Category: News
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Rob Hersov: The small municipality that fixed itself — a blueprint to rescue South Africa
Listen here What happens when a community decides it’s had enough of municipal failure? In this compelling conversation, Rob Hersov explains how a small Free State municipality took matters into its own hands, restoring services, managing electricity distribution, collecting revenue, and driving local development. The result is a working model of public-private cooperation that could…
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Sputla wants to treble free basic electricity allowance for SA households
Key topics: Govt reviewing Free Basic Electricity, may raise to 150kWh/month Eskom and experts push higher target (200–350kWh proposed) Mismanagement and theft limit access for eligible households By Myles Illidge Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa revealed that his department was considering adjusting the Free Basic Electricity (FBE) allocation to 150 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per month. Responding to…
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SA deserves a better DA than the one we’re seeing on X
This article was first published by The Common Sense Key topics: DA leaders clash with Groenewald over parolee data claims Allegations of misleading 1991 data on 30k missing parolees Editorial criticises DA/FF+ spat as political point-scoring & distrust By The Editorial Board of The Common Sense Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Geordin Hill-Lewis and senior party adviser…
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Business Day investigation exposes SA’s massive illegal number plate crisis
This article was first published by Business Day Key topics: Black market illegal number plates enable fast cloning, undermine system Fake plates aid crime, complicate policing and vehicle tracking efforts Manufacturers face scrutiny as Competition Commission probes supply chain By Kabelo Khumalo South Africa is facing a new security and law enforcement crisis caused by…
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SA’s industrial slide hits the headlines – Morocco now Africa’s top industrial economy
Key topics: Morocco overtakes South Africa as Africa’s top industrial economy South Africa’s competitiveness hit by power and investment woes AfDB says North and Southern Africa still lead manufacturing output By Ana Monteiro Morocco overtook South Africa as the continent’s most industrialized economy last year as it upgrades its offering, diversifies exports and implements growth policies,…
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The sleep tracker dilemma: Good technology, unintended consequences
Key topics: Sleep trackers widely used, but accuracy vs lab sleep tests varies 6.4–7.8 hours linked to slower brain and body ageing Help improve habits, but can cause anxiety (orthosomnia) From The Economist, published under licence. The original article can be found on www.economist.com © 2025 The Economist Newspaper Limited. All rights reserved. The Economist Nearly half of all…
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Nvidia launches ‘superchip’ to reinvent Windows PCs – big challenge to Apple, Intel
Key topics: Nvidia launches RTX Spark chips for AI-powered PCs New Windows Arm laptops challenge Intel’s PC dominance Dell and Lenovo to debut premium AI-ready devices this fall By Ian King Nvidia Corp. is entering the PC market with a new chip aimed at loosening the stranglehold of Intel Corp. technology in that arena and modernizing…
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Andrew Morphew: Steenhuisen’s “stockpile of vaccines sitting” in State fridges
Listen here Livestock farmers across South Africa remain desperate for the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak to be contained. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Andrew Morphew, the spokesperson for FMD Response SA, says: “The Industry Coordinating Council says that 1,3 million doses have been distributed to the province (KZN), whereas just over 600…
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SpaceX at $1.75tn: Musk’s Wall Street moonshot — or science-fiction risk for investors? | FT Unhedged
At $1.75 trillion, SpaceX is set to be the largest listing ever. Unhedged’s Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong are joined by Lex editor John Foley to discuss Elon Musk’s latest headline maker. The boy from Pretoria keeps remaking financial history. Listen here
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BN Daybreak – Mon 1 June 2026: Oil Climbs; SpaceX IPO frenzy; BEE critiques; Chelsea Flower Show Gold
Listen here In today’s BizNews Daybreak: Global energy markets watch closely as Brent crude climbs back past $93 a barrel amid a tense US-Iran stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, global investors rush into funds ahead of a massive, AI-linked SpaceX IPO. Businessman Sam Montši critiques BEE implementation, calling for unity over forced division.…
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The late RW Johnson’s prescience: Predicting Steenhuisen’s political death
In December last year, the late great Oxford scholar and BizNews columnist RW Johnson predicted John Steenhuisen’s downfall as DA leader, months before it happened. Johnson, who died earlier this week, spent 26 years as a politics fellow at Oxford’s Magdalen College before returning home to become one of South Africa’s sharpest and most fearless…