The Editor's Desk - Mon 5 Jan 2026: Trump’s Venezuela gamble and 10 trends for 2026

In the year’s first episode of our weekly engagement, Peter Major explains how, unlike oil or copper, which are driven by physical industrial use, the current gold price is being driven almost entirely by investors hoarding it. He refers to long-term gold price graphs to explain why those buying gold…

From a potential 55 million Rand scandal involving Novus and Mustek to the appointment of Andy Mothibi at the NPA, we dive into the latest developments impacting your money and the ethics of corporate SA.

In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Toby Chance, the Democratic Alliance's (DA’s) Spokesperson on Trade, Industry and Competition, details yet another harsh blow to former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) staff who had exposed large-scale corruption and illegal grants of up to R2bn. He describes how they were initially promised…

Join Alec Hogg for BizNews Daybreak, your early morning briefing on investment markets and the world’s biggest stories. We unpack President Trump’s controversial proposal to manage Venezuelan crude to fund reconstruction, and hear analysis from The Economist around China's surprising silence on Maduro's removal - something which will doubtless be…

In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, US Intelligence Analyst retired Colonel Chris Wyatt gives the assurance that the US is not likely to invade South Africa. However, he has some words of warning for President Cyril Ramaphosa - who doubled down today on his condemnation of the US invasion…