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BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members - Tuesday, 30th September 2025

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2025 8:07


Alec Hogg's daily update which is embedded in the BizNews Premium newsletter - covering the day's news you need to know.

BizNews Radio
AI Scam Alert! Paul O'Sullivan busts Deepfake using BizNews brand

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 32:16


Cybercriminals are using sophisticated AI deepfakes and cloned websites to scam unsuspecting South Africans out of their savings. In this revealing interview, forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan joins Alec Hogg to unpack a recent scam, explain how these syndicates operate, and share practical tips to protect yourself. If it sounds too good to be true - it probably is.

BizNews Radio
Meet Brett Levy: Life tempered by fire - from JSE's youngest CEO to major player in SA mobile market

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 58:56


In this interview, BizNews editor Alec Hogg takes a deep dive into lessons learned during the incredible journey of Blue Label co-founder and co-CEO Brett Levy. At 28, he was once the youngest CEO of any JSE-listed company when he and brother Mark too the company public. Now worth R11 billion, Brett's journey has been defined by Blue Label's R5.5bn acquisition of debt-laden CellC SA's third-largest mobile company. This deal caused acute indigestion, lasting seven years, and required the entire purchase price to be written off. An older and wiser Levy shares how both Blue Label and Cell C have emerged stronger from the challenges - and are poised for a magical future.

BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members - Monday, 29th September 2025

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2025 7:54


Alec Hogg's daily update which is embedded in the BizNews Premium newsletter - covering the day's news you need to know.

BizNews Radio
Blockbuster Malema book - exposing how EFF criminal enterprise flourishes in broken justice system

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2025 34:52


Investigative journalists Pauli van Wyk and Micah Reddy join Alec Hogg to unpack their explosive new book Malema, Money, Power, Patronage. From VBS to dodgy metros and shell companies, the authors reveal how Julius Malema and Floyd Shivambu built a patronage empire — and why South Africa's broken justice system has failed to hold them accountable. Already in its second print before official launch, the book has been called a “must-read” and a blueprint for prosecutors who may one day bring the EFF leadership to book

BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members - Thursday, 25th September 2025

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 8:55


Alec Hogg's daily update which is embedded in the BizNews Premium newsletter - covering the day's news you need to know.

BizNews Radio
Miningweb Weekly: De Beers in play, Angola's surprise bid, Glencore exits Congo, and silver's comeback

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 36:09


From the wilds of Idaho, mining analyst Peter Major joins Alec Hogg to unpack the week's big mining stories. With Botswana and Angola eyeing stakes in De Beers, Anglo American suddenly has options it never expected. Glencore is pulling back from the Congo as cobalt prices tumble, while silver edges back into the spotlight — even if South Africa has little of it to mine. Plus, Peter explains why Orion and Core Potash could be the quiet winners for patient investors.

BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium - Monday 22nd Sept

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 8:05


Alec Hogg's new daily update which is embedded in the BizNews Premium newsletter - covering the day's news you need to know.

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BizNews Radio
BN Briefing: Zille eyes JHB Mayor, Trump warns shutdown, Sakeliga fights R60m Expropriation

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2025 18:03


In this BizNews Briefing, Helen Zille is announced as the DA's candidate for Johannesburg mayor, sharing her bold vision for the city. Political analyst Frans Cronje calls it the “most consequential political job in the country,” while Zille tackles tough questions about the DA's strategy and government unity. Sakeliga has entered a seven-year battle over a 34-hectare farm, worth R60m, expropriated without compensation by the ANC-EFF Ekurhuleni Metro. Also in focus: Trump signals a possible US government shutdown, Alec Hogg confirms Neil de Beer's Liberty Conference legacy, and Nvidia strikes a $5bn deal with Intel.

BizNews Radio
The NdB Sunday Show - Alec Hogg Onwards to the Neil de Beer Freedom Charter

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 13:26


One week after the iconic Neil de Beer was laid to rest, BizNews Founder Alec Hogg joins Chris Steyn on the aptly named NdB Sunday Show to announce that Neil's dream of a Liberty Conference will come true on 9 March 2026. The conference that Neil and Alec had already been planning will coincide with the big BNC Eight Conference. On the agenda will be talks and brainstorming on economic liberty, freedom of expression, the rule of law, and sovereignty versus overreach by the State. This will culminate in a group of people being charged to produce the Neil De Beer Freedom Charter. “…we are…going to be guided by Neil's spirit. And I do believe that he was spot on. This was probably the most passionate thing in his life… freedom, the freedom of South Africa and the freedom that so many people had sacrificed so much for, which is now under threat,”says Hogg.

