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Over a decade in the making...e-tolls finally scrapped in Gauteng
Motorists in Gauteng will be breathing a collective sigh of relief after Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed "we are now ready to start a new life without e-tolls in Gauteng". This clarity comes in the wake of pronouncements made by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his mid-term budget policy statement…
Nettle-grasping Enoch goes boldly on Eskom, SANRAL, Greylisting and Transnet
Excerpts from the Mid Term Budget Speech presser in which SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago and (DG) of the National Treasury, Ismail Momoniat answer questions related to the possibility of greylisting, SANRAL and the wage bill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
More and more in SA say, 'We don't see a future, sadly' – Andrew Rissik from Sable International
More and more South Africans of all ages see no future for themselves in the country, according to Andrew Rissik from Sable International, the immigration specialists. However, he warns that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side – inflation, and high energy and living costs are a problem…
Pressure piling on Ramaphosa over "defective" Electoral Amendment Bill
The One South Africa (OSA) Movement believes there is no way President Cyril Ramaphosa can sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in its current form. Dr Michael Louis, director of OSA, as well as founder of the Independent Candidates Association, told BizNews correspondent Michael Appel that there's ardent opposition…
Bernard Mostert on buying Jooste’s R75m mortgage; Steinheist and media sensationalism
Bernard Mostert shines his searchlight on the furore around the R75.4m mortgage loan on Markus Jooste’s property assets registered in the name of his mentor and business partner Braam van Huyssteen’s trust. He explains how the mortgage came into the trust’s possession - and implications of last week’s preservation order…
Never again! Ramaphosa's plan to "end state capture"
Our president has laid out his implementation plan to “forever bring an end to state capture in our country”. Cyril Ramaphosa calls the caboodle of corruption perpetrated in South Africa over many years a crime against its people. He addressed the nation on Sunday evening just a day after former head of…
“The job of Covid fact-checkers is to criminalise truths” – VAERS analyst Dr Jessica Rose
Veteran VAERS (the US’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) analyst Dr Jessica Rose, who has been rigorously following the data since week one of VAERS, is uniquely privy to harmful effects of Covid-19 vaccines. Rose, a computational biologist who specialises in biomathematics and molecular research, is also part of the…
Portugal is the Western Cape of Europe and Lisbon is Cape Town on steroids
As electricity and now even water supply issues do not appear to abate in the country, the chat around the dinner table often turns to emigration. Fortunately, vat jou goed en trek is now not the only option. There are many opportunities besides semigration to the Western Cape and leaving…
“More pandemics are coming” – bioweapons expert Dr Francis Boyle on WHO Treaty, Biden’s Executive Order and South Africa’s shocking involvem..
Dr Francis Boyle was one of the first individuals who openly claimed that SARS-CoV-2 is a genetically engineered bioweapon that escaped from a high-level lab in Wuhan. Boyle, a human rights lawyer and professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law, has advocated against the development…
Municipalities to lose slush fund from electricity supply monopoly as High Court rules for PMB, NMB Business Chambers
Melanie Veness and Denise van Huyssteen, CEOs of the PMB and NMB Business Chambers, ventured where few in the private sector have the courage to tread by taking on the practical impact of the ANC's ruinous cadre deployment system in the High Court. They are today celebrating a massive victory…
ANCYL election observer “not pushing Russian narrative…we’re against Nazism”
ANC Youth League members – who travelled to Ukraine at the invitation of Russia to oversee so-called referendums – deny they’re Russian puppets. On 12 October, 143 nations of the world voted in favour of condemning the referendums that took place in Kherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia. They concluded it…
Gayton McKenzie, Hersov’s ’Prez', explains PA’s switch: ‘DA had to be taught a lesson’ ahead of 2024 Election.
In this no-holds-barred interview Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie opens a window into what South Africans can expect from coalition rule after the 2024 National Election. At the very least, it promises to be exciting. The PA’s co-founder says his ‘kingmaking’ moves that reinstated power for the ANC in Johannesburg…
SARB's asset attachment raid - Markus Jooste confidant with back story on why it happened, what it means for ex-Steinhoff CEO
And the blurb: The subject of this interview, Rian du Plessis, says he remains close to ostracised former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste and is well known in SA business circles, as a former executive at RMB, and CEO of two JSE-listed groups Comparex and Phumelela. Du Plessis also serves as…
On the record: Markus Jooste’s trustee opens up on SARB’s R4.8bn asset raid
SA businessman Gary Harlow, named in High Court papers which sanctioned yesterday’s seizure of Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste’s assets, says he will help the authorities in anyway possible. In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews, Harlow explains how shortly after the Steinhoff implosion in 2017 he agreed to become…
Ramaphosa accused of using SANDF helicopter as "ANC taxi"
The DA will be laying a complaint with the Public Protector against President Cyril Ramaphosa over his use of defence force resources while out on the campaign trail. BizNews correspondent Michael Appel spoke to the DA's spokesperson on security and justice in the NCOP, George Michalakis, about the flight to…
Former Mayor Dr Mpho Phalatse: 'Corrupt' ANC already back to old ways in Joburg, enabled by 8-seat turncoats
The DA's Joburg leader Dr Mpho Phalatse has gone from medic to politician and from leading the opposition in SA's biggest city to becoming its Mayor - and then being controversially deposed after an ally with 8 seats in the 270 seat Council switched sides. In this frank interview with…
Parliament's paltry performance...kicking the can down the road
OUTA’s latest oversight report finds parliament continues to flounder in its responsibilities to hold the executive to account or to properly scrutinise how taxpayers’ money is spent or, in many cases wasted. The report titled ‘Kicking the can down the road’ – the fourth annual report of its kind from…
Forcing President Ramaphosa’s hand on Ministerial Handbook is a promising sign for DA and the public
Following a public outcry after the discovery that President Cyril Ramaphosa was about to give cabinet members and its deputies unlimited free electricity and water plus a couple of extra aides when he amended the Ministerial Handbook, the president has made a U-turn and withdrew the amendments. The Democratic Alliance…
Deciphering the Zuma legal playbook with Adv. Paul Hoffman
Former President Zuma continues to employ his infamous Stalingrad legal strategy, using every available avenue to stall the start of his arms deal corruption trial. Whether it’s seeking to privately prosecute state prosecutor Adv. Billy Downer or News24’s legal writer Karyn Maughan, it is clear Zuma will stop at nothing…
World class Kokkie Kooyman of Denker Capital on 'greylisting' - and the bank shares to buy now
After a decade in the wilderness, South African banking shares are coming back into their own with positive winds now filling their sails. In this podcast, world class financial services analyst Kokkie Kooyman shares his best ideas - offering strong recommendations for three JSE-listed banking stocks and some even cheaper…