BizNews Edge: Second prosecution boss falls at Madlanga Commission; ANC heads into a tough November

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Two prosecution bosses down, and counting. The Madlanga Commission has just claimed its second casualty, and a leaked recording shows exactly how bad it got. Meanwhile fresh polling suggests the ANC is about to lose over 500 council seats, Interpol has crowned South Africa the ransomware capital of the continent, and the FSCA has landed a record R2.8 billion in fines, the bulk of which trace back to Banxso — the company behind those Elon Musk deepfake ads, the same scam BizNews first exposed. On the markets side, Nedbank, Telkom and Stor-Age all moved today, Lewis Group looks like a Buffett-style bargain hiding in plain sight, and Amazon just delivered one of the biggest single day gains in its history. Andy Jassy explains, in his own words, exactly why.
3 Aug 5AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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