affairs
Political scientist Dr Frans Cronje’s poll-based Election24 projections for the ANC are more favourable than everyone else, including the party itself. But in this forthright interview, Cronje explains how seen from a historical perspective, his forecast of an ANC vote of around 50% is actually catastrophic, reflective of a deeply…
Ian Cameron: SA “a slaughterhouse of humans”
In a typically hard hitting interview, Ian Cameron of Action Society describes South Africa as a "total bloodbath" and a "slaughterhouse of humans," referencing the data on escalations in murders since the ANC came to power in 1994. He criticises the government's detached attitude towards soaring crime rates, likening ministers…
Peche’s Ranmore fund excels in 2022-2023 – even though “big picture” predictions off beam.
The performance of the Ranmore Global Equity Fund in 2022-2023, run by London-based South African portfolio manager Sean Peche, ranked in the top 1% of a basket of 3,000 European/Asian/African global equity funds categorised by Morningstar. As Sean is keen to stress: past performance in no guarantee of future performance,…
Corion’s Bacher decodes 2023 - why the predicted “terrible” year for investors wasn’t
With few exceptions, high-profile investment pundits called 2023 wrongly by predicting a tough year for US equities (especially big tech); a rough ride for Bitcoin; and outperformance by SA share prices. Corion Capital’s David Bacher explains what happened in the “annus horribilis” that wasn’t, and sticks out his neck for…
Loadshedding worse than stated, actually hit ‘Stage 8’ admits Mantashe
Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has admitted ESKOM lied to South Africans about load-shedding stages it was implementing. In this interview Samantha Graham-Maré, the Democratic Alliance’s (DA’s) Shadow Minister of Electricity.notes: “…in a couple of questions in the last week, Gwede Mantashe has admitted that last year January we went into…
Paul Hoffman - South Africa is looking like the 'useful idiot' for Hamas, Iran
Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now speaks to BizNews about South Africa’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) litigation which some see as a principled effort to prevent alleged genocide while other say it is an ideologically-based ploy to isolate Israel and bring down constitutionalism under the rule of law sponsored by…
De Beer: How Zuma-Ace pact will hurt ANC, boost Multi-Party Charter
With only months before the national elections, some political figures are making big moves. Neil de Beer - who spent 32 years in the African National Congress (ANC), but left in disgust to form the United Independent Movement (UIM), a party that has joined the multi-party charter to oust the…
Glynnis Breytenbach: How Scorpions 2.0 can go after the ANC’s big looters…
Ninety-seven (97) African National Congress (ANC) bigwigs identified as looters by the Zondo Commission still have to be successfully prosecuted. The Democratic Alliance (DA) wants an Anti-Corruption Commission (a Scorpions 2.0) to do so. The African National Congress (ANC) wants the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) to do it. In…
SA’s Manganese refining pioneer set to electrify West’s quest to diversify from China – CEO Louis Nel
A manganese refinery near the Kruger National Park, known as the Manganese Metal Co (MMC), is poised to benefit from the West’s desire to detach itself from China’s supply. Located in the rural town of Mbombela, MMC is one of just a handful of refiners of battery-grade manganese outside China…