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Episodes
BNC#9: GHL - Four months into the job, the new DA leader's plan to get 50 + 1%
Four months after taking over as DA federal leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis used his first BNC address to lay out exactly how he plans to close the gap on the ANC, why Cape Town's gun conviction numbers should worry everyone, and what one ANC mayor told him in private that he says has stayed with him. With the DA and ANC now separated by just seven points nationally, and Johannesburg's local election t
BN Daybreak: Hill-Lewis on DA's future; Duduzane Zuma on MKP; Wiese on Jooste betrayal
In today's episode, Christo Wiese discusses Markus Jooste's betrayal and his fight for restitution. We also cover the DA's optimistic vision to reverse South Africa's decline and Duduzane Zuma's call for big business cooperation. Globally, signs emerge of a potential US-Iran arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz, while the US faces munitions shortages. Finally, AI stocks soar as CoreWeave and Supe
BNC#9: Duduzane Zuma - Why the country should be grateful for JZ, and a stark choice for SA business
He once said he wouldn't join his father's party. Now he's its second-in-command. Barely a week into the job, Duduzane Zuma used the BNC#9 stage to tell South Africa's business leaders exactly what he thinks they've got wrong, about land, about the Reserve Bank, and about the "masses" he says the boardroom keeps ignoring. He splits the economy into three, calls out white monopoly capital by name,
BN Daybreak: Oil rallies; Anthropic deal; Intel $20B sale; Berkshire buybacks
Today's BizNews Daybreak covers Donald Trump’s stance on Iran and rising oil prices driving Brent crude past $87. Tech highlights include Anthropic’s $9.1 billion data center deal with Riot Platforms, Intel raising $20 billion through share sales, and security risks of rogue AI models. Plus, Berkshire Hathaway accelerates share buybacks to $4.5 billion.
NdB Sunday Show: A year without Neil de Beer - remembering the man who never backed down
Nearly a year after Neil de Beer's death, the NdB Sunday Show looks back at the moments that made him impossible to ignore. From tearing into the NHI Bill to naming his own "ten most wanted" list of state capture figures, de Beer never softened a line for anybody. What most of his audience didn't know while he was saying it: he was fighting cancer, quietly, the whole time. Chris Steyn revisits the
BN Daybreak: SA migration debates; Hormuz shipping deal; Fed rates; Elon Musk on SpaceX
Today’s episode covers South Africa’s immigration debate as Solly Moeng addresses local employment realities. We examine global tensions, including Iran’s Strait of Hormuz deal and oil market impacts. Plus, updates on Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s inflation strategy, OpenAI’s upcoming 2027 smart device, Elon Musk’s massive SpaceX and Starlink V3 expansion plans, and Alphabet’s struggles with
BN Daybreak: Google DeepMind shakeup; Joburg election poll; Expropriation; Uber update
Today’s episode covers Google's AI leadership shakeup, vishing cyberattacks targeting major Wall Street hedge funds and Meta’s AI testing breach. Locally, Jacob Zuma appoints his son Duduzane as MKP deputy president while Ramaphosa holds back an interim commission report. Plus, SRF polling reveals the ANC collapsing in Johannesburg, Kallie Kriel dives into property rights warnings over expropriati
BizNews Edge: A 29% overnight jump, and CEO Alex Karp says Palantir is only getting started
Alex Karp just proved that conviction moves markets. Palantir's overnight 29% jump has Wall Street rethinking what it thought it knew about the company, and Karp isn't shy about telling you why. Elon Musk lays out exactly how far ahead SpaceX and Starlink already are, and how much further they're going, while South Africa keeps arguing with itself about letting Starlink in at all. Add a fresh Joha
Solly Moeng - Zuma & Duduzane, Cyril & Madlanga, Bozell & Lamola…
In their latest weekly chat, Chris Steyn and political commentator Solly Moeng talk about the headline-grabbing actions of former President Jacob Zuma and the headline grabbing non-action of current President Cyril Ramaphosa: Zuma appointing his son, Duduzane, as MKP’s Deputy President while Ramaphosa has been sitting on the second interim report of the Madlanga Commission for over two months. The
BN Daybreak: AfriForum targets Malema; Nedbank surges; SA pitches power to China; SpaceX
In todays Daybreak, AfriForum's CEO reveals an upcoming contempt of court case against Julius Malema for land grab calls. Paramount Group's founder warns of a potential uprising in South Africa. Locally, Nedbank report strong interim results, while a scam victim shares his R450,000 loss. Globally, SpaceX and AMD release earnings, and South Africa pitches a $180 billion energy plan to China.
