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David Shapiro has watched the market from a JSE trading floor since 1972, through every crisis from the Asian meltdown to the pandemic. At BNC#9 he makes the case that a single 2022 invention quietly kept the global economy afloat despite punishingly high interest rates, and explains why the new…

In today's BizNews Daybreak, Helen Zille discusses the tough reality of politics and addresses the Mark Burke controversy. Old Mutual's Meryl Pick explains why central banks are hoarding gold to anchor credibility. Africa Bitcoin Corporation CEO Warren Wheatly highlights Bitcoin's decreasing volatility and absolute scarcity. Finally, get the latest US…

Bitcoin has gone quiet, and Warren Wheatley says that's the point. While the price sits well off its highs, the CEO of Africa Bitcoin Corporation says the real story is happening underneath: banks, insurers and even governments building the plumbing that turns Bitcoin into collateral. Wheatley explains how his own…

Central banks aren't buying gold to make money. They're buying it because they no longer fully trust the system the rest of us take for granted. Old Mutual's Meryl Pick takes BNC#9 back to a hotel in New Hampshire in 1944, to the deal that made the dollar the centre…

Helen Zille left her husband, sons and grandchildren in Cape Town to chase what she calls one of the toughest jobs of her career: mayor of Johannesburg. In this wide-ranging conversation with Alec Hogg, she explains why she'd rather walk straight into opposition than repeat the "extortion" coalition deals that…