Category: Syndication
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John Matisonn: SACP hands DA its first township win
Key topics: SACP votes swung Emfuleni ward, giving DA narrow win over ANC. DA faces criticism over Steenhuisen FMD ruling and internal rifts/FF+ Left parties form Council of the Left as ANC alliance weakens. By John Matisonn Amid the blaze of DA self-congratulation at its genuinely historic first victory in an all-township ward in the…
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BN Daybreak – Tue 2 June 2026: Trump Agri Tariffs; Nvidia chips; SA grid success; FMD vaccines
Listen here In today’s BizNews Daybreak: Internationally, President Trump cuts agricultural equipment tariffs, Apple introduces an iPhone bill-splitting feature, and Nvidia debuts a $5 trillion PC AI chip. Locally, Free State’s community grid takeover triumphs, KZN lags behind in foot-and-mouth vaccinations, and analysts unpack the impeachment pressures facing President Ramaphosa. Sign up for your early…
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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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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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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…