Daily Insider podcast - Monday 10 November 2025

Trade expert Donald MacKay lifts the lid on how hidden lobbying, socialist economics, and political posturing are crippling South Africa’s competitiveness. In this Director’s Cut with Alec Hogg, he unpacks why our leaders keep doubling down on failed policies, how the scrap metal lobby beat out ArcelorMittal, and why the…

In today’s BizNews Briefing, we unpack how ideology and political patronage are costing South Africa billions. From renamed streets to state-protected steel mills, we explore how unreliable partners and lobby-driven policies are eroding jobs, trust, and economic competitiveness - with insight from trade expert Donald MacKay.

The former British Cabinet minister and lifelong anti-apartheid campaigner, Lord Peter Hain, has published a new book, Liberation and Corruption: Why Freedom Movements Fail. In it, he explores why idealistic liberation movements so often fall into the trap of becoming corrupt. And he has a scathing verdict for the ANC;…

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In the latest edition of the NDB Sunday Show, Political Analyst Professor Theo Venter, tells Chris Steyn that evidence emerging at the Madlanga Commission shows how crime networks were not only working towards the Tembisa Hospital, and were not only influencing the police at certain levels, but they had also…