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The Gupta's dairy project could come back to kick Zwane in the teeth
Mosebenzi Zwane is one of 16 accused in the state’s case against a coterie of Gupta acolytes and hangers-on. It’s the state versus seven individuals and nine companies. Among them, the former MEC (also former minister) Zwane, the former head of department Peter Thabethe, the former CFO Seipati Dhlamini, and…
Sun comes out in October after September's nightmare - Corion Capital’s David Bacher on keeping a cool head
September’s Corion Report was aptly titled ‘A Nightmare on All Streets’ after record market downturns, the report did however end on a high note, with the cheery notion that the ‘sun will come out tomorrow’ and it did exactly that in October. The Dow Jones rebounded with returns of 14%,…
Trucking industry having a torrid time as diesel costs continue to spike
An overall feeling of dismay is probably the best way to describe how transport operators are processing the latest diesel price hike on Wednesday. While petrol increased by 51c/l, it's the continuing hike in diesel - this month by R1.40/l - that will be straining the economic lifeblood of our…
‘The great pandemic fraud’ – bioterrorism expert and internist Dr Meryl Nass draws parallels between the Ebola, anthrax, and Covid-19 epidemics
As far back as March 2020, Dr Meryl Nass, a board-certified internist and a biological warfare epidemiologist and anthrax expert, proposed that the pathogen we know today as “SARS-CoV-2” was likely made in the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab. BizNews spoke to Nass to discuss the basis of her lab…
All you ever wanted to know about Crypto but were too shy to ask
Alec Hogg of BizNews is joined by country head of Luno, Christo de Wit, and Ashleigh Hale, co-head of Corporate at Bowmans in the first episode of this four-part series which demystifies the complicated world of crypto currencies, what exactly they are, their various utilities and how to get involved…
Mandatory registration of NPOs opens door for "govt interference and politicisation" - HSF
The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) is concerned by two pieces of legislation the government is aiming to push through as it seeks to comply with recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to avoid greylisting. The HSF has made submissions to Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance, taking issue with…
JWO prize winner wants to link Africa's isolated conservation areas - Dr Elizabeth le Roux and Jonathan Oppenheimer
As humanity demands space to continue to grow and prosper, they increasingly interact and compete for resources with wildlife. Conservationist Jonathan Oppenheimer described it as humanity being like an ocean that erodes the spaces of wilderness, which is “terrifying”. To promote research for the preservation of the continent’s natural environment,…
36ONE’s Cy Jacobs on the genius of Hedge Funds for retail investors.
When co-founding 36ONE almost two decades ago, top SA money manager Cy Jacobs used the opportunity to launch a long/short hedge fund. Initially only for big clients, this massive out performer was made available to retail investors six years ago. In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews, Jacobs explains…
"This is an opportune moment to push back" - Sakeliga on govt's race-based employment ideology
South Africa's business sector needs to stand together in denouncing the race-based employment ideology government is seeking to implement if pending legislation is signed into law in its current form. So believes Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux, in conversation with BizNews correspondent Michael Appel. Dis-Chem-gate has shone a light on…
Global energy restructuring veteran KW Miller has seen many messes, but says nothing comes even close to the Eskom disaster
Now that the ANC government has finally admitted defeat on Eskom by ending its monopoly and last week promising to assume up to ⅔ of its massive debt burden, the facade is being stripped from SA's teetering electricity provider. Global energy turnaround specialist KW Miller, who calls Eskom an "operationally…
Mazzone’s challenge to Malema – seconds out!
Fighting talk! The challenger to the Supreme Limelight Taker and Gucci’s Favourite Customer – the yacht-cruising Mr Julius Malema – is none other than the DA’s Ms Natasha Mazzone, who is gloves off and ready to go. It’s the metaphorical equivalent of Muhammed Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard; one all…
SA's activist lawyer Erin Richards heads for court, says compelling evidence and Pfizer's own data shows it lied by claiming Covid vaccine was "safe a..
Although evidence is mounting to show mRNA Covid vaccines may have done more harm than good, the popular narrative is so deeply entrenched that it still takes courage to publicly question it. Mindful of the risk she will be labelled a Conspiracy Theorist, Adv Erin Richards wants truth on Covid…
Cadre deployment has fallen...but legal fight continues
Cabinet has officially "ditched" cadre deployment in favour of merit-based appointments throughout the public service. Officially the policy is called the National Framework towards the Professionalisation of the Public Sector and was - quite silently, one might add - adopted by cabinet on 19 October. The DA's shadow minister for…
Not-sexy industrial property has ‘sticky’ tenants and is less dependent on economic cycles
With uncertainty in equity markets, rising interest rates and inflation, investors are looking to diversify their portfolios. Wealth Migrate’s Scott Picken and Riaan van der Vyfer, and their US partner Judd Dunning, who is the president of DWG Capital Partners, believe that investing in industrial property is a good hedge…
‘Principle over profit’ – The Noakes Foundation COO Jayne Bullen on overcoming dietary disease, the greatest obstacle to human health
The organic improvement of human health as a priority has been sidelined, with the predominant focus having shifted to, more often than not, medical interventions that treat symptoms but not core issues. However, there are still a handful of organisations working tirelessly to shift the paradigm around human health. BizNews…
Over a decade in the making...e-tolls finally scrapped in Gauteng
Motorists in Gauteng will be breathing a collective sigh of relief after Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed "we are now ready to start a new life without e-tolls in Gauteng". This clarity comes in the wake of pronouncements made by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his mid-term budget policy statement…
Nettle-grasping Enoch goes boldly on Eskom, SANRAL, Greylisting and Transnet
Excerpts from the Mid Term Budget Speech presser in which SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago and (DG) of the National Treasury, Ismail Momoniat answer questions related to the possibility of greylisting, SANRAL and the wage bill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More and more in SA say, 'We don't see a future, sadly' – Andrew Rissik from Sable International
More and more South Africans of all ages see no future for themselves in the country, according to Andrew Rissik from Sable International, the immigration specialists. However, he warns that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side – inflation, and high energy and living costs are a problem…
Pressure piling on Ramaphosa over "defective" Electoral Amendment Bill
The One South Africa (OSA) Movement believes there is no way President Cyril Ramaphosa can sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in its current form. Dr Michael Louis, director of OSA, as well as founder of the Independent Candidates Association, told BizNews correspondent Michael Appel that there's ardent opposition…
Bernard Mostert on buying Jooste’s R75m mortgage; Steinheist and media sensationalism
Bernard Mostert shines his searchlight on the furore around the R75.4m mortgage loan on Markus Jooste’s property assets registered in the name of his mentor and business partner Braam van Huyssteen’s trust. He explains how the mortgage came into the trust’s possession - and implications of last week’s preservation order…