BizNews Radio
The Business Show: Renergen 2.0 - Marani argues why 45 000 shareholders should also stay invested

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 27:09


Renergen CEO Stefano Marani joins Alec Hogg to unpack the company's acquisition by ASP Isotopes. He explains why the deal makes strategic sense, addresses helium project delays, outlines future plans in critical materials, and reassures investors about long-term value. The conversation highlights South Africa's untapped gas potential and Renergen's pivotal role in global energy and tech supply chains.

BizNews Radio
Miningweb Weekly: Gold goes ballistic, China's mining surge, and SA's missed opportunities

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 44:13


Fresh from China, veteran mining analyst Peter Major joins Alec Hogg to unpack what he saw on the ground - from jaw-dropping infrastructure to a mining industry firing on all cylinders. He warns that while gold rockets to record highs, South Africa's own mining sector is shackled by policy failure and a broken cadastral system. Plus, we look at Anglo's global battles, Orion's Glencore breakthrough, and why smart investors should keep an eye on copper.

BizNews Radio
Piet Viljoen on latest JSE's takeover: “SA shares not undervalued, they're in bargain basement bin”

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 20:06


Piet Viljoen, fund manager of the Merchant West Value Fund, shares his insights into the trend illustrated by today's takeover offer for Metrofile, whose 30-year JSE listing looks to be coming to an end. Viljoen says many JSE-listed companies, especially those worth under R20bn, are “not undervalued….…….in the bargain basement bin” and explains why he expects the growing takeover trend to accelerate. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg

BizNews Radio
Fresh anti-ANC legislation proposed in Washington as US Senator tables harsh bill

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2025 17:51


Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana yesterday proposed anti-ANC legislation in the US's ‘Upper House' which closely mirrors the Ronny Jackson Bill working its way through the House of Representatives. Breitbart senior editor Joel Pollak, the one-time front-runner to be the US ambassador to SA, provides context on this major development while offering a ray of light for Pretoria on the US/SA trade negotiations. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
BN Briefing: SA property giants shine; warnings for SA from Gen Z revolts abroad; debt and municipal crises deepen

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 28:46


In today's BizNews Briefing, Alec Hogg unpacks results from Hyprop and Attacq, the property giants behind Rosebank Mall and Mall of Africa, both showing resilience despite governance headwinds. He highlights a stark warning for South Africa's corrupt politicians as youth-led revolutions sweep across Asia. Clips from the BizNews Investment Conference feature economist Dawie Roodt and Deputy Finance Minister Ashor Sarupen on SA's soaring debt and failing municipalities. On global markets, Alphabet parent Google crosses the $3 trillion milestone, while nuclear innovation could reshape the future of energy.

BizNews Radio
BN Briefing: Hendrik du Toit's warning, Anglo's mega-merger, Macron's crisis and JSE shake-ups

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 25:47


From Hendrik du Toit's blistering critique of South Africa's decline to Anglo American's $40bn Canadian merger, Alec Hogg unpacks a day of seismic shifts in politics and business. Add in the real-life “Succession” ending, Macron's leadership woes, and JSE updates from SPAR and Super Group - it's a briefing packed with high-stakes moves and hard truths

BizNews Radio
JP Smith: Cape Town's high-tech crime-fighting arsenal grows with drones, bait cars and boots on the ground

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2025 27:58


Cape Town's safety chief, Alderman JP Smith, tells Alec Hogg how the city is deploying hundreds of new law enforcement officers, drones, cameras, and even bait cars to confront the surge of violent incidents on the N2 and R300. With pressure mounting on the national government to devolve policing powers, Smith warns that Cape Town is no longer waiting for Pretoria to act.

BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg on BizNews doubling down on its core offering - and also launching a fresh share portfolio

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2025 37:59


BizNews founder Alec Hogg joins Bronwyn Nielsen to reflect on the 12-year journey from startup to multimedia platform. They explore BizNews' pivot from the political economy, the privilege of building a loyal audience, and the renewed focus on business journalism. Alec unpacks lessons learned, ownership rumours, and why Benjamin Franklin's aphorism that “knowledge pays the best interest” remains the organisation's guiding principle. The discussion also announces the launch of the Ricardo portfolio, set to debut at the end of the month on the EasyEquities platform, marking an exciting new chapter for the BizNews community.

BizNews Radio
The Business Show: Great business model again proves its mettle for Cashbuild in double-digit growth

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2025 20:15


In tough times, savvy investors tend to overlook the growth hype and focus on stocks with solid management, strong business models, and resilient markets. Building supplies retailer Cashbuild always fitted the bill, but lost its shine after a R350m acquisition didn't go according to plan. As a result, the share price dropped 20% in the past six months. Cashbuild's low-key CEO Werner de Jager spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg after this morning's publication of the FY25 results. There's a lot for existing and potential shareholders to like about what he shared.

BizNews Radio
"Running the gauntlet” – N2 Cape Town attacks put tourists and locals in the firing line

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 26:11


Wayne Coetzer and anti-crime activist Paul Treleven share chilling first-hand accounts of deadly attacks along the N2 highway near Cape Town International Airport. With boulders hurled at cars, tourists targeted, and law enforcement absent, they warn Alec Hogg that without urgent action the Western Cape's booming tourism and wine industries could face devastating consequences.

BizNews Radio
Abedian on MTN and SANDF boss's Iranian “toenadering” - Govt has to come clean, one way or the other

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 27:29


Iranian-born and bred economist Dr Iraj Abedian is baffled by loyalty expressed by SANDF general to his homeland's theocratic regime - arguing it carries zero upside and substantial downside for South Africans. Abedian says those who pay General Rudzani Maphwanya's salary - and soon his generous pension - should be demanding an explanation. In this insightful interview, the academic-turned-entrepreneur also offers context on the significant challenges its Iranian connection is causing MTN. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Miningweb Weekly: Peter Major on Anglo American; DRD; SA exploration, rare earths and bad governance

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2025 45:47


In the debut episode of Miningweb.com's flagship show featuring inimitable Peter Major, the conversation covers topical developments of interest to investors. This week's menu kicks off with Anglo American's results and an aborted coal sale to Peabody and accelerates. Major spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Cape Independence momentum grows: Disparate groups unite after Washington support as SA chaos grows

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 28:19


Despite being the focus of a concerted campaign to eject him from the country, Western Cape Independence protagonist Phil Craig is continuing his fight to get the province out of the country tacked together in 1910 by a colonial power. In this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg, the co-founder of the Cape Independence Advocacy Group explains how a five-week working trip to the US - and continued own-goals by Pretoria - has injected fresh momentum into the project.

BizNews Radio
WSM on chilling actions by untouchable SANDF chief's Iranian visit that multiplies SA economic chaos

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2025 25:40


General Rudzani Maphwanya, whose surname in his native Venda means “to crush”, is far from the politically appointed puppet assumed by many commentators. He is a battle-hardened warrior who commanded SA's most significant military action since 1994 when 200 SANDF troops defended the CAR president against 7,000 rebels for three days. This reality introduces a chilling aspect to statements the General made during last week's visit to Iran, an act threatening to torpedo SA's diplomatic efforts to moderate US tariffs that threaten a hundred thousand jobs in the motor industry and agricultural sectors. William Saunderson-Meyer, author of the Jaundiced Eye, discusses the implications with BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Stateproofing expert wins big in BEE High Court challenge - Sakeliga boss Piet le Roux with context

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 22:47


In this vibrant discussion on a major court victory against South Africa's racist laws that moves into Government over-reach, Lichtenberg's collapse, Cape Independence, Steenhuisen's attack and even Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux shares his insights with BizNews editor Alec Hogg. Joins many dots.

BizNews Radio
Washington thinktank exec shares US view on SANDF Chief “solidarity” visit to Iran - it's not pretty

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 28:03


Washington's patience with Pretoria is wearing thin. Senior fellow Joshua Meservey of the Hudson Institute warns that the head of South Africa's defence force, General Rudzani Mphawanya, may have dealt a fresh blow to US–SA relations with his recent trip to Iran and remarks in solidarity with its regime. In conversation with Alec Hogg, Meservey unpacks why the incident - whether sanctioned or not - will deepen mistrust, complicate trade negotiations, and feed growing US frustration over Pretoria's political choices.

