The Journal: How a spying scandal took down a CEO

Trump’s Iran tariff threat puts SA trade at risk; add MTN’s Iran exposure and a global tax grab, and the warning lights are flashing. In today’s Editor's Desk, Alec Hogg unpacks the Iran powder keg, MTN’s exposure, BRICS blind spots, and why “taxing the rich” often backfires.

Joshua Meservey explains why South Africa is now seen as a willing accomplice to US adversaries and why consequences may finally be coming.

In this morning's edition of BizNews Daybreak, Alec Hogg breaks down the market-moving news that Donald Trump has drawn a "line in the sand": an immediate 25% tariff on any country trading with Iran. While South Africa trades "peanuts" with Tehran, the local economy ships billions in vehicles and minerals…

Alec Hogg connects the dots from Mozambique’s unrest to Angola’s UNITA surge — and what it signals for liberation parties, SA’s 2026 vote, and a tougher global order.

Alec Hogg unpacks a developing crisis in South Africa's agricultural sector, where farmers describe the uncontrolled spread of Foot-and-mouth disease as a "state-enabled disaster." With the outbreak being called the worst hit to livestock since the Rinderpest of 1897, we hear from experts on the ground who say current government…