Stroke victim loses R450,000 disability money on online trading platform
Another BizNews tribe member has suffered a huge online trading platform loss. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Tommy Salem describes how he ended up on the FXSI platform after clicking on a clip showing AfriForum’s Kallie Kriel before losing R450 000 in two months. It was money Tommy could ill afford to lose: “I had a stroke. So I was at home for a year and I was busy with the therapy and that
Why Africa's youth now trust China more than America
Ivor Ichikowitz turns sixty this year, and by his own account he's never felt more energised. As founder of Paramount, the defence and aerospace group he built into a business operating in twenty countries, he's used to controversy. But in this conversation with Alec Hogg, he's not talking weapons. He's talking about what his foundation's African Youth Survey reveals about a generation that trusts
BizNews Edge: SA is sitting on a defence asset it doesn't know it has; Malema; Tshwane and more
Thirteen votes vanish, a city manager gets his job back, and Tshwane's bondholders are left wondering what happens to every tender signed while he was out. Kallie Kriel tells Chris Steyn that AfriForum is coming for Julius Malema again, and this time the government's in the crosshairs too. Then Ivor Ichikowitz, the famously private founder of Paramount, breaks his silence on the defence empire he
Kallie Kriel: AfriForum’s legal eagles to swoop on “Land Grab” Malema
In this interview with Chris Steyn, Kallie Kriel, the CEO of AfriForum, describes the legal battle being fought against the Expropriation Act in the Cape High Court this week. Detailing the implications of the act in current form, Kriel warns that after the Local Government Elections in November, municipalities under MK control could use a section of the act to expropriate without compensation. “T
BN Daybreak: Record FSCA fines; New police bosses; US-China AI rivalries; Trump warns Iran
In today's episode, we cover South Africa's crowning as Africa's ransomware capital and the FSCA's record R2.8 billion in fines, including action against the Banxso deepfake scam. We also discuss the appointment of seasoned provincial police commissioners and new anti-corruption progress. Globally, we unpack President Trump's tariff lawsuits, OpenAI's security briefing following the Hugging Face b
Dr Lennit Max: Non-racial, merit-based appointments of four new police commissioners
In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, former Western Cape Provincial Police Commissioner, Dr. Lennit Max hails the appointments of four new provincial commissioners. “This time around I am very pleased that the Acting National Commissioner in her wisdom decided that there's merit among people of colour.” He points out that all four appear seasoned as well. “Lieutenant General Sizakhele Dyanti
BizNews Edge: Second prosecution boss falls at Madlanga Commission; ANC heads into a tough November
Two prosecution bosses down, and counting. The Madlanga Commission has just claimed its second casualty, and a leaked recording shows exactly how bad it got. Meanwhile fresh polling suggests the ANC is about to lose over 500 council seats, Interpol has crowned South Africa the ransomware capital of the continent, and the FSCA has landed a record R2.8 billion in fines, the bulk of which trace back
BN Daybreak: SA corruption probes; Trump’s Iran pause; SpaceX upcoming earnings, FIFA backlash
Today's BizNews Daybreak examines Japan’s US-coordinated currency intervention, OPEC+ production increases, and energy lobby opposition to US biofuels legislation. South Africa’s corruption commission delivers unprecedented accountability, while Donald Trump pauses planned Iran strikes pending rapid talks. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 opens at 7,489 and SpaceX prepares for a high-stakes earnings call th
The NdB Sunday Show - Jonathan Deal: The fall of Malema’s “Winnie” Johnson - and an Arab Spring brewing…
In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn and Jonathan Deal, the founder of Safe Citizen, talk about the fall of Investigations Directorate Against Organised Crime (IDAC) Chief Andrea Johnson - whom Economic Freedom (EFF) Fighter CIC Julius Malema likened to the late Winnie Mandela - and who was tipped to be a future National Director of Public Prosecutions; as well as the fall of three
BN Daybreak: Apple earnings; Amazon AWS; RMB housing; Anglo’s SA exit; Tesla China sale
Today's BizNews Daybreak covers Apple's quarterly results, Rivian's SUV success, and Anthropic's AI breach, alongside a semiconductor rally driven by Microsoft and Oracle. Football federations oppose FIFA selling World Cup stakes, while Donald Trump claims a Gaza disarmament agreement. Meanwhile, Alec Hogg discusses Anglo American’s South Africa exit, RMB launches a R1bn housing program, Geraint A
Cityboy: How psychopaths win big in business, politics - but lose in life
