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“57” – a film exploring the why behind South Africa’s murder rate – Film maker Craig Freimond
Award-winning South African script writer and film director Craig Freimond likes to work in comedy. He is known for films like Gums & Noses, Jozi, Material, Beyond the River, and New Material. When a young actor Freimond had come to know called Sibusiso Khwinana, the star of the movie Matwetwe, was…
Putting our money where our mouth is - 36ONE’s Cy Jacobs
From the fourth BizNews Conference Cy Jacobs offers insight into his asset management firm 36ONE. An investment team he has personally built over 18 years. Jacobs also offers his take on the performance fees debate and how they play a part in the group's hedge funds. Learn more about your…
Meet inspirational Mbali Kubekha whose dreams became reality. From R2 100pm Woolies cleaner to KasiKos Mogul in six years.
This month's focused KasiPreneur is a former midnight shift cleaner at Woolworths who tossed in her job six years ago to start a KasiKos business that today employs 18 other people with sales of R165 000 a week. Mbali Kubekha personifies the belief of first dreaming it and then seeing…
SA's new test case for Coalition Government - Retief Odendaal of the DA, now NMB Exec Mayor after 10 party coalition ejects disastrous ANC/EFF adminis..
For someone who slept less than two hours last night, new Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Retief Odendaal was surprisingly gipper in this interview, one of the first interviews from his new office. After a fractious council meeting that ended at 3:30am this morning, he was confirmed as the leader…
Q&A with Rob Hersov post "ANC, Voetsek!" speech
After his controversial speech at BNC#4, Rob Hersov answers questions from BizNews founder Alec Hogg and members of the BizNews community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Meet Dr Jackie Stone, the ‘rogue’ doctor being punished for eradicating Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
Since Covid-19 became part of our everyday lives, the polarisation of scientists, doctors, families and countless formerly united fraternities has become a staple of ‘the new normal’. Frontline doctors who have served their communities and delivered appropriate medical treatment, always following the all-important principle “first, do no harm” have been…
How Chris Pappas turned uMngeni around
In this riveting talk at the fourth BizNews conference, mayor of uMngeni Chris Pappas, speaks about the process of being elected, the incredible things going on in the municipality as well as what they've managed to accomplish in the short time he’s been in office. Learn more about your ad…
Expert outside help the only way out of Eskom darkness – DA leader John Steenhuisen
President Cyril Ramaphosa flew back early after Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in London to deal with the Eskom crisis, but judging from his weekly letter to the nation, he is not announcing anything new to solve the crisis destroying our economy. He reiterates how necessary it is to solve Eskom’s…
Herman Mashaba shares how ActionSA intends seeing off the threatened ANC/EFF coalition in 2024
Two year old ActionSA continues to gather momentum, helped by a laser-like focus on a mission to eject the ANC from ruling South Africa in 2024 - and for it to have no role whatsoever in deciding the country's future path. During this in-depth interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews,…
O’Sullivan lightning hits crooked SAPS Top Dog again: SA’s former head of police Khomotso Phahlane arrested
Fourteen years almost to the day after Paul O'Sullivan orchestrated the arrest of South Africa's then corrupt head of police Jackie Selebi, he has repeated this unlikely achievement. This morning, the SAPS's former Commissioner Kgomotso Phahlane was arrested at his luxury home on charges of siphoning R54m of public money…
How to change your thinking on managing money - Piet Viljoen
In this fascinating talk from money manager Piet Viljoen at BNC#4, he suggests methods and principles to think about while managing your money, whether you’re an individual investor or allocating assets to a fund. This talk leads up to his debate with Cy Jacobs of 36ONE. Learn more about your ad…
‘We can no longer trust science at all’ – Dr Peter Breggin on Fauci, Covid-19 and the global predators profiting from vaccines
When Covid-19 came onto the scene, Dr Peter Breggin, known as the “Conscience of Psychiatry” for fifty years, turned his attention to the pandemic and the misuse of science around it. After an illustrious career challenging the field of psychiatry itself, Dr Breggin and his wife Ginger Breggin, another lifelong…
How EasyEquities was born - insights from Charles Savage
In this conversation with Alec Hogg at the fourth BizNews conference, Charles Savage, CEO of Purple Group and founder of EasyEquities, relates the story of how the platform which 'democratises investing' came to be. He also outlines the future plans for the company and much more. Learn more about your…
Politicians playing the immigrant blame game with deadly consequences
Fingers are being pointed at politicians and senior government officials for stoking the fires of anti-immigrant sentiment as a cheap and easy means to deflect from decades of failure. The latest report from the Institute for Security Studies titled: Scapegoating in South Africa – Busting the myths about immigrants, delves…
Not so fast on dumping the FAANGS - Omba's Mark Perchtold explains why worst may soon be over for the Nasdaq's fallen angels
In recent weeks, the BizNews tribe has been subjected to strong opinions on why 'Value' stocks are about to enjoy a massive re-rating - and high flyers of the past few years set to fall even further after the recent 30% correction. London-based Mark Perchtold presents the counter view, arguing…
The old must die. The new must be born - Athol Trollip
In his insightful presentation at the fourth BizNews conference, South African politician and provincial chairman of ActionSA in the Eastern Cape, Athol Trollip details his extensive political background from his early days in a new and infant democracy post 1994. Skirmishes with the self-serving, corrupt and inept politicians. His tenure…
Inside August’s CompCom raid on life offices - Sanlam’s bemused CEO Paul Hanratty still none the wiser why it happened
This interview was ostensibly to unpack Sanlam's recently released interim results - and look at the way ahead for the company whose vision is to the the most admired financial services company in Africa. Both subjects were covered in some depth, but before getting there, Sanlam CEO Paul Hanratty shared…
‘You can only flog a dead horse so many times’ – Dr David Wiseman on Covid-19 boosters
On 31 August, the FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) announced that they had issued EUAs for BA4/5 bivalent Covid-19 quasi-vaccines. The EUA (emergency use authorisation) of these boosters signalled great cause for concern as it indicated that the FDA had once again undergone a further relaxing of their…
CrypTalk ep 7 - What will happen to Ethereum after the merge, and ISIS NFTs
In this episode of CrypTalk, BizNews’ Ross Sinclair speak to Gaurav Nair of Jaltech about the coming Ethereum merge, its economic implications and the likelihood of success, as well as the recent scandal surrounding an ISIS sympathiser creating an NFT to potentially fund the terrorist organisation. For more information about Jaltech: https://www.biznews.com/jaltech-cryptocurrency-notes…
“South Africa is at a turning point” words by RW Johnson
In this impassioned speech from the fourth Biznews conference, RW Johnson explores the turbulent history of post 1994 South Africa and some of the decisions taken by the ANC government at the time, which led to the tragic predicament the country now finds itself in. Learn more about your ad…