BizNews Radio
SA's land invasions are real - gone-viral doccie has compelling evidence on how bad laws spark them

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2025 24:16


Filmmaker and YouTuber Joe Emilio speaks to Alec Hogg about his viral documentary on the Tygerberg Raceway land invasion. He says a 1998 law meant to protect the vulnerable has instead eroded property rights and fuelled a nationwide wave of land grabs.

BizNews Radio
Cape Town's dirty secret: Daily cocktail of sewage, chemicals is fouling ocean, threatening tourism

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2025 28:52


A sea-cavorting social media influencer's"swimming in poo" video has sparked a much more serious problem for the tourism magnet that is Cape Town - its centuries-old practice of pumping sewerage into the sea is posing an increasing threat to its tourism boom. One of SA's leading water scientists, Prof Leslie Petrik, unpacks the issue with BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Lamola's semiconductor blunder: reaction by insulted Taiwan now threatens SA manufacturing disaster

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2025 25:10


In an interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, Ryan Smith, the DA's new Spokesperson on International Relations and Cooperation, discusses his challenging roles and South Africa's foreign policy 'follies'. He criticises ruinous 30% Trump tariffs, citing negotiation failures. Smith strongly condemns Ronald Lamola's "ridiculous decision" to downgrade the Taiwanese embassy. He highlights Taiwan's crucial role as the sole supplier of vital semiconductor chips (TSMC), arguing this alienates essential trade, hindering SA's manufacturing and job creation efforts. Smith advocates for a truly non-aligned, South Africa-first foreign policy driven by economic development, not ANC party interests, stressing the need for career diplomats. The DA seeks new agricultural markets to offset these challenges.

BizNews Radio
Paul O'Sullivan joins dots, drops bombshell: “Here's your proof - Mkhwanazi a crook, Trollip a liar”

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 43:35


Forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has come out swinging—accusing KwaZulu-Natal police boss Lt. Gen. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of criminality and calling ActionSA's Athol Trollip a liar. In an explosive 18-page dossier and this follow-up interview with Alec Hogg, O'Sullivan lays out his case: a police service captured at the highest level, a slush fund ballooning to R600 million, luxury gifts from shady suppliers, extrajudicial killings, and a nation dangerously fooled by a uniform. He joins the dots—and what emerges is nothing short of a bombshell.

BizNews Radio
Hersov changes tack on DiData after digging deeper into the BEE fronting scandal

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 25:02


Businessman and BizNews regular Rob Hersov has changed his tune on the so-called Dimension Data Six, once damning in his critique of the executives accused of fraud in a scathing High Court judgment. In this follow-up conversation with Alec Hogg, Hersov urges caution, arguing the case was unfairly decided on affidavits alone and deserves to be aired properly in open court. He says reputations, justice and the integrity of South African business are all on the line.

BizNews Radio
WSM: How the DA became the ANC's silent partner in a leftward lurch

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2025 22:23


Veteran columnist William Saunderson-Meyer, in conversation with Alec Hogg, delivers a scathing critique of the Democratic Alliance's role in the Government of National Unity. From the sidelining of Emma Powell to the silent complicity over Pretoria Girls High, Saunderson-Meyer warns the DA is trading its liberal soul for power - while Ramaphosa quietly accelerates the ANC's National Democratic Revolution.

BizNews Radio
Principal's husband, SGB chairman speak out over Gauteng ANC's ongoing attack on Pretoria Girls High

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 33:55


In a bizarre turn of events, Gauteng's Education Department suspended the headmistress of Pretoria High School for Girls - over garden maintenance. Alec Hogg speaks to her husband Mike Erasmus and school governing body chair Craig Hezlett, exposing what appears to be a political vendetta wrapped in bureaucratic overreach.