A former top-ranked City of London stockbroker has written a manual for winning at business, politics and life. There's just one catch: to follow it, you'd have to think like a psychopath. Geraint Anderson, the man behind the legendary "Cityboy" column, tells BizNews editor Alec Hogg why he built his new book around Trump, Musk and the 'manosphere', how a near-fatal motorbike crash changed his min
R1-billion blended finance programme to transform real estate
In this interview with Chris Steyn, Alessandro Scalco of RMB Sustainable Finance shares the details of a R1 billion Blended Finance Programme to formalise and scale South Africa’s burgeoning affordable rental market. Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has partnered with INDLU, a property financial technology company that empowers landowners to build, manage, and earn from high-quality rental housing. The pr
BizNews Edge: Anglo says goodbye to SA; Old Mutual's gambling warning; Microsoft-Meta AI tension
Anglo American's interims dazzled - earnings up 35%, free cash flow up nearly 150%, the dividend all but tripled. But BizNews editor Alec Hogg looks past the headline to what Anglo's walking away from: steelmaking coal sold, De Beers going for a tenth of what it paid, and a Teck merger that moves the head office to Vancouver. A 109-year-old Johannesburg company is quietly leaving. He pairs that wi
BN Daybreak: Ramaphosa interdict bid; Fed holds rates; Fauci's Fifth Amendment; Zambian kwacha
In today's episode, the Fed leaves interest rates unchanged amid a fractured vote and market sell-offs. Locally, four parties are challenging President Ramaphosa's impeachment interdict, while Treasury controversially releases funds to 69 failing municipalities. We also cover Dr. Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment regarding the Covid-19 response, Zambia's kwacha surging against the rand, and the m
BizNews Edge: Treasury pays 69 errant municipalities anyway, SARB rate hold is punishing the Rand
Treasury switched off the taps to 69 municipalities for doing nothing about corruption and mismanagement. Today it switched them back on anyway, days before its own deadline. Alec Hogg asks the obvious question nobody in government wants to answer. Plus: why last week's Reserve Bank rate hold is already punishing the rand, a foundation funded by an arms dealer just published a survey putting China
Murder, mayhem, treachery, and court battles = SA politics: Solly Moeng
In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng, talks about four political parties joining in a Constitutional Court bid to try and overturn President Cyril Ramaposa's impeachment committee interdict; a murder investigation into the death of General Sindile Mfazi, who was investigating an unauthorised undercover operation to cover up wrongdoings at high level; and the
BN Daybreak: SA gun stats; Phala Phala; Fed rate debate; Oil scenarios; Nvidia on AI
In today's BizNews Daybreak, SK Hynix posts profit gains while Nvidia’s CEO defends open-weight AI amid safety warnings and new hacking reports. Ford raises its outlook and Visa cuts 2,600 jobs. In South Africa, SAPS data reveals over 99% of gun murders involve unlicensed firearms, while the Phala Phala impeachment battle reaches the Constitutional Court. Plus, analysts preview the US Fed interest
Ian Cameron: 41,000 killed with illegal guns and the factional battle for control of SAPS
In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, the Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, talks about the revelation that - in the last four financial years - over 41,000 murders were committed with unlicensed firearms, but fewer than 400 murders with licensed firearms whilst the government is pushing for stricter self defence laws. “There's no doubt that there’s some k
BizNews Edge: Cyril's impeachment battle heads to ConCourt, billions wiped off AI chip stocks
Two judges signed the same court order and can't agree on what it actually stops. Now Ramaphosa's impeachment fight is headed to the Constitutional Court, with the ANC's own GNU partner pushing Parliament to keep working in the background regardless. Meanwhile South Africa's bookmakers want prediction markets like Polymarket treated as illegal, three JSE-listed companies posted results pulling in
BN Daybreak: SARB rate shock; US-Iran tensions; Zuma MK finance battle; SAPS Estate raid
In today's episode, we cover the US-Iran diplomatic talks and escalating tech wars with China's new DUV lithography machines. Locally, Jabulani Khumalo warns of Jacob Zuma's alleged plot to seize MK Party finances. We also examine a warrantless SAPS and Home Affairs raid on a Western Cape estate. Finally, Alec Hogg unpacks the Reserve Bank's shock rate hold that battered the rand, while analysts d
Zuma in crisis: Disgruntled MKP members to vote ARU - Jabulani Khumalo
In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, the real founder of MKP, Jabulani Khumalo, comes out in support of The African Renaissance Unity Party (ARU) founded to lobby for the interests of traditional chiefs and their communities. With Khumalo's battle to reclaim control of the party - “hijacked” by former President Jacob Zuma - still winding through the courts, he calls on MKP members to vote for
Eva Crouwel - When the State comes to your Gate….
