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7,437 Episodes
1720 – 1740

Saffer Murray Roos is driving the cattle market from the 90s into the digital age

While stock exchanges and marketplaces have embraced digital transformation, it’s hard to believe that some sectors have yet to follow suit. One such sector is the cattle market, which has remained largely unchanged since the 1990s. It still features familiar personalities—agents and brokers—alongside the bustling atmosphere of on-the-ground livestock auctions,…
11 Dec 2024 7AM 11 min

Liquidate municipalities to pay ESKOM & water boards - Paul Nel

Financial Compliance expert Paul Nel of Prisma says the solution to collecting the R92 billion owed to ESKOM by municipalities and the billions owed to Water boards is to liquidate dysfunctional municipalities in terms of the Municipal Finance Management Act after all the intervention processes of provincial and National Treasury…
11 Dec 2024 6AM 25 min

Wood, Iron and Steel: The untold stories of 60 Western Cape shipwrecks

Wood, Iron and Steel is the title of a first-of-its-kind book in South Africa on 60 - known and unknown - shipwrecks that reflect the maritime history of the Western Cape. In this interview with BizNews, authors Bruce Henderson and Kelly Graham of Wreckless Marine, share their three-year-dive to map…
10 Dec 2024 7AM 10 min

BizNews Briefing - Syria, Iran impact on SA; De Beer on Zille; Cape Independence

In this episode of the BizNews Briefing, host Alec Hogg and his guests provide context on how the ANC’s alliance with the Iranian regime is backfiring big time after the Teheran-supported Syrian dictator flees to Moscow. Plus, Neil de Beer shares his forthright opinion on his erstwhile MPC partner Helen…
9 Dec 2024 11AM 30 min

Rory Steyn: Blitzboks triumph in Cape Town; SA teams off to a difficult start in Europe

In a lively conversation with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Rory Steyn unpacks a thrilling weekend of rugby. From the Blitzboks’ Cape Town Sevens victory signalling a return to form, to South Africa’s challenges in the Investec Champion's Cup, Steyn emphasises rugby's cyclical nature and the need for adaptability. He highlights…
9 Dec 2024 9AM 24 min

From Bitcoin to bureaucracy: Rob Hersov on wealth, waste, and South Africa’s future

From Bitcoin's meteoric rise to $100,000 and predictions of a million-dollar future, to reshaping South Africa's bloated government, entrepreneur Rob Hersov doesn't shy away from controversy. In this riveting discussion, Hersov shares his insights on cryptocurrency, the failures of bureaucracy, and his blueprint for a streamlined government that prioritizes efficiency…
5 Dec 2024 11AM 59 min

BizNews Briefing - Warning ANC on Iran; Driver’s licence chaos; Joburg mayor hoofed

In this episode of the BizNews Briefing, we hear from the director of a Cambridge University’s Institute explaining the danger of the ANC’s close relationship with Iran; How OUTA is to intensify its attack on the debacle around SA’s dysfunctional Driver’s Licence card issuing; Plus the DA’s two most outspoken…
5 Dec 2024 11AM 29 min

Jo’burg councillors in the cross-hairs…

Some City of Jo’burg councillors are in the cross-hairs after a court ordered that City Manager Floyd Brink must resign because his reappointment was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid. This ruling comes after the Democratic Alliance (DA) challenged Brink's appointment in court after the ANC/ EFF/ PA/ActionSA coalition supported his irregular…
5 Dec 2024 7AM 11 min

The ANC is selling its soul to “Nazi-inspired” forces… - Dr Charles Small

The African National Congress (ANC) has sold its soul, its democratic principles, its “brilliant” legacy, its own people to anti-democratic, “Nazi-inspired” forces. That is the view of Dr. Charles Small, the Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy and a former Chair of the…
5 Dec 2024 3AM 24 min

BizNews Briefing - SA & Iran relations; Eastern Cape property; West Africa turmoil; Notre Dame

This BizNews Briefing covers pivotal global and local stories. Alec Hogg interviews Iraj Abedian on South Africa's deepening ties with Iran. Bronwyn Nielsen explores Eastern Cape investment opportunities, including a R109 billion green ammonia project. The Sahel region's reliance on Russian mercenaries takes the spotlight, alongside updates on Notre Dame’s…
4 Dec 2024 11AM 23 min

Iranian-born and raised Iraj Abedian on SA’s new ally, Trump’s biggest enemy

In this in-depth discussion, Iraj Abedian, an Iranian-born entrepreneur who was a former UCT professor of economics and Standard Bank chief economist, shares an inside look at the dangerous geopolitical game South Africa is playing in cosying up to the most repressive regime on the planet. Abedian explains how Iranians,…
4 Dec 2024 11AM 1 hr 01 min

CR insults the intelligence of all South Africans - Glynnis Breytenbach

Glynnis Breytenbach, the Democratic Alliance spokesperson for Justice and Constitutional Development, has called President Cyril Ramaphosa’s redeployment of the “deeply conflicted, deeply compromised” Justice Minister to another Ministry a “disgrace” and an “insult to the intelligence of all South Africans”. She fumes: “So for five months he sits on his…
4 Dec 2024 8AM 6 min
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