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Zille stands firm: DA won’t be bullied out of government...

Helen Zille, Chair of the DA Federal Council, asserts the party won’t be forced out of the Government of National Unity. She warns of severe economic consequences if ousted and criticises the ANC’s breaches of their agreement. Zille confirms the DA is ready to escalate matters, including a no-confidence motion.
30 Jun 2025 9AM 21 min

Brooke Goldstein: ANC “complicit in genocide” of black African Christians

The African National Congress’ (ANC’s) collaboration with the IRGC (The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) “is akin to them being complicit in the mass murder and genocide of black Christians throughout Africa through IRGC funded terrorist entities”. That is the charge from Brooke Goldstein, the executive director of the Lawfare Project,…
27 Jun 2025 8AM 16 min

Wayne Sussman : Gayton goes big in the Garden Route and Morero survives

The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has shown huge gains in by-elections at the expense of both the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA). In his latest interview with BizNews, elections analyst Wayne Sussman describes how the DA and the ANC are being affected by the PA’s performances “across…
26 Jun 2025 8AM 17 min

BN Briefing: BEE, or BEE, Starlink's 'equity' reprieve, Mulder's 'Gotcha' moment, Springboks

On today's BizNews Briefing, President Ramaphosa defended BEE in the NCOP, calling it vital for growth and a "national project," dismissing claims it hinders investment. He proposed an "equity equivalent" model for firms like Starlink to invest while prioritising transformation. IRR’s Marius Roodt labelled Ramaphosa’s BEE stance "empty rhetoric," advocating…
26 Jun 2025 6AM 22 min

Toby Chance: Minister Tau caught unawares by Mashatile’s Lotto Licence Links

Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau was “surprised” by the links of Deputy President Paul Mashatile to the new Lotto licensee appointed by him at the end of May. So says Toby Chance, the Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on Trade, Industry and Competition, after the Minister was questioned today. “Minister…
24 Jun 2025 11AM 9 min

Ndipiwe Olayi: Liam Jacobs will regret his defection…

The shock defection from the Democratic Alliance to the Patriotic Alliance of Liam Jacobs has opened a can of worms. In this interview with BizNews, interim DA Youth Federal Leader Ndipiwe Olayi describes the reasons Jacobs put forward as “really unfair and untrue”. He recalls being with Jacobs the day…
24 Jun 2025 7AM 20 min

Toby Chance: Cabinet showdown looms with “Mr Coal” Mantashe over Special Economic Zone

In 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the Musina Makhado Special Economic Zone intended to attract more than R40 billion in investment. Seven years later, Toby Chance, the Democratic Alliance’s spokesperson on Trade, Industry and Competition describes how expenditure has run into “hundreds of millions of rands” with planned expenditure of…
23 Jun 2025 7AM 18 min

SA back from the brink, exit from greylist imminent after massive Treasury effort

After years of institutional decay and global embarrassment, South Africa is poised to exit the FATF greylist - a major financial credibility boost. Treasury veteran Ismail Momoniat explains how two years of legal, cultural, and enforcement reforms reversed the damage of state capture and rebuilt SA’s anti-money laundering system. But…
20 Jun 2025 11AM 21 min
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