An anti-immigration raid on a private housing estate in the Western Cape is causing a furore. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Eva Crouwel, a property owner on High Riding Estate, describes how police in a fleet of about six vans - accompanied by Home Affairs officials - descended on the estate last week, gained entry without a warrant, “stopped their vehicles at multiple properties, were knock
BizNews Edge: Rand slides on steady rates, Musk's AI warning, shake-up at IDAC, and more...
Elon Musk tells The Economist that AI will out-think the whole of humanity within five years, and he sounds strangely at peace with that. Back home, the Reserve Bank blindsided everyone with a shock rate hold, the Rand took its worst knock in months, and Citigroup walked away from a bet it had believed in for weeks. Add a dramatic exit at the top of South Africa's anti-corruption unit, big numbers
BN Daybreak: SA-Israel tension; Nvidia-OpenAI deal; US tariffs; Fed rate outlook; Energy Risks
In today's BizNews Daybreak, we explore global market pressures, starting with new US Section 301 tariffs affecting South Africa and 60 other economies. Former Israeli adviser Mark Regev discusses strained Pretoria-Israel relations and ICJ genocide charges. Furthermore, we preview upcoming central bank rate decisions, Nvidia’s potential $250B OpenAI data center deal, tech mega-cap earnings scrutin
The NdB Sunday Show - Mark Regev: Israel and SA, Israel and the US, and the end game of the Iran War
In the latest NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn spoke to Mark Regev, the former senior advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On the bilateral relationship between South Africa and Israel, he says: “... it's clear we're going through a difficult period. South Africa says it wants to promote peace and justice in the Middle East. But you can't do that by only speaking to one side. You can'
Unlocking High-Yield Private Debt: The Jaltech Income Opportunities Fund
Join the leadership team at Jaltech for an exclusive overview of the new Jaltech Income Opportunities Fund - a spin-off from their highly successful Section 12J investment strategy. Designed to target structured debt funding for established, mid-sized South African businesses, this fund addresses an unserved niche left open by traditional banks while delivering robust, risk-adjusted returns. In th
Lance Dickson: Turning outrage into consequence: the AI cluster built for South Africa's next boycott
Lance Dickson kept having the same conversation. A failing council. A price hike nobody could explain. Everyone complained. Nothing changed. So he built Ryze instead, a self-funded civic action platform designed to convert that outrage into organised economic consequence. In his latest interview with Irakli, the founder unpacks the six-agent AI cluster running underneath it, from a news-scanning w
BN Daybreak: Zille on Joburg's last chance; AI stock warnings; Cape gangs; Civic tech
In today's BizNews Daybreak, Helen Zille warns Johannesburg faces its final chance to reverse municipal collapse. Heindrich Wyngaard explains why military presence alone cannot dismantle the Cape Flats' deep-rooted gang economy. Lance Dickson introduces "Ryze," a platform channeling public rage into organized civic action. Finally, Sean Peche cautions investors against rampant speculation within t
Sean Peche: SpaceX, Tesla, Alphabet — where smart money goes while everyone chases AI
Sean Peche has spent 2026 doing the opposite of the crowd. While the market piles into AI, memory chips and Elon Musk's every pivot, the Ranmore founder has been selling Tesla, walking away from SpaceX and quietly buying into Adobe and Tencent instead. In this conversation with Alec Hogg, the South African-born, UK-based fund manager breaks down why Alphabet's capex bill worries him, why Britain's
BizNews Edge: Helen Zille - "Joburg's expenditure on infrastructure is actually criminal"
Joburg is bankrupt, and Helen Zille says the city did it to itself. In her director's cut interview, the DA's mayoral candidate explains why half of Johannesburg's infrastructure budget went unspent last year, how "wasted" ward votes are quietly handing the ANC an advantage, and what she really thinks about the Steenhuisen-Tony Leon lobbying row threatening to embarrass her own party. Plus, why th
Parliament faces protest over lagging legislation for a provincial referendum
In this interview with Chris Steyn, Heindrich Wyngaard, the executive chairperson of Cape Forum, details plans for a protest outside the National Assembly next month over the long wait for appropriate legislation to enable a provincial referendum . “And we are also planning to be present at that Home Affairs Portfolio Committee meeting on the 11th of August to ensure that enough pressure is put on
