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On a mission to broaden perspectives, build relations, like Madiba did - Judy Sikuza - WEF 2024 Young Global leader
Nelson Mandela embodied a spirit of reconciliation and was intent on broadening perspectives, which led to a peaceful transition in South Africa from apartheid to a democratic state. Judy Sikuza, the CEO of the Nelson Rhodes Foundation, wants to amplify this spirit as one of the World Economic Forum Young…
Zuma wants to prevent Ramaphosa’s Presidency, not interested in joining Parliament - Prof Theo Venter
As South Africa’s crucial elections on 29 May draw near, political parties are concentrating their campaign efforts in Kwazulu-Natal. The province has been singled out as the bellwether of this year’s elections by Prof Theo Venter, a political analyst from the University of Johannesburg. In an interview with Biznews, Prof…
The personality types most likely to be scammed…
Cyber criminals are masters at triggering human psychological needs - and people with an agreeable personality have a higher chance of being manipulated to share private and sensitive information. That is according to a new study at Stellenbosch University (SU). In this interview with BizNews, system analyst Vian Smit describes…
Top corruption-busting lawyers in the fight of their lives….
Two top lawyers who cracked open the Corruption Mafia at Fort Hare University are now fighting for survival - after their own shock arrests. In this interview with BizNews, labour lawyer Bradley Conradie and forensic lawyer Sarah Burger describe the trauma of their Holllywood-style arrests as the “ultimate way” of…
Obesity is not your fault nor just for the affluent - Prof Carel le Roux, World-leading SA Diabetes expert
A recent Lancet study reveals that over one billion people worldwide are living with obesity, equating to one in eight individuals. In South Africa, where obesity is likened to a tsunami or epidemic, 43% of adults were overweight in 2022, with a significant portion of women, men, and children with…
SA set to export nuclear reactors in 5 years…
Nuclear physicist Dr. Kelvin Kemm of Stratek Global, the company behind the local development of a Small Nuclear Reactor system, aims to be ready to export the reactors in five years’ time. He tells BizNews that there has been interest from places as far afield as Canada, “great interest” from…
Solar-powered Middleton agrees with Biccard - Loadshedding improvement is very real
Ahead of his keynote to the BizNews Conference in London, GoSolr CEO and co-founder Andrew Middleton shares some unappreciated good news on South Africa’s energy front. With 75MW in rooftop solar of its initial target 500MW already installed, GoSolr is part of a surge in private sector electricity provision. Middleton…
The political party to end all parties…
Lauren Eventhia Bernardo, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM) Party, advocates a political system that will remove political parties - and in which only independents will run for public office. In this interview with BizNews, she says that will enable the voter to vote directly for all of…
Alec Hogg: Joining SA’s political, social, economic dots with Second Level Thinking
BizNews editor Alec Hogg drew upon the great investment guru Howard Marks for inspiration in his address this morning to a packed room of Third Age University members in Hermanus. Among the hallmarks of Marks’ approach to investing (and life) is accepting that rational conclusions require ‘deep, complex and convoluted’…
Bagraim: ANC’s ‘existential’ threat to estate agents via BEE ownership an election ploy, unconstitutional
The DA’s shadow minister of labour Michael Bagraim says his party will fight the ANC-driven proposal that will force thousands of South African estate agents to hand over to new owners or close down their businesses. In this vibrant interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Bagraim also discusses suggestions that…
Anglo bid helps SA stocks outperform in April, but a wild ride for Mag7
In the monthly update of investment markets, Corion’s David Bacher takes us through the highlights for April where South African equities outperformed - and quarterly results lent fresh volatility to Wall Street’s Magnificent Seven. Bacher explains the reasons for the past month’s performance of various investment markets - and looks…
Bad news busters - GG, Wheatley heading for London to tell real SA business story
BizNews will be taking its successful conference format to London on May 15, sharing insights with SA expats a fortnight before the watershed 2024 Election. Among the seven keynote speakers are SA informal market specialists GG Alcock and Warren Wheatley - one a rurally raised white zulu; the other a…
Sakeliga attacking ‘next-level’ BEE, advises more State-proofing no matter who wins Election’24
In this powerful interview, Sakeliga’s CEO Piet le Roux unpacks his organisation’s fightback against the ‘third wave’ of BEE typified in efforts to make it compulsory for SA’s 40 000 estate agencies. Despite Pretoria’s growing legislative encroachment, Le Roux is upbeat about South Africa’s future: ‘State-proofing’ is being rapidly adopted…
Set aside political crony’s R21-billion gas tender-Kevin Mileham
A controversial gas tender awarded to a man who was named 176 times in the Mpati Commission report into malfeasance at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) should be terminated with immediate effect. That is the call from Kevin Mileham, the Democratic Alliance's (DA’s) Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy…
De Beer: Daggers flying in MK, Gayton’s good battle strategy, Political enemies on coffee dates…
In a wide-ranging, pre-election preview, United Independent Movement (UIM) President Neil de Beer torpedoes rumours of a Multi-Party Charter (MPC) collapse; gives his take on the daggers flying in former President Jacob Zuma’s MK party; and hails Patriotic Alliance (PA) President Gayton McKenzie’s combat strategy, saying the “Green Machine” is…
Gayton declares all-out war on the DA…
Patriotic Alliance (PA) President Gayton McKenzie has declared all-out war on the Democratic Alliance (DA) after his recent olive branch to the opposition party “expired”. Speaking to BizNews after another two by-election victories, he says: “It's war. It's full-out war. We are not playing. I extended the olive branch because…
Peter Major to Cyril, Gwede: Don’t let Aussies steal Anglo. Give mining a chance to grow SA.
South Africa’s mining investment guru Peter Major has come out all guns blazing against Australian BHP’s “opportunistic” bid for Anglo American. In this powerful interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Major calls on SA’s president and mining minister to step in quickly and promise to reverse legislative mistakes which chased…
Wonderbag: Blending Traditional Cooking, Community Empowerment, and Modern Carbon Markets - Sarah Collins
Wonderbag was a company established in 2008 methods as a solution to South Africa’s energy crisis providing families with a means to continue cooking daily meals during power outages. Resembling a colourful bag reminiscent of a pumpkin, Wonderbag employs ancient heat retention cooking technology, providing employment and income opportunities to…
CR doesn’t even know where the Guptas are… — Glynnis Breytenbach
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not even know where the Guptas are. That is the riposte from Glynnis Breytenbach, the Democratic Alliance's Shadow Minister of Justice, to the National Prosecuting Authority (NP) calling in the help of the President to try and fast track the extradition from the United Arab Emirates…
Webinar recap: Jaltech unveils game-changing solar investment with 90% returns in first year
*This content is brought to you by Jaltech In a recent webinar, BizNews' Alec Hogg and Jaltech's Jonty Sacks dissected the Section 12B solar investment incentive and unveiled Jaltech's latest venture in this arena. Investors were presented with an opportunity, with the potential to recoup up to 90% of their…