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BN Briefing: Cyril on the 49 Afrikaner “Refugees”; Gayton: Foreigners must be expelled immediately

In this BizNews Briefing, President Cyril Ramaphosa pushes back against claims of white Afrikaner persecution, following their controversial resettlement in the US under a Trump-era refugee programme. Gayton McKenzie demands that his department prioritise South Africans for jobs, rejecting foreign hires. Economist Dawie Roodt shares his expectations for next week’s…
15 May 2025 3AM 20 min

Afrimat CEO on earnings collapse, Lafarge turnaround, and rare earths opportunity

Afrimat CEO Andries van Heerden joins Alec Hogg to unpack the group’s worst results in decades, driven by a perfect storm of collapsing iron ore prices and early Lafarge losses. He remains bullish on the cement acquisition, touts a new ultra-low carbon product, and outlines progress on Transnet’s rail recovery…
15 May 2025 12AM 28 min

Kevin Mileham: Struggling ESKOM plunges millions into the dark - again…

Millions of South Africans were plunged into peak-hour darkness again last night. In this interview with BizNews, Kevin Mileham, the Democratic Alliance (DA) spokesperson on Electricity and Energy, says that ESKOM's fleet is running at 28% unplanned outages - and that “this last week, they've burned 210 million rands worth…
14 May 2025 6AM 11 min

BN Blitsbriefing: Afrikaner-vlugtelinge vertrek; Blouligmafia vrygespreek; China/VSA-tariewe daal

Die eerste groep Afrikaner-vlugtelinge het na die VSA vertrek onder ’n omstrede Trump-era program wat opspraak verwek. Gardenroute juweel Knysna, se dienslewering het begin verbrokkel onder ANC-koalisiebewind. Adjunkpresident Mashatile se lyfwagte is vrygespreek ná die gewelddadige aanval op ongewapende SA burgerlikes. Internasionaal het China en die VSA ooreengekom om tariewe…
12 May 2025 10AM 3 min

Afrikaans at 100: CEO doubts EWC hits white farmers, urges afrikaner-black alliances

As the Afrikaans language turns 100 today amid great turbulence in Afrikaner politics, Leon Louw, CEO of the Freedom Foundation, expresses doubt that any real Expropriation Without Compensation (EWC) will ever happen in South Africa against white commercial Afrikaans farmers. “I think that probably nothing will come of it. I…
8 May 2025 9AM 19 min
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