Director’s Cut - Helen Zille: Time is running out for bankrupt Joburg to be saved
Helen Zille has swapped the Iron Lady tag for "DJ Gogo", but the numbers she puts on the table are dead serious. In this conversation with Alec Hogg, she says Johannesburg only spent half of an eight billion rand infrastructure budget last year, warns that DA supporters staying home on election day could hand the city to the ANC, and lays out exactly how vote-buying has turned South African coalit
BN Daybreak: Helen Zille on Mashaba; Tech earnings; AI hacking; Iraj Abedian on the Iran conflict
In today's BizNews Daybreak, we cover overnight tech earnings with mixed results from Alphabet, Tesla, IBM, and Texas Instruments. Economist Dr. Iraj Abedian weighs in on the global fallout of the Middle East conflict, while SA engineer Peli Collins discusses his new space startup, Beyond Reach Labs. Meanwhile, OpenAI admits its AI model inadvertently hacked Hugging Face, raising serious cyber con
Director's Cut - Dr Iraj Abedian: Hormuz stand-off could cost SA more than pain at the petrol pump
Seven months into the Iran war, economist Iraj Abedian tells Alec Hogg that Donald Trump has lost more than the battle for the Strait of Hormuz: he's lost America's standing as the world's dominant power. Abedian explains why the narrow waterway carries a third of global oil, why the mullahs are more afraid of each other than of Washington, and why South Africa's tilt toward Iran through BRICS loo
Pele Collins: From SpaceX to Y-Combinator: Unlocking the giant origami structures of orbit
Pele Collins went from leading the SpaceX parachute engineering team that brought American astronauts safely home to co-founding a Y Combinator-backed deep tech startup, Beyond Reach Labs. In his latest interview with Irakli, the proudly South African engineer reveals how his team is tackling the ultimate pick-and-shovel play for the next era of the space race: deployable structures that unfold fr
BizNews Edge: Dr Iraj Abedian - Where SA fits in the Strait of Hormuz standoff
South Africa's BRICS bet on Iran is about to cost you at the pump. As the Strait of Hormuz standoff drags on, economist Iraj Abedian tells Alec Hogg why a third of the world's oil is stuck behind a 33km bottleneck, why Dubai is now more exposed than Israel, and why South Africa backed the wrong side. Plus: a boardroom bloodbath at the PIC, an ugly inflation surprise, a R21 billion Pepkor fintech d
Boardroom Talk: RIP RW Johnson - leaving a huge hole in your nation's heart
In today's Boardroom Talk, Alec Hogg confirms the death of RW Johnson, one of South African political writing's sharpest and most combustible voices, and reflects on a decade of working with him: the audiobook that started it, the necrotising fasciitis he refused to let slow him down, the Steenhuisen column that ended their working relationship, and the warmth he never stopped showing even after h
BN Daybreak: Ramaphosa impeachment risk; Sasol's boom; China's Kimi K3 AI model; Trump tariffs
In today's Daybreak, we unpack the growing impeachment momentum against President Ramaphosa and its potential threat to the government of national unity. We also dive into Sasol's operational rebound, highlighted by Secunda's best production run in five years. Globally, we explore Trump's proposed generic drug tariffs, a chipmaker-led market rally, the rise of China's Kimi K3 AI model, and how Mid
Director's Cut: James Gubb - history of manias guides how to profit from AI revolution
Former hedge fund manager and CFA James Gubb argues the AI boom is real, but many investors are backing the wrong winners. In this interview with Alec Hogg, he explains why Oracle's credit downgrade could signal deeper cracks, why OpenAI and hyperscalers face mounting pressure, how China's AI advances are reshaping competition, and why energy - not AI models - could deliver the biggest long-term i
BizNews Edge: Rate hike coming; Gubb on winning from AI mania, Sasol, Nedbank, Kumba
Veteran investor James Gubb joins BizNews Edge to cut through the AI hype, weighing today's data centre spending against history's biggest capital booms and explaining why he's backing energy and nuclear stocks over AI names themselves. Also on today's show: Sasol's operational turnaround continues even as its share price cools after a strong run, Nedbank locks in its East Africa expansion via Ken
Ramaphosa impeachment would cause big fractures in the GNU
