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BizNews.com is a disruptive internet publishing business which was founded in August 2013. It embraces Jeff Bezos’s Day One philosophy of using software instead of people wherever possible, thus freeing its brainpower to focus on fulfilling an obsessive customer focus. It is a fully remote business, has no physical head office and a team spread across the world. With hubs in Hermanus, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and London, BizNews is uniquely positioned to serve South Africans with a global mindset through independent reporting and commentary on local and global issues that affect their lives. The subscription service, BizNews Premium, features member-only access to articles from The Economist and the FT; an exclusive daily newsletter from editor Alec Hogg; a monthly investment webinar; interview transcripts and interactive WhatsApp channels. The free-to-air service includes the Daily Insider newsletter, access to all interviews and a vibrant news service - go to BizNews.com.

Recent podcast episodes

Ian Cameron: 10-Point plan to fight farm attacks

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has drawn up a 10-point plan to deal with farm attacks. In this interview with BizNews, Ian Cameron, the DA spokesperson on Police, says the plan will be submitted to the Minister of Police “and there's a lot of engagement ahead of us regarding rural safety”…
9 Jun 10AM 7 min

Heavy handed regulators ground small airplanes, helicopters, put 300 000 jobs at risk

A sudden policy shift by South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority threatens to ground over 1,400 light aircraft, cripple aviation training and tourism, and unravel an entire industry ecosystem. Experts warn that a rigid, unconsulted engine overhaul rule could devastate local aviation, all under the guise of safety - despite a…
9 Jun 7AM 18 min

Helen Zille: How a Mayor Zille will rescue Jo’burg

The possibility of Democratic Alliance (DA) Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille as the next Mayor of Johannesburg has the country talking. In this interview with BizNews, Zille says although she has not yet made up her mind, she is “tending in the direction of doing so”. If she were to…
9 Jun 6AM 9 min

The Sunday Show - Neil de Beer: “Economic genocide” - by the “twats” in Government

In his latest Sunday Show with BizNews, Neil de Beer, the President of the United Independent Movement (UIM), likens the “unraveling” of South Africa’s economy to “economic genocide”. He says the country’S BEE and related laws do not constitute a “package of investment”, but a “hand grenade….that will explode economically”…
8 Jun 7AM 29 min