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Bernard Mostert opens up on the ins and outs of the Steinhoff saga – an outsider's view from within
Tekkie Town’s co-founder and former CEO, Bernard Mostert, sat down with BizNews founder Alec Hogg at the third BizNews Conference in the Drakensberg earlier this month. In 2016, Steinhoff bought Tekkie Town from founder Braam Van Huyssteen for R3.2bn – paying with Steinhoff shares which imploded the following year. Mostert…
David Shapiro - the spirited septuagenarian's investing gems
If you have kept an eye on David Shapiro, who has, over the last almost 50 years, been a trader and investor on the JSE, seeing his presentation at the third BizNews Conference earlier this month in the beautiful Drakensberg will not disappoint. The spirited septuagenarian, who was expected to…
Fireside Chat with Dirk van der Walt: How we built WeBuyCars
In this Fireside Chat, Dirk van der Walt discusses the rise of WeBuyCars, his disdain for school and his love of literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
State of Disaster extended...AGAIN...and unlikely to be the last
For two years now South Africa has been in a constant National State of Disaster granting the government extraordinary powers. Despite speculation that the world's longest lockdown would finally come to an end on 15 March, a simple tweet at 9am from the Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Ministry put…
Zondo Commission unpacked – OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage on the formula for corruption
OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage was one of the keynote speakers at the BizNews Conference earlier this month. His presentation – Zondo Commission unpacked – looked at the formula for corruption, the roots of state capture in South Africa and the recommendations made following the Zondo Commission. Learn more about your…
How the SA Agulhas icebreaker helped to find Shackleton's lost ship - Prof Annie Bekker
The discovery of the wreck of the Endurance, the ship of the explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton that sank in the icy waters of the Weddell Sea in 1915, is a major milestone in the history of exploration. It was crushed by ice and sank to 10, 000 feet below sea…
Diesel spill contaminates Meul River after Transnet pipeline targeted
BizNews community member Emile de Beer chats to Michael Appel after he visited the site of a massive diesel spill caused by criminals tampering with Transnet's multi product pipeline outside Harrismith. De Beer, who owns filling stations in and around Harrismith in the Free State, knows the damage a diesel…
Transnet disaster grows - Time to privatise says expert as theft of electric cables increases, pillaging hits fuel pipeline
Francois Nortje, developer of the Port of Gauteng, a large container depot on the Durban/Johannesburg artery with 2,2km of rail frontage, says the national interest demands that SA's transport SOE be broken into much smaller pieces and urgently privatised. He says government's plan of introducing third parties into using the…
The door Down Under opens again for Immigrants and construction is hot
Australia that has seen one of the strictest lockdowns during the Covid pandemic with the country adopting fortress-style controls. But it has finally fully opened its doors.Tearful reunions were seen when families and friends starting landing on on its popular shores and the authorities welcomed them back with a sign…
Launching SA’s ‘active publishing’ model overseas – Publisher Jeremy Boraine
Jonathan Ball Publishers have been publishing non-fiction titles in South Africa since the 1970s and they have been known to slaughter a couple of holy cows. One of their first well-known books was an exposé about the Broederbond, ‘The Super-Afrikaners’ by Sunday Times journalists. The Publishing Director responsible for publishing…
State Capture and the banks...'they were supposed to be the frontline'
In this week's chat between Michael Appel and Adv. Erin Richards, we take a closer look at the regulatory and legislative requirements financial institutions are obliged to operate within. Richards questions how it was possible that millions - that should have been flagged as suspicious transactions - flowed through the…
July riots report: Policing expert answers 10 questions
The South African Human Rights Commission's expert panel recently released its report on the deadly and destructive riots that broke out in July 2021. It's the most expensive riot in South Africa's history. It wiped R50bn off South Africa's books and killed over 350 people. Michael Appel asked 10 questions…
Kokkie Kooyman: Growing chance of massive "peace" rally in stocks, plunge in commodities; and how De-Fi changes the finance game
In this two pronged podcast, veteran money manager Kokkie Kooyman of Denker Capital starts by explaining how banking stocks, his speciality, have reacted to the war in Ukraine - and tells us markets are already starting to price in the impact of peace breaking out, Kooyman also shares his conclusions…
Billionaire Tshepo Mahloele on why he's investing heavily in South Africa
BizNews shareholder Tshepo Mahloele is a self-made billionaire with an inspirational story second to none. Mahloele, who grew up in Mamelodi and went to school in Kuilsriver, Western Cape, sat down with BizNews founder Alec Hogg at the BizNews Conference earlier this month to talk about his significant investments in…
Message for 'confused' SA from formerly embedded advisor in Ukraine, erstwhile UK-diplomat Cormac Smith
In October 2016, British civil servant Cormac Smith was seconded to Ukraine to take up a special appointment as the Strategic Communication Advisor to then foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin. For the 18 months of his posting, Smith was embedded in Klimkin's department, the first foreigner to be given unfettered access…
Naspers/Prosus R12bn Russian writeoff - not much of an impact, but watch out for China Factor - Sean Peche
There's good and bad news in this typically forthright podcasted interview with Ranmore Funds' Sean Peche. On the plus side, the Naspers/Prosus group's $700m write-off on Russia's VK Group (formerly Mail.ru) is less than half a percentage point of the group's net assets. On the downside, investors are suddenly aware…
Bizarre but true - Ukraine War is boosting the Rand. Here's why - Andre Cilliers
South Africa is the only functional democracy which did not join the United Nations' condemnation of Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Bizarrely, its currency is also one of the few beneficiaries of the war - despite a flight to quality elsewhere, the Rand has strengthened against the Euro and Sterling since…
Russia/Ukraine: Making sense of the mayhem for South Africans
What is the South African government's official position on the conflict continuing to rage in Ukraine? Why should South Africans care about what their government, as a representative of its people, is saying or not saying? Michael Appel asks all these questions and more to head of the Russia/Africa project…
South African investors should be smiling ear to ear - Corion Capital's David Bacher
Corion Capital publishes an informative summary of asset class and fund performance returns which can only be described as prescribed reading for local market participants, with South African investors smiling ear to ear as the JSE All Share Index continues to hit fresh highs. This has been primarily driven by…
Wayne Duvenage: 'I wish for nothing more than we never had to exist'
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has played a critical role in leading the fight against e-tolls and in holding government accountable. Outa chief executive Wayne Duvenage is a speaker at the BizNews Conference (BNC#3) taking place in the Drakensberg and spoke to Michael Appel on a range of issues…