In this interview with Chris Steyn, Independent Governance Expert Richard Chelin predicts that an impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa would have grave consequences for the Government of National Unity (GNU) - particularly in the light of Vice President Paul Mashatile’s keenness to work with parties other than the Democratic Alliance. “I think we will see some great fractures coming to the for
BN Daybreak: Police generals' R3.6 bn salary bill; AGOA reforms; Andy Burnham; DA governance
In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, we cover global strikes in the US-Iran conflict, Red Sea shipping risks, Paramount's blocked merger, and new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Locally, Parliament's Ian Cameron questions SAPS's R3.6bn senior leadership salary bill, Mayor Chris Pappas highlights uMngeni's governance model, Russell Lamberti proposes subnational AGOA trade reforms to protect busines
BizNews Edge: Chris Pappas — Why the DA's only KZN municipality won't lose its mayor after all
In April he told the country he was done, headed for the private sector. By July he'd changed his mind. Chris Pappas, the DA's rising star and mayor of the party's only municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, explains to Alec Hogg why nobody in his own caucus would take the job, what that says about the DA's succession problem, and why he thinks a 25 to 30% national showing is realistic for the party come
Director's Cut — Chris Pappas reverses course: the real reason he's running for uMngeni mayor again
Chris Pappas was set to leave politics for the private sector. Instead, he's back, seeking a second term as uMngeni mayor after talks from colleagues, community leaders and supporters. In this candid interview with Alec Hogg, Pappas explains why he changed course, reflects on the DA's prospects ahead of the 2026 local elections, defends the party amid recent controversies, and outlines his long-te
Ian Cameron - 722 Generals & Brigadiers @ R3,6-billion, more pressure on CR & another cloud over Mchunu…
In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, the Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, reveals that the South African Police Service (SAPS) has 722 brigadiers and generals that cost nearly R3.6 billion in pay and maintenance. In addition, only five of 823 senior SAPS officers underwent lifestyle audits in the 2024-25 financial year - and all five were cleared. Descri
BN Daybreak: SA's criminal justice under scrutiny; Chip stock jitters; Netflix's next growth story
In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, political commentator Solly Moeng examines South Africa’s deepening criminal justice crisis. On the global stage, President Trump demands harsher Iran sanctions as Middle Eastern oil routes shift. Meanwhile, Chinese tech startups Moonshot AI and DeepSeek prepare for massive IPOs, investors confront AI energy bottlenecks, Netflix pivots to live content to win sc
The NdB Sunday Show: Bring down SA’s “Political Ponzi Scheme”! | with Solly Moeng
In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng lays into President Cyril Ramaphosa - in particular over his desperate court battle to stave off an impeachment hearing. He also reviews a week of extraordinary dramatic scenes at the Madlanga Commission of Enquiry with more pressure building on Crime Intelligence boss General Feroz Khan and IDAC chief Andre
BN Daybreak: Amazon beats Starlink; PIC's Lanseria crisis; Netflix's slowdown; AI's big margins
In today's BizNews Daybreak we dive into Amazon's quiet maneuver past Starlink into South Africa's satellite internet market via Herotel. We also examine the Public Investment Corporation's escalating governance crisis over the Lanseria Airport transaction, alongside policing gaps fueling local pharmaceutical drug crimes. Internationally, we cover SpaceX’s scrubbed Starship launch, Netflix’s disap
Cops fight crime in private vehicles as their “role models” are arrested: Richard Chelin, Willem Els
In their latest interview with Chris Steyn, Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and Richard Chelin, an independent governance expert, share details of the war on drugs and crime in South Africa. Describing the struggle of dedicated detectives, Els reveals “for the past three months at one of the units they use a private vehicle and they rotate…and they are filling it up…just to
BizNews Edge: R3.5tn pension fund manager PIC in crisis as FSCA launches Section 135 probe