BizNews Radio
ArcelorMittal CEO Kobus Verster warns of 80,000 job fallout without government action

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 26:44


On BizNews' 12th birthday, Alec Hogg speaks with ArcelorMittal SA CEO Kobus Verster about the possible shutdown of its Newcastle steel plant. With 80,000 jobs at stake and Transnet, Eskom, and scrap metal policy failures bleeding the company dry, Verster says the IDC and government must act by 30 September or risk a social and economic disaster. The steel boss lays bare South Africa's crumbling industrial backbone - and offers a last-ditch plan to save it.

BizNews Radio
Miles van der Molen: Skewed aviation market, regulatory failures behind FlySafair saga

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2025 18:24


CemAir CEO Miles van der Molen tells Alec Hogg that the FlySafair pilot strike is the result of long-standing regulatory neglect and a broken aviation market. He warns that FlySafair's foreign ownership advantage has distorted competition and left South African pilots with fewer options.

BizNews Radio
Viljoen's local bet clings to lead as Heystek's offshore picks surge in Million Rand showdown

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2025 27:18


BizNews founder Alec Hogg checks in with Piet Viljoen and Magnus Heystek as their four-year Million Rand investment face-off nears its conclusion. Viljoen's local-value strategy holds a narrow lead, but Heystek's offshore picks are closing fast. With 16 months to go, the race reveals hard truths about markets, fund managers and the surprising resilience of SA equities.

BizNews Radio
Trollip vs O'Sullivan: ActionSA leader lays criminal charges over threats

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2025 23:19


ActionSA parliamentary leader Athol Trollip has laid criminal charges against forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan after a barrage of threats and accusations. Trollip says he was simply calling for urgent investigation into police corruption, but won't be intimidated from doing his job as an MP. Trollip spoke to BizNews' Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Shyft by Standard Bank brings JSE shares onboard, paving the way for smarter local investing

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 24:25


Shyft by Standard Bank has added JSE shares to its platform, allowing South Africans to invest locally with ease. In an interview with BizNews' Alec Hogg, Shyft head Glynn Allen discusses the platform's rapid growth, upcoming features like fractional shares, and the renewed focus on empowering investors through education and seamless access to both local and global markets.

BizNews Radio
Former SAPS General Johan Booysen on Zuma's NPA henchman Chauke's suspension and Mkhwanazi bombshell

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 25:23


Former SAPS General Johan Booysen, the honest cop who was publicly harassed and then suspended for doing his job too well, shares his insights into the long-overdue suspension of political-appointment Adv Andrew Chauke. He also provides context on fellow KZN top cop Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's bombshell disclosures of abuses by criminals and their puppet politicians that have numerous parallels to Booysen's own experiences. Gen Booysen spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Punitive Jackson Bill moves ahead in Washington as US lawmakers determined to “make an example” of SA

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 29:52


The US's punitive Jackson Bill, which threatens harsh punishment for South Africa including personal financial sanctions on leading ANC members, has taken another big step towards becoming law. Its sponsor, former White House medical chief Ronny Jackson, celebrated its passing through the committee stage by tweeting that it will give President Trump “the tools necessary to hold their corrupt government accountable.” Joshua Meservey, a senior fellow at Washington's prestigious Hudson Institute, provides context in this interview with BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
WSM: Pretoria is oblivious to widespread public anger, many potential sparks that could inflame SA

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2025 27:35


Veteran columnist William Saunderson-Meyer joins Alec Hogg to discuss South Africa's mounting political crisis, faltering leadership under Cyril Ramaphosa, and the crumbling promise of the GNU. With 32 years of insight from his "Jaundiced Eye" column, Saunderson-Meyer explores rising public discontent, institutional decay, and the urgent need for political change.

BizNews Radio
BN Briefing - Mashele: Cyril most useless SA president since 1994; ANC: DA is trying to embarrass SA

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 16:06


In today's BizNews Briefing, Prince Mashele slams Cyril Ramaphosa in a fiery SMWX interview; the ANC accuses the DA of undermining national interests amid tensions with the US. Alec Hogg hears from KZN exporters facing 40% tariffs and Dr Frans Cronje on why Helen Zille as Joburg mayor could be a political masterstroke. Minister Solly Malatse discusses Starlink's South African prospects, and Trump denies plotting to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

BizNews Radio
Ex-WTO exec warns Pretoria to urgently address ‘non-tariff barriers' or exporters will pay 40% price

