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7,448 Episodes
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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

Rhinos go radioactive in the fight against poaching – Prof James Larkin

Every 20 hours, a rhino is poached in South Africa for its horn, with 35 rhinos lost in the Kruger National Park since the beginning of the year. The fight to protect these majestic animals is increasingly difficult, as rhino horn commands prices higher than gold, platinum, diamonds, and cocaine,…
7 Mar 2025 6AM 13 min

America is probing ANC leaders over Iran “bribe”….

The Trump administration is investigation the allegations that African National Congress (ANC) leaders were bribed to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for “genocide”. That was confirmed in this interview with BizNews by Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, founder and president of Shurad HaDin Israel Law Centre that led a…
7 Mar 2025 4AM 12 min
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