The PIC's governance crisis has reached the regulator. Hours after suspending CEO Patrick Dlamini and acting CIO August Uys, the board now faces a formal FSCA Section 135 investigation into governance, leadership and transparency at the R3.5 trillion asset manager. DA federal finance chairperson Dr Mark Burke tells Alec Hogg why this is the fifth executive suspension in two years, how a murky Lans
The R3.5 trillion crisis: Why the PIC is under fire
South Africa's Public Investment Corporation is facing its biggest governance crisis in years. With CEO Patrick Dlamini suspended, senior executives resigning, and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority launching a formal investigation, questions over transparency, accountability, and the safety of government workers' pension funds are mounting. DA finance spokesperson Dr Mark Burke unpacks the un
BN Daybreak: PIC executive exodus; South Africa House shut in London; US interest rate hikes
In today's BizNews Daybreak, US-Iran tensions steady oil and Korean tech stocks slide. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh defends his personal trading, while South Africa's PIC faces a deepening executive exodus. We also unpack more on the DA’s Tony Leon lobbying scandal, the temporary closure of London's SA House, and a blunt warning from KPMG's Diane Swonk that persistent US inflation demands two interest ra
Tony Leon lobbying scandal and the DA civil war with Solly Moeng
In his latest chat with Chris Steyn, political commentator Solly Moeng dissects the widening scandal around Tony Leon's lobbying amid former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen’s mission of vengeance and the damaging fall-out for the party. “...what is very clear is that the DA is no longer just walking on still waters…Geordin Hill-Lewis can't be sleeping with both eyes closed right n
BizNews Edge: How South Africa House fell into disrepair on Dirco's watch
South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, a fixture of SA's diplomatic presence in London since 1933, has closed its doors, with the DA's Ryan Smith blaming decades of Dirco neglect and Dirco insisting it's a planned upgrade. Alec Hogg unpacks the row, plus three stories reshaping money and power: the PIC's suspension of chief executive Patrick Dlamini has drawn a formal FSCA probe, chipmaking giant
South Africa House has closed: DA's Ryan Smith unpacks the Dircos neglect
South Africa House, the country's historic diplomatic landmark in London's Trafalgar Square, has closed for major renovations, sparking fierce political debate. The DA accuses DIRCO of years of neglect, poor maintenance and a lack of transparency, while government insists the closure is temporary and planned. Ryan Smith argues the controversy exposes wider failures across South Africa's foreign mi
BN Daybreak: Trevor Manuel on SOE corruption; Trump's fresh strikes on Iran; SA's police DNA backlog
In today's BizNews Daybreak: Trevor Manuel delivers a scathing account of how South Africa lost SAA and Eskom, while the IRR's John Endres warns that trying to wait out the Trump administration could cost the country billions in investment. We also unpacks the first monthly drop in US consumer prices since 2020 under Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, plus OpenAI's deepening legal battle with Apple.
BizNews Edge: How an "unlawful" Pretoria factory churned out fake weight-loss jabs for years
South Africa's weight loss jab boom has a dark underside. A Pretoria pharmacy, iDexis, was producing roughly 84,500 units of semaglutide a month — more than Novo Nordisk's entire local sales of Ozempic and Wegovy — under the guise of a one-off "compounding" exemption meant for individual patients. Regulators only inspected the premises this year, more than two years after Novo Nordisk first compla
Ian Cameron: “Strategic" top cop corruption & shock DNA backlog
In this wide-ranging interview with Chris Steyn, Ian Cameron, the Chairperson of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police, details the shocking DNA testing backlog. “...this is literally how a child rapist, a child murderer, any murderer or rapist for that matter walks free. This is literally the way that the State, the inability of the State to process this evidence, becomes the reason for a ra
BN Daybreak: Iran war oil surge; Apple sues OpenAI; Endres on SA's fixed investment woes
In today's BizNews Daybreak we cover the escalating US-Iran conflict and its impact on soaring crude oil prices. In South Africa, Dr. John Endres critiques low fixed investment rates, SARU faces backlash over overpriced Springbok tickets, and over 53,000 undocumented foreign nationals are successfully repatriated. Finally, Apple hits OpenAI with a massive trade-secrets lawsuit.
