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Most South Africans have been evacuated from Ukraine and the ambassador is on his way out as well
South African Ambassador to the Ukraine, Andre Groenewald remained in the capital city Kyiv when the first Russian attacks started. Groenewald has been updating the media back home about efforts to evacuate South Africans and spent most of his time in a bunker as the city endured shelling. He vowed…
July riots: Unpacking the expert panel's findings
In early February the Presidency released the much-awaited findings of an expert panel looking into the violent and destructive riots that shook South Africa to its core in July 2021. Over 350 people were killed, and the mayhem engulfing KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng cost the economy R50bn. In this explainer podcast,…
Ukraine flak: Volatility, higher prices, capital flight and picking sides - Christopher Vandome
Geographically we may be far from Ukraine, the country that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces has invaded at the end of last week and South Africans who took to social media to voice their opinions about the war, leaned heavily towards, 'This is not our war.' But even if our…
A mechanical and a serendipitous meeting with a pro cyclist – Andrew Goodhead arrives in Colesberg
BizNews tribe member and real-life action star has arrived safely in Colesberg after a broken derailer and five long days of travel to the third BizNews Conference in the Drakensberg next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Turbo charging efforts to bring F1 racing back to SA in 2023 – Motorsport SA’s Anton Roux
The last time that South Africa hosted a Formula 1 championship at Kyalami was in 1993 before democracy dawned in the country. In the years up to then, it hosted legends like Damon Hill, Sterling Moss, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, and off course our own world champion, Jody Scheckter with…
Discovery and Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest align; Ping An central to growth strategy – Adrian Gore
Founder of Discovery Adrian Gore gives an in-depth insight to the growth avenues the insurance giant is pursuing. Its core business units remain Discovery Health and Discovery Insure, but the business is leveraging its loyal client base to expand into other avenues of growth. Discovery Bank, although currently loss-making, is…
Budget 101 with Magnus Heystek
Hard-hitting investment strategist Magnus Heystek gave his insight into Enoch Godongwana’s first budget speech as finance minister. On a high-level basis, Heystek gives the finance minister the thumbs up. This doesn’t mean Heystek doesn’t have his doubts; as we’ve come to expect from the ruling party, promises are rarely delivered…
'Relax South Africa': Alec Hogg on Enoch Godongwana and how he just may help turn this ship around
BizNews founder Alec Hogg spent the first half of the day in a pre-Budget lockup presser. The anxiety felt by the recently appointed minister of finance when he presented the mini-Budget in November had been replaced by optimism, leading Hogg to pen an excellent article 'Budget 2022: “Relax SA” –…
Budget 2022: Eskom Debt - The good, the bad and the ugly
South Africa's finance minister Enoch Godongwana unpacks the country's greatest financial risk, Eskom's unsustainable debt burden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Budget 2022: Restructuring public sector wage bill
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered the 2022 Budget today. Here's what he had to say on the country's bloated public sector wage bill and what he plans to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Budget 2022: BizNews founder Alec Hogg asked FinMin about Bain and R182bn overflow
BizNews founder Alec Hogg was in lockup this morning prior to the Budget presentation by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Hogg asked the Minister about Bain and the R182bn overflow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Budget 2022: Structural reforms the key to unlock private investment
Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo says stagnant economic growth, an unreliable power grid, coupled with the high cost of doing business in South Africa, has led to a decline in private investment in the economy. Masondo says that as a part of structural reforms, the government will be seeking to…
The kindness of the BizNews tribe – Andrew Goodhead arrives in Saaifontein
BizNews tribe member Andrew Goodhead made it to Saaifontein on Tuesday evening where he was met with kindness and chicken pie. Generosity and a humble home were wonderfully evident in this conversation with Andrew. His spirits were high on the eve of the fourth day of his e-bike adventure to…
Tim Noakes - Still taking the battle to Big Pharma, changing our world for the better, one Banting convert at a time
It has been many years since SA's globally respected sports and nutrition scientist Prof Tim Noakes engaged at any length with a South African journalist. So this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg is a rare treat for Noakes's legion of fans, millions of whom credit their improved health to…
WHO-appointed Afrigen vaccine consortium looking beyond Covid-19
The MD of Cape Town-based Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, Prof Petro Terblanche, chats to BizNews in the wake of an announcement by the WHO that its consortium will be one of six tech-transfer hubs established on the continent. These six hubs will be ramping up production of commercially viable vaccines…
Travelling SA in a solar-powered e-bike - BizNews tribe member Andrew Goodhead reaches Sutherland
Andrew Goodhead, our very own BizNews adventurer, is travelling all the way from Cape Town to the third BizNews Conference (March 2022) on a solar-powered e-bike. After two days of travelling, we caught up with Andrew who – after spending his first night under the stars – is in Sutherland…
Stafford Masie: Bitcoin...'creating a new monetary framework'
Stafford Masie is an Eldorado Park local who soared to magnificent heights in Silicon Valley, eventually returning to South Africa to continue his journey launching Google's footprint in the country. He's a tech investor and entrepreneur who'll be speaking at the upcoming BizNews Conference kicking off at the beginning of…
David Shapiro on Sasol and Amplats bumper financials - analysis
Sasfin Securities David Shapiro talks commodity counters on a day where two JSE resource heavyweights, Sasol and Amplats, released solid financials. The resource counters have been a major contributor to the performance of the JSE All Share Index, with supply-demand imbalances resulting in persistently higher commodity prices across the board…
TreasuryOne’s Andre Cilliers is bullish on the rand – here’s why
TreasuryOne’s currency expert Andre Cilliers unpacks the optimism around the rand, with many analysts predicting there is more positive price action to come after a good start to the year for the local currency. Inflation and the interest rate cycles are two important factors influencing currency markets at the moment…
There are several shades between leaving or staying in South Africa
The question of whether it is a good idea to stay in South Africa or to leave is often fiercely debated in families, around dinner tables, and on social media. But what if there are options between those two extremes, where you can enjoy the good weather, fabulous people, food…