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 25:15


In the most recent annual assessment of trade relationships, the US listed three pages of ‘non-tariff barriers' imposed by South Africa, whose exports currently enter America duty-free. From August 1, Trump Tariffs will make SA goods 40% more expensive for Americans. Trade expert, former WTO senior official Johann Human rates the chances of SA avoiding Trump Tariffs at ‘zero' and in this powerful interview, says unless Pretoria starts to take US objections, SA goods will soon be priced out of the world's biggest marketplace, with a devastating impact on employment. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Frans Cronjé: Zille for Joburg - best in decades move with potential to flip SA politics on its head

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 34:31


Political scientist Dr Frans Cronjé unpacks South Africa's rapid transformation, Helen Zille's potential mayoral bid, ANC factionalism, and looming US tariffs. In conversation with Alec Hogg, he highlights both crisis and opportunity, urging bold leadership and investment reforms to steer the nation towards recovery and sustainable growth.

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KZN Business CEO Melanie Veness: Mkhwanazi has 100% support - because he deserves it

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2025 21:36


National Business Chamber chair Melanie Veness, whose day job is CEO of the PMB & Midlands Chamber, says whistleblowing Gen Nhalnha Mkhwanazi is fully supported on the ground in KZN. She says efforts by the provincial head of SAPS have been successful in turning the tide against crime and corruption - and that his disclosures of corrupt MPs being in cahoots with criminals is no surprise in a province wracked by the consequences of endemic corruption. She also shares suggestions for exporters struggling to see a future with 40% export tariffs looming. Veness spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

BizNews Radio
Alec Hogg: Musk-inspired First Principle Thinking on SA for thoughtful patriots

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2025 23:32


In a wide-ranging and provocative address to the Rotary Club of Hermanus, BizNews founder Alec Hogg unpacks why 'First Principle Thinking', championed by Elon Musk, is the key to solving South Africa's biggest challenges in governance, media, and the economy.

BizNews Radio
Lamberti on Sakeliga/Neasa interdicting employee race quotas: An attempt to head off more ANC lunacy

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2025 31:29


The pot-boiling strategy of destructive ANC economic policies is typified in its approach to employment equity, a quota-based employment system that SA businesses are obliged to implement from September. Sakeliga executive director Russell Lamberti explains why his organisation and Neasa are approaching the courts to block the ANC's most granular racial policy yet attempted. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

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Emerging sector champions Gerrie Fourie, GG Alcock answer the hand-wringing “30% unemployment” question

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 28:49


Derangement describes the detached armchair observers who judge those in the arena. Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie and Kasinomics author GG Alcock have had their fill of these critics - and explain why to BizNews editor Alec Hogg in this forthright interview about the unappreciated slug of South Africa's economy. The two champions of SA's Emerging Sector explain why the official data is badly wrong - and how the country's unemployment rate is closer to 10% than the widely quoted 30%. Hitting back at the hand-wringers with a message of hope - and reality.

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Bheki Mahlobo: SA is an ‘own goal specialist' losing 10-0 - can win just by copying India, not Iran.

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2025 21:46


Evidence-based insights into the latest Trump Tariffs from California-based Bheki Mahlobo, economist and partner at Frans Cronjé Private Clients. His conclusion: South Africa is a mountain of missed opportunities, the result of own goals scored through poor decisions. He spoke to BizNews editor Alec Hogg.

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BN Briefing: SA's White House flop - 30% tariff set, Mkhwanazi opens Pandora's box, Musk vs Trump

BizNews Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 19:33


In today's BizNews Briefing, South Africa faces a 30% US tariff, among 14 countries, despite President Ramaphosa's claims of a successful White House meeting. Plus a potential BRICS surcharge. Joel Pollak told BizNews' Alec Hogg that tensions stem from South Africa's land reform policies and its ICJ case against Israel, fueling US perceptions of anti-Americanism. A proposed US bill threatens aid freezes and Global Magnitsky Act sanctions to pressure Pretoria's foreign policy. The DA's Ian Cameron demands that Ramaphosa address Police Commissioner Mkhwanazi's allegations, highlighting a national security crisis. Meanwhile, Elon Musk's “America Party” proposal raises questions about his rift with Trump, potentially impacting Tesla shareholders further. This, as US markets continue to breach record levels.