BizNews Edge: Why the IRR's John Endres is more bullish on SA than Britain
John Endres, CEO of the Institute for Race Relations, tells BizNews that the elite consensus defending BEE is cracking, even as its beneficiaries defend it loudest. He points to the Starlink saga - blocked partly over empowerment shareholding while a pricier, slower rival wins state favour - as proof the policy is running out of road. Endres also unpacks why so many of South Africa's estimated one
Director's Cut - John Endres: Why SA's growth story still isn't landing — and what would change that
In this Director's Cut of BizNews editor Alec Hogg's conversation with IRR CEO John Endres, the full, unedited exchange goes well beyond BEE and the diaspora. Endres unpacks why R1.8 trillion in corporate reserves and R1.5 trillion parked offshore still isn't flowing home, why Washington's frustration with Pretoria is bipartisan and deepening, and why Treasury's decision to freeze equitable-share
BN Daybreak: US Strikes on Iran; Teen mall bomb plot; Springbok ticket anger hit SA
As fresh American strikes on Iran trigger sirens in Bahrain, global traders are left asking whether the world's most vital oil chokepoint is still open for business. Congressman Greg Stanton warns of surging fuel prices and a war with no clear endgame, new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh heads to Capitol Hill to face the economic fallout, and the political landscape shifts following the death of foreign-pol
A world-first: the bond that pays out when nature wins
In this BizNews interview, Irakli Rekhviashvili sits down with the three people behind FirstRand's R2.5 billion Cape Water Performance-Based Bond, the first time a commercial bank anywhere in the world has tied a bond's payout to nature. The Nature Conservancy's Louise Stafford traces it to 2018, when Cape Town's dams were weeks from "Day Zero" and the catchments were choked with thirsty invasive
The NdB Sunday Show - Willem Els: The deadly recipe of the Ballito bomb boy…
In this edition of NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, explosives expert Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) reveals just how deadly a bomb-making recipe was used by the 15-year-old boy who wanted to commit mass killing at a Ballito mall. “what was really alarming for me when I look at especially the one ingredient that he stipulated…with any explosive substance that you mix, you
SA rugby's ticket strategy prices Bok fans out of stadiums
Springbok ticket prices have soared, suites have been taken over under “clean stadium” rules, and loyal supporters are being squeezed out. BizNews Rugby's boots-on-the-ground reporter, Rory Steyn, speaks to representatives from legendary Joburg rugby clubs and bitter rivals Pirates and Wanderers, as well as chartered accountant and former Sun International CEO, David Coutts-Trotter, about the fina
BN Daybreak: Jailed South African spy; SA Education reform; Wall Street's SpaceX verdict
A former Air Force brigadier is behind bars in the United States, Jasmine Opperman warns the real failure lies in how the State Security Agency handled her. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube hits back at claims her department is a mess as the DA looks to 2029, while traders pile into Micron and a record SK Hynix listing even as everyone frets the AI trade is overdone. Plus, we look at Iran c
Siviwe Gwarube: The truth about SA education
Siviwe Gwarube says South Africa's education system needs long-term reform, not quick political wins. The Basic Education Minister discusses her first two years in office, tackling textbook procurement concerns, eliminating unsafe pit toilets identified in 2018, strengthening early childhood development, and navigating provincial delivery challenges. She argues the real measure of success lies in
Jasmine Opperman: Ex-SAAF General jailed in the US as an SA agent…
A former brigadier general in the South African Air Force (SAAF) has been jailed in the United States after she pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of South Africa and one of making a false statement in her security clearance application. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jasmine Opperman, who spent over 20 years in South Africa’s intelligence services, and who is now a senior anal
BizNews Edge: Siviwe Gwarube on the DA's 2029 make-or-break moment
DA insider and Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube responds to claims that DA ministers haven't delivered, days after John Steenhuisen's bombshell interview shook the party. She explains why the DA's current turmoil could actually be its best opportunity yet, and why she says 2029 is now the party's election to win or lose. Also today: Pretoria's risky new carbon regulations, a Russian oligarc
BN Daybreak: US-Iran ceasefire collapse; Cronje on SA politics; Ballito mall bomb scare
Today's BizNews Daybreak covers escalating US-Iran strikes spiking crude oil and Fed minutes warning of upside inflation risks. Trump permits Ukrainian Patriot missile manufacturing and lifts Syria sanctions, while Apple expands a $30B Broadcom deal and China greenlights Nvidia sales. Locally, Frans Cronje analyses the DA's John Steenhuisen fallout and Willem Els goes through a botched police resp
