Category: Syndication
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A world-first: the bond that pays out when nature wins
Listen here In this BizNews interview, Irakli Rekhviashvili sits down with the three people behind FirstRand’s R2.5 billion Cape Water Performance-Based Bond, the first time a commercial bank anywhere in the world has tied a bond’s payout to nature. The Nature Conservancy’s Louise Stafford traces it to 2018, when Cape Town’s dams were weeks from…
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The NdB Sunday Show – Willem Els: The deadly recipe of the Ballito bomb boy…
Listen here In this edition of NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, explosives expert Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) reveals just how deadly a bomb-making recipe was used by the 15-year-old boy who wanted to commit mass killing at a Ballito mall. “what was really alarming for me when I look…
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SA rugby’s ticket strategy prices Bok fans out of stadiums — and puts grassroots rugby at risk
Listen here Springbok ticket prices have soared, suites have been taken over under “clean stadium” rules, and loyal supporters are being squeezed out. BizNews Rugby’s boots-on-the-ground reporter, Rory Steyn, speaks to representatives from legendary Joburg rugby clubs and bitter rivals Pirates and Wanderers, as well as chartered accountant and former Sun International CEO, David Coutts-Trotter,…
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BN Daybreak: Jailed South African spy; SA Education reform; Wall Street’s SpaceX verdict
Listen here A former Air Force brigadier is behind bars in the United States, Jasmine Opperman warns the real failure lies in how the State Security Agency handled her. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube hits back at claims her department is a mess as the DA looks to 2029, while traders pile into Micron and…
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Director’s Cut – DA Minister Siviwe Gwarube: The truth about SA education
Siviwe Gwarube says South Africa’s education system needs long-term reform, not quick political wins. The Basic Education Minister discusses her first two years in office, tackling textbook procurement concerns, eliminating unsafe pit toilets identified in 2018, strengthening early childhood development, and navigating provincial delivery challenges. She argues the real measure of success lies in improving…
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Jasmine Opperman: Ex-SAAF General jailed in the US as an SA agent…
Listen here A former brigadier general in the South African Air Force (SAAF) has been jailed in the United States after she pleaded guilty to one count of acting as an agent of South Africa and one of making a false statement in her security clearance application. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jasmine Opperman,…
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BizNews Edge: DA Education Minister Gwarube unpacks what’s next for her and her party
Listen here Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube — DA insider, former party spokesperson and one of the organisation’s most recognisable faces — gives BizNews a candid read on a turbulent week. She pushes back on Dr Frans Cronje’s assessment that education is in a mess, making the case that systemic reform cannot be judged in…
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BN Daybreak: US-Iran ceasefire collapse; Cronje on SA politics; Ballito mall bomb scare
Listen here Today’s BizNews Daybreak covers escalating US-Iran strikes spiking crude oil and Fed minutes warning of upside inflation risks. Trump permits Ukrainian Patriot missile manufacturing and lifts Syria sanctions, while Apple expands a $30B Broadcom deal and China greenlights Nvidia sales. Locally, Frans Cronje analyses the DA’s John Steenhuisen fallout and Willem Els goes…
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Director’s Cut: Dr Frans Cronje – Why the DA’s biggest threat isn’t the ANC
Frans Cronje delivers a hard-hitting assessment of the Democratic Alliance’s internal turmoil, John Steenhuisen’s dramatic fall from grace, and what it means for South Africa’s political future. He argues the DA’s biggest challenge is proving it can govern better than the ANC, warns that voter confidence is slipping, and explains why Helen Zille’s Johannesburg ambitions…
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Willem Els – Failed food court bomb attack could have killed and maimed many
Listen here Chilling details have emerged of a recent failed bomb attack in the packed Food Court of the Ballito Junction Regional Mall. The device was placed by a 15-year-old radicalised teen intent on committing mass killing, but it failed to explode. The FBI alerted The Hawks, but the bomb had already been placed. The…
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BizNews Edge: Dr Frans Cronje on what the Steenhuisen interview really cost the DA
Listen here Dr Frans Cronje joins Alec Hogg for a wide-ranging catch-up that reframes the week’s political noise into something more useful: a structural theory of why the DA is stuck and what it actually has to do next. His regime change argument is sharp — South Africans have lost confidence in the ANC, but…
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BN Daybreak: US strikes on Iran lift oil; NATO deals, SA auto subsidy; Farage quits
Listen here In today’s episode, we cover the surge in oil prices following US airstrikes on Iran. We also review $50 billion in new defense deals from the NATO summit in Turkey. Locally, experts unpack the DA’s internal credibility crisis and controversial cabinet appointments, alongside the reality of South Africa’s R40 billion automotive subsidy program…
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Solly Moeng: Cyril’s “dustbin” appointments and the Leon-Steenhuisen “mud pit”…
Listen here In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Solly Moeng, blasts President Cyril Ramaphosa for his appointments of Ayanda Dlodlo as Ambassador to France and Dina Pule to Cabinet. “…the ANC still looks in its own dustbin of people they’ve thrown in the past to say, OK, maybe this one, people have forgotten who…
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BizNews Edge: WSM says Steenhuisen’s News24 interview wasn’t a confession — it was a ransom note
Listen here William Saunderson-Meyer has been watching South African politicians for more than three decades. His verdict on John Steenhuisen’s News24 interview is unsparing: it was a ransom note. Not a whistleblower’s disclosure, not a principled stand — a threat, published in the open, by a man who cannot accept his own demotion and needs…
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Boardroom Talk: Behind Treasury’s shock move to pull the plug on 69 Municipalities — Joburg Included
National Treasury has withheld its July 2026 cheques from 65 municipalities, including Johannesburg, for persistent financial mismanagement and unpaid bills to Eskom, water boards and suppliers. It’s part of a broader crackdown touching 69 municipalities in total. To get the money flowing again, councils must prove they’re cutting wasteful and irregular spending, holding officials accountable,…
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BN Daybreak: Iran hits tankers in Hormuz; O’Sullivan exposes recovery scam; $2 trillion arms race
Listen here Iran strikes commercial tankers near the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran enforces its shipping lanes, while Samsung’s shares slide despite a 19-fold profit jump and NATO allies brace for Trump’s push on defense spending. Herman Mashaba hits back at claims he left Johannesburg’s finances in ruins, and columnist William Saunderson-Meyer weighs the damage…
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Herman Mashaba: The “curse” of the GNU – and the missing mayoral chain…
Listen here In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, ActionSA President Herman Mashaba speaks about the collapse of service delivery in Johannesburg where he is campaigning for a second stint as Mayor. He reveals the shocking admission made to him by current African National Congress (ANC) Mayor Dada Morero, and why he doesn’t speak to…
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Matisonn: Mkhwanazi’s whistle-blown year – SAPS rot exposed, but far from fixed
A year after General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s bombshell press conference, John Matisonn takes stock. The fallout has been seismic: Police Minister Senzo Mchunu suspended, dozens facing charges, and crime kingpin Cat Matlala reportedly poised to turn state’s witness. The Madlanga Commission’s latest revelations implicate General Feroz Kