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Ramaphosa expect to get another term at ANC National conference but expect battle for No 2 - Prof Theo Venter University of Johannesburg
The ANC caucus in Parliament managed to ward off a rebellion against President Cyril Ramaphosa with only 5 of its members of parliament voting for the adoption of the Section 89 panel report on the Phala Phala theft that found that he may have violated the Constitution. Notably voting in favour…
KZN Midlands attacking loadshedding with battery-power for business hubs within a year
The uMgungunglovu District has emerged as the surprise leader among SA regions battling to engineer solutions to loadshedding. The region, which includes PMB, Howick and Mooi River, is launching massive battery plants to serve business hubs. James Martin, who heads Economic Recovery in the district says the batteries will be charged…
Progress report with uMngeni’s Mayor Pappas - symbol of hope of what SA can become
For many South Africans uMngeni’s hard-working Mayor Christopher Pappas (31) personifies what the country could become. Young, smart, multi-lingual and hard working, Pappas and his Democratic Alliance team have achieved a great lot since taking power a year ago - serving as a template for the DA’s alternative to the…
Scenarios point to binary future for SA post-2024: prosperity or penury
Scenario planner Jakkie Cilliers, founder of the ISS and author of the 2017 book Fate of the Nation, shares updated perspectives on SA’s political future. It’s a sobering message for those hoping for change, and points to a binary consequence after the 2024 Election. Two big events in the next…
How SAIPA is preparing accountants to ride an ethical digital wave – CEO Shahied Daniels
The number of students interested in accounting and auditing has been falling worldwide. A member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Christina Ho, recently called the shortage a “crisis”. This has also been the case in South Africa where the profession is facing the same challenge. The CEO of the South…
Hollard’s cashback innovation for do-good volunteers also makes business sense. Here’s why.
Any South African who has spent an extended period abroad soon realizes that relative to the First World, their country’s needs are great. Even modest “do-good” efforts which are likely to go unnoticed in the rich North, can make a significant difference in SA. Hollard picked up on this reality…
Wednesday’s big test in NW muni - will local voters send ruinous ANC packing?
Last week DA Federal Chair Helen Zille spent three days campaigning in the rural North West province ahead of a forced re-run of the 2021 Local Election for the Ditsobotla municipality. This is a major test for South Africa’s young democracy, as it is scarcely imaginable how local voters could…
Another market correction on the cards early next year - but better times to follow
Mark Perchtold of OMBA tells us that the current era of volatility is far from over, with a significant correction in equities a distinct possibility in the first half of 2023. But there are ways to protect against these drawdowns - and he explains why European stocks (and especially Autos)…
Firing obstructive communist Mantashe will be big step to addressing loadshedding - and may happen soon
Kevin Mileham, the Shadow Minister of Minerals and Energy, explains how the ANC blundered when appointing Gwede Mantashe to the portfolio responsible for SA’s electricity supply. The record shows that in under four years since taking charge, Mantashe has made one mistake after the other, his deliberate actions contributing greatly…
“Data shows there’s no climate catastrophe looming” – climatologist Dr John Christy debunks the climate crisis narrative
Dr John Christy, distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, has been a compelling voice on the other side of the climate change debate for decades. Christy, a self-proclaimed “climate nerd”, developed an unwavering desire to understand…
Harnessing culture and creativity to tackle plastic waste problem - Rebecca Henderson and Dr Cressida Bowyer
A scheme using street art, theatre and song that is aimed at reducing the open dumping and burning of waste and to increase plastic recycling has been introduced in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga by a team from WasteAid, a leading international development organisation and the University of Portsmouth in the UK. Rebecca…
Westbrooke: Discover the Private Debt loan market - 14% yield, low risk
In this interview, Westbrooke Alternative Asset management’s product development head Dino Zuccollo explains how South African investors now have access to a high yielding alternative to fixed deposits. Westbrooke offers a portfolio of loans it has made to top rated private companies, playing in a space that highly regulated banks…
Herman Mashaba: Why Ramaphosa must go – he’s clueless and corrupt
Action SA’s founder won’t hear any mitigating evidence in favour of SA’s beleaguered president – for him the events at Phala Phala are simply a reflection of a leader who needs to be put out to pasture. In this powerful interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews, businessman-turned-politician Herman Mashaba makes…
ANC adopts Nkandla posture 2.0 in shielding Ramaphosa
There’s a sense of deja vu as the ANC laagers around its president ahead of next week’s Phala Phala impeachment debate. The DA, and most other opposition parties, will be voting to support the establishment of an impeachment inquiry. It’s a motion that only requires a simple majority (50% plus…
Alan Winde on booming Western Cape semigration - up another 20% this year to over 120k
Many South Africans who are able to afford it, are re-locating to the Western Cape which the official opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance, has been using as something of a template. In this interview, the province’s Premier Alan Winde explains why the DA continues to encourage ‘semigration’, a direct…
Whistleblower Fred Daniel on the “corruption emergency that’s killing the country”
For 15 years Fred Daniel has faced unthinkable intimidation, destruction of property, obstruction of justice, and even death threats by a criminal cabal in Mpumalanga. The entrepreneur and conservationist, turned whistleblower, built the Nkomazi Wilderness Reserve, a collection of 89 farms he painstakingly amalgamated in the area between Badplaas and…
Leveraging South Africa's chairship of BRICS to fuel growth
South Africa's membership of BRICS presents economic opportunities for our development, as well as the rest of the African continent. Join Busi Mabuza, Chairperson - South Africa Chapter of the BRICS Business Council, Isaah Mhlanga, Chief Economist of Alexander Forbes, Willem Van Der Spuy - Chief Director, Trade and Investment…
Ramaphosa shouldn't resign but we "have to proceed to second phase" in impeachment process
The Good party is one of the lone voices among opposition parties that isn't calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign based on the preliminary findings of the independent panel's report on Phala Phala. The party's secretary general, Brett Herron, spoke to BizNews correspondent Michael Appel about Good's perspective on…
Bambanani, Melville’s ‘mommy brand’ restaurant goes public – Caryn Cohen
Family-focused restaurant, Bambanani, has entertained children and their parents in Melville, Johannesburg for the past 14 years. The owner, Caryn Cohen, is now ready to take her concept of pairing sophisticated dining with a safe space for children elsewhere and to raise money, she has partnered with Altvest to look…
Paul O’Sullivan: Ramaphosa has been set up, must not abandon SA by resigning
Forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan says the entire Phala Phala scandal threatening SA’s President is a setup engineered by disgraced former cabinet minister Arthur Fraser, his ‘sleeper’ inside the Ramaphosa household and ‘flexible’ journalists. He says there is no case for Ramaphosa to answer as Fraser’s affidavit, which sparked the controversy,…