BNC#7: Budget Panel - Burke; Bernstein; Mashele; and Heystek on Treasury's controversial budget and what it means for SA

Loading player...

Closing out the seventh BizNews Conference BNC#7 in Hermanus, BizNews founder Alec Hogg sat down with the DA's finance spokesperson Mark Burke; Centre for Development and Enterprise CEO Ann Bernstein; political scientist Prince Mashele; and Magnus Heystek from Brenthurst Wealth. The panel unpacked Treasury's recently announced budget - which the DA has rejected - discussing the proposed VAT hike, wasteful government expenditure and what budget tensions between members of the GNU could mean for the future of the coalition as well South Africa.

14 Mar 6AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

The Sunday Show - Neil de Beer: “Economic genocide” - by the “twats” in Government

In his latest Sunday Show with BizNews, Neil de Beer, the President of the United Independent Movement (UIM), likens the “unraveling” of South Africa’s economy to “economic genocide”. He says the country’S BEE and related laws do not constitute a “package of investment”, but a “hand grenade….that will explode economically”…

8 Jun 7AM 29 min

Comrades King Bruce Fordyce: How South Africa’s oldest race transcends sport and unites the nation

In this special episode of the BizNews Rugby Show, Rory Steyn sits down with South Africa's ultimate ultra-distance icon, Bruce Fordyce, at the Comrades Marathon Expo in Durban. The pair reflect on the evolution of rugby, tales from the road, unforgettable Madiba moments, and the legacy of Comrades legends like…

6 Jun 9AM 32 min

Adrian Gardiner: The visionary who pioneered rewilding at reserves in the Eastern Cape, isn’t done yet

For decades, Adrian Gardiner has led the charge in rewilding farm land in the Eastern Cape, but he’s still chasing bigger ambitions. His vision is to transform the province into a wildlife jewel, stretching from Plettenberg Bay to the Karoo. In this interview with BizNews about the newly released book…

6 Jun 4AM 20 min

Piet Croucamp: Ramaphosa fears Mantashe’s knock on the door…

The “embarrassment of being removed” is “foremost” in the thinking of President Cyril Ramaphosa. So says political analyst Piet Croucamp who deems the break between the president and African National Congress (ANC) Chair Gwede Mantashe as irreparable. “Mantashe was the person who knocked on Thabo Mbeki’s door to tell him…

5 Jun 7AM 19 min

Sean Peche meets Howard Marks - one of world’s top money managers shares key takeaways from his guru

Morningstar’s latest performance data puts Sean Peche’s Ranmore Fund in the top one percentile for virtually every performance period in the last five years. In this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, the ace money manager shares insights from a lunchtime meeting last week with the investing guru who inspires…

5 Jun 7AM 30 min

All episodes