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Dr Frans Cronjé: DA has no choice - it MUST reject VAT increase or SA will fail

With his typically no-nonsense approach to important national issues, political scientist Dr Frans Cronjé explains why the Democratic Alliance is right to risk sacrificing the Government of National Unity by steadfastly rejecting the ANC’s proposed VAT increase. He says there are many other ways of addressing the matter - but…
19 Mar 2025 9AM 41 min

BNC#7: Paul Mashatile - The GNU; US-SA relations; Iran; Budget; Gauteng; corruption; EFF/MK; the future of the ANC

In his keynote address at BNC#7 in Hermanus, South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile unpacked the ongoing efforts of the nation's Government of National Unity (GNU). Reflecting on the nation’s economic journey, he outlined the Government of National Unity’s (GNU) ambitious plans to tackle poverty, inequality, and unemployment through structural…
19 Mar 2025 6AM 1 hr 17 min

Colonel Chris Wyatt slams SA’s “venomous” and “lying” politicians…

In his latest interview with BizNews, United States intelligence analyst, retired Colonel Chris Wyatt, calls the City of Johannesburg’s decision to rename Sandton Drive - where the US consulate is - in honour of Palestinian activist Leila Khaled “an own goal of epic proportions”. He says: “It's being done now…
18 Mar 2025 10AM 10 min

BN Briefing: Sandton Drive in global headlines; Coalition politics era begins; Eskom NOT overstaffed - Marokane

In this episode of BizNews Briefing, the US ambassador-in-waiting’s comments on Sandton Drive renaming picked up internationally; Helen Zille explains why Budget sparked SA’s new ‘coalition era’; CEO Dan Marokane addresses misinformation about Eskom being “overstaffed”; Jack Ma, AliBaba rehabilitated by Beijing; BYD; and SpaceX’s astronaut rescue.
18 Mar 2025 6AM 28 min

BNC#7: Eskom CEO Dan Marokane - What it takes to keep the lights on in SA; the future of Net-zero; and more

Speaking at BNC#7 in Hermanus, Eskom CEO Dan Marokane outlined a bold vision for South Africa’s power utility, emphasizing operational recovery, industry reform, and financial independence. He detailed Eskom’s progress in reducing load shedding, the need for pragmatic energy transition strategies, and efforts to strengthen accountability within the company. With…
17 Mar 2025 10AM 1 hr 06 min

The illicit cigarette barons’ annual R29-billion tax robbery…

With the latest VAT increase, South Africa is set to lose R29 billion in excise tax revenue a year. In this interview, Johnny Moloto, the Sub-Saharan Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs of  British American Tobacco (BAT), describes how the illicit cigarette trade exploded during the 2020 COVID-19 tobacco sales…
17 Mar 2025 6AM 17 min

The Sunday Show: Neil de Beer on Rasool, Mashatile, Gayton, Hersov & Helen…

In the latest Sunday Show with BizNews, Neil De Beer, the President of the United Independent Movement (UIM), rages about “the ultimate embarrassment and shame” of South Africa’s Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool getting expelled from the United States for race-baiting. “… this is while he's sitting in the USA, where he…
16 Mar 2025 9AM 31 min

BNC#7: Budget Panel - Burke; Bernstein; Mashele; and Heystek on Treasury's controversial budget and what it means for SA

Closing out the seventh BizNews Conference BNC#7 in Hermanus, BizNews founder Alec Hogg sat down with the DA's finance spokesperson Mark Burke; Centre for Development and Enterprise CEO Ann Bernstein; political scientist Prince Mashele; and Magnus Heystek from Brenthurst Wealth. The panel unpacked Treasury's recently announced budget - which the…
14 Mar 2025 6AM 1 hr 01 min
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