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Frustrated Mashaba on 77 avoidable deaths; the politicking while Joburg literally burns
This is an interview in two parts with former Joburg Metro mayor and Action SA leader Herman Mashaba expressing his frustration in equal measure. First we discuss the tragic fire at 80 Albert Street in Marshalltown, once the commercial hub of the African continent, which killed 77 of those who…
Democracy Expert Larry Diamond: Trump’s re-election would be a catastrophe for US and global democracy
Larry Diamond is one of the world's most renowned scholars of democracy. In an interview with Biznews, the senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Mosbacher Senior Fellow in Global Democracy at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) highlighted the perils democracy currently faces. Prof Diamond…
The blood of 77 victims of JHB CBD fire “seeks accountability from corrupt officials…”
Corrupt officials in the City of Johannesburg register fake NGOs to claim buildings so that they can be “hijacked” for rentals. That is according to Mpho Dagada, the President of a new political party, Arise SA. Dagada was a Fourth Industrial Revolution commissioner in the Presidency. He tells BizNews why…
SAPS whistleblower: a fearless truth-teller shaped by horrific tragedy
South African Police Services (SAPS) whistleblower Patricia Morgan-Mashale has revealed how her tragic childhood and her late mother’s uncompromising truth-telling have inspired her to live her truth until she does have not have a voice anymore. In a heart-breaking, but spiritually uplifting, interview with BizNews she shares the story of…
Business Against Loadshedding: Blueprint of De Ruyter/Oberholzer/Vodacom gets first Rbns
Without the significant contribution of Business Against Crime, South Africa's already difficult position would surely be a lot worse. That body pioneered the template for tackling the country's most difficult challenges through public-private partnerships. Last week saw the finalisation of a similar collaboration on electricity supply with the innovative blueprint…
Bacher points out opportunities after Rand, Resources send SA investors an icy August blast
In his monthly update on major investment markets, David Bacher sees some contrarian light in August's gloom. The author of the Corion Report shares how his firm is nibbling at Resources stocks after the prices of mining shares in particular have fallen sharply of late. He also points out the…
Spectrum’s ‘divinely inspired’ contribution to ejecting ANC from power in 2024
Pastor Christopher Claassen, president of the Spectrum National Party, says his switch into politics was a calling. In this interview, he unpacks the reason why he started the party in 2019 - and how he believes the Multi Parter Charter of SA, of which Spectrum is a member, will eject…
Taking back the Power: a People’s Summit for a People’s Charter...
An apolitical civil rights movement is holding a People’s Summit in November this year (2023) to draw up a People’s Charter that will demand pledges of change from political parties in exchange for votes in next year’s election. Solly Moeng of The United Movement of South Africa (TUSAM) tells BizNews…
The Cleaning Fix: Shining example of giving dignity, decent wages and options to domestic workers – Joshua Cox
There’s an online platform for unemployed mothers seeking domestic work in Greater Cape Town called The Cleaning Fix that does not take any commission from the cleaners on the platform. The founder, Joshua Cox, told Biznews that cleaners are given 100% of the fees paid for a day or half…
FFM podcast ep18: Cracking the code; Bidcorp; Sibanye-Stillwater; T20 or Bazball?
Dive into the captivating world of fantasy fund management with the Fantasy Fund Manager Podcast. In this 18th week of the game, host Stuart Lowman from BizNews is joined by David Bacher, Chief Investment Officer, and Anthony Hall, Portfolio Manager, both from Corion Capital. Discover their strategies, insights, and experiences…
Cape Independence - latest poll has 58% in favour, advocates demand ballot in '24
The idea of the Western Cape's secession from South Africa continues to gather momentum, with the latest poll showing well over half of those who live in the province support independence. After the province's well-publicised Devolution Forum petered out, the Cape Independence Advocacy Group is now demanding that DA leader…
Msimang: You're dead wrong Dr Jeffery - ANC never bought into commie NDR
Deputy president of the ANC Veteran’s League, Dr Mavuso Msimang, has been a member of the movement for more than 60 years, having joined its armed wing umkhonto we sizwe in the 1960s. The science graduate, who also earned an MBA in the US, returned from exile to SA in…
Corruption all the way to the grave…
Even the dead in South Africa cannot escape the culture of corruption in the country. Bodies are piling up so badly at 136 State mortuaries that some relatives have to pay bribes to have post mortems done so that they can give their loved ones a dignified burial before they…
Helen Zille on the wave of ‘innovative corruption’ that’s taking hold in SA
In this wide ranging interview, the Democratic Alliance’s Federal Chair Helen Zille digs into the concept of ‘innovative corruption’ which she says is increasingly applied by her party’s competitors. A case in point is the bizarre story of the Metsimaholo Local Municipality in the Free State where the DA had…
Breytenbach slams Ramaphosa’s Anti-Corruption Investigating Directorate for doing “nothing”…
The Investigating Directorate (ID) set by President Cyril Ramaphosa four years ago has done “nothing”. That is the charge by Glynnis Breytenbach, the Democratic Alliance’so (DA’s) Shadow Minister of Justice and Correctional Services. She says “arrests don't translate into anything at all, unless the case goes to court and a…
Markus Jooste, Valumax, Mashatile - R5bn Tambo Springs joins corrupt dots
Birds of a feather tend to flock together. So when News24's Mashatile Unmasked investigation into SA’s deputy president turned up dodgy payments from a company called Valumax Projects, alarm bells started ringing for Francois Nortje. The Port of Gauteng developer explains in this explosive interview how he was courted by…
Farm Attacks: mostly greed and need - not always hate
Criminal intent and socio-economic desperation rather than racial hatred are behind many farm attacks in South Africa. This has emerged from a BizNews interview with former Public Prosecutor with the Department of Justice and ex South African Police Service (SAPS) Brigadier Julius Weideman. He is now a rural safety expert…
First SA electric minibus taxi could soon be spotted on Stellenbosch roads: Prof Thinus Booysen
There are 250,000 minibus taxis, many ageing on South African roads, spewing carbon emissions into the air. These emissions are surging with the near collapse of the country’s train system. Electric vehicles could transform health, carbon emission, and costs to hard-hit commuters. But, when it comes to the transition to…
BN@10: Ian Cameron on private security, El Salvador, IPID and SA citizens taking back their streets
In a detailed discussion involving Ian Cameron, Herman Mashaba, and the BizNews Community, various aspects of crime, policing, and security in South Africa are addressed. The conversation includes insights into books that shed light on organised crime, the overwhelming role of private security firms, and the inefficiency of the police…
How opposition’s voices were harmonised into a Multi-Party Charter – Zanele Morrison
South Africa is often held up as an example of how opposing political forces can come together despite hate, mistrust, and profound differences in their views on governing the country. However, for many, the concept of South Africa as the "rainbow nation," as coined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, is now…