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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…
Steenhuisen on the latest ANC scandals - and SA’s “cowardly” President…
The ruling African National Congress (ANC) has had a very bad start to the election year. It has been one scandal and controversy after another. BizNews speaks to John Steenhuisen, the leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) about the big four: ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula’s apparent admission that…
South Africa’s chances of winning case against Israel seem unlikely – Prof Theo Venter
The South African Government has enlisted top legal experts for its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Their 84-page application argues that they only need to prove some of their accusations against Israel fall under the Genocide Convention to effectively halt its military operations in Gaza. Oral…
Zuma’s role in the upcoming Election: A Spoiler, not a Kingmaker
This year is a significant one for South Africa as it gears up for the elections, and a key factor that has emerged is the ‘Zuma factor’. This follows the decision of former ANC president Jacob Zuma to support the newly formed Umkhonto we Sizwe party for the 2024 election,…
OUTA lays bare the rot in higher education - and hails the “brave souls” who blew the whistle…T
The dreams of thousands of students have been shattered by corruption in the higher education sector. Much of that has been exposed by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). In this interview with BizNews, OUTA's Investigations Manager, Rudie Heyneke speaks about the corruption reports it has issued since 2018; the…
Smoking Gun: Tobacco tycoon's tussle with tax authority unravels
The year ended badly for Julius Malema funder - and alleged cigarette smuggling kingpin - Adriano Mazzotti. His Carnilinx was among a group of tobacco manufacturers that failed in their urgent bid to interdict SARS against installing CCTV cameras at their warehouses. In his reaction, Tax Justice South Africa’s Yusuf Abramjee calls…
MAGNUS HEYSTEK on the JSE, the ANC, and 2023 - 2024 investment & disinvestment trends
In this interview with BizNews, investment strategist Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management speaks about: The poor performance of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE); how the African National Congress (ANC) government is scaring away foreign investment; the likely fall-out from South Africa taking Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
Cape Winelands Airport's big plans: Premier diversion hub, doubling tourist numbers - Nick Ferguson
There is a buzz in Cape Town about the development of the new Cape Winelands Airport near Durbanville with the City Council throwing its weight behind the development. The site for the new Cape Winelands Airport t near Durbanville in the Cape has an interesting history as it was chosen…