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Wendy Addison on bringing down Leisurenet, two-faced Richard Branson, life after whistleblowing
It's just over two decades since accountant Wendy Addison tipped off SA's Exchange Control authorities that something smelly was happening at Leisurenet, owner of 87 gyms and a darling of the JSE. As a result of her whistleblowing, Addison, a CA (SA), was forced to flee to the UK, accompanied…
It's Parly v Concourt on reforming how SA MPs get elected - politicians, incl CR, applying ‘Stalingrad’
It’s three years since the Constitutional Court instructed Parliament to approve a new Electoral Act that will transform SA’s polity and encourage its best citizens to become MPs. Political parties, including president Cyril Ramaphosa, want none of it, and have applied ‘Stalingrad’ tactics to delay the end of a system…
Premier Winde on why Western Cape outperformance on growth, jobs, security set to continue
The Democratic Alliance's 'Governance Prospectus' is flourishing. The Western Cape province, the only one of nine run by South Africa's official opposition, is already well established as an economic growth and security outlier. Of the 169 000 net new South African jobs created in 2022, 167 000 were in the…
Meet Gcobani Ndzongana, LAND Party leader, EFF co-founder, who wants a broad Left Front and ANC out
The prosperous and peaceful Western Cape resort town of Hermanus was rocked by violent protests in 2018, led by Gcobani Ndzongana, a political activist who helped to create the Economic Freedom Fighters. His LAND Party has grown in the five years since then, a highlight being the victory in a…
Local is lekker again: March's pullback in SA stocks in March makes them a 'buy' - Bacher
It was a bumpy March for investment markets, especially on the JSE, where share prices followed the rest of the world lower - but did not participate in the late bounce. However, Corion's David Bacher reckons that divergence opens up a buying opportunity for active investors, and his house has…
Five years on, five times cleared, Mahloele wants punitive damages from “liar” Holomisa
In 2018, parliamentarian Bantu Holomisa went public with a slew of allegations against Harith founder Tshepo Mahloele - accusing him of being the kingpin in a network of corruption and worse than the Guptas. After being cleared by a fifth successive investigation, this time by the PIC and GEPF, Mahloele…
Meet Dr Marc Liebscher, the German White Knight riding to rescue of Steinhoff's retail shareholders
Steinhoff's management and board were given a bloody nose at December's Annual General Meeting when all the important proposals were voted down because of the opposition of Germany's leading Shareholder Protection association SDK. The investment activist body, established in the 1950s, boasts numerous coups including imploded multinational Wirecard. It speaks…
BNC#5: "By evolution or creation, humans were designed to eat fat and protein" – Prof. Tim Noakes
Professor Tim Noakes' presentation at the BizNews Conference in March detailed the failures of medical science and the imitation scientists who fervently serve at the behest of "The Science". Noakes' grasp of the complexities of the ongoing yet unseen pandemics of diabetes and obesity exemplified a perfect marriage between incontrovertible…
Outliers: Jay Naidoo's story continues - A lifelong fighter for our right to question anything and everything
There’s much to digest from this interview with Jay Naidoo, a now 68-year-old who grew up as the last-born of eight children - and whose life was overturned when Apartheid’s Group Areas Act collided with the location of a modest family home. The social engineering system switched him from medical…
On a quest to give mobility to every African amputee and become a bobsleigh Paralympian – Mike Stevens
Mike Steven’s life changed drastically at the age of 12 when he became a double amputee after being electrocuted at the Vaaldam. After years in hospital, he could return to school, but it was in a wheelchair. Prosthetics changed his life and by the time he finished high school Stevens told…
Meet Tshwane's new mayor Cilliers Brink: Another quick-learning DA Young Lion determined to make impact
At 35, it's tempting to make parallels between Tshwane's new executive mayor Cilliers Brink and his counterparts in Cape Town and uMngeni, better exposed Young Lions of the Democratic Alliance. If anything, though, the legally-trained Pretoria lad faces an even more formidable challenge than counterparts Geordin Hill-Lewis and Chris Pappas…
RW Johnson on CR's myopia; Russian interference in 2024; alternatives to ANC/EFF (IFP anyone?)
Another sublime contribution from South Africa's foremost political scientist RW Johnson. The historian, author and former Oxford Don expands on a BizNews Premium column where he called out SA presidential myopia with the looming "nightmare" scenario of an ANC/EFF coalition running the country after the 2024 Election. Johnson looks at…
BNC#5: Tim Noakes uncovers medical scams, shatters misconceptions around diabetes, statins, COVID & more
After many years deliberately spent out of the public eye, Professor Tim Noakes returned to the public platform as a keynote speaker at the fifth BizNews Conference in March 2023. His presentation exceeded all expectations as he delivered hard truths about medical science failures he termed "crime scenes". In a…
High inflation in the UK is beneficial for overseas property investors – Megan Copley Sable International
Financial advisor Magnus Heystek has described investment into property in South Africa, as a destroyer of wealth. Heystek told BizNews at the beginning of 2023 that his advisors at Brenthurst “have been actively reducing direct exposure to listed property since 2017, where possible”. In contrast, he said, “offshore listed property…
Peche's money manager brain proposes solutions to two crises - European Banking and SA’s Rainbow Coalition
UK-based global money manager Sean Peche returned to his homeland last week to offer his thoughts on the European Banking panic (which isn't a crisis) and the stalling of support for SA's Rainbow Coalition (which is). Peche, whose fund is currently among the top 1% performers in its category, applies…
BNC#5: Q&A with Sean Peche - How to stay among the world’s 1% performers
During BNC#5, Ranmore founder Sean Peche was quizzed on a variety of topics, starting off with how he intends keeping his fund among the top 1% performers globally. He was in conversation with Alec Hogg and members of the BizNews tribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BNC#5: Size anchoring growth - Sean Peche on whether investments do better in speedboats or tankers.
In this recording of his keynote to the 5th BizNews Conference, a global investment specialist poses a question that's quickly answered but rarely acted upon. With a few notable exceptions, financial advisors tend to steer their clients towards the 'safety' of portfolios managed by big management houses - but as…
'Mafia State' fits; Judge Kriegler says whistleblowers are left standing naked after Murray murders
Freedom under law has expressed deep concern about the killing of well-known insolvency practitioner Cloete Murray and his son Thomas. Board member, Judge Johann Krieger said the apparent assassination of the Bosasa liquidator poses a threat to the rule of law and to South Africa’s constitutional democracy. The former Constitutional Court…
Rob Hersov on ‘dam-busting’; rejuvenating SA’s Rainbow Coalition; and Capexit post-2024.
Since global entrepreneur Rob Hersov spoke out at BNC#2 in September 2021, only a trickle of business leaders have joined him in openly questioning the ANC misrule of South Africa. The public, however, has been overwhelmingly supportive - taking a lead from someone who had the courage to call out…
Miles vd Molen of Cemair, SA’s #3, shares insight on BP divesting, pricing tips and managing during turbulence
In the past four years, 21-year-old independent airline Cemair has trebled in size to now sit snugly in SA’s number three spot behind Safair and Airlink - a position that is comfortable for founder and CEO Miles vd Molen. In this update on the SA aviation sector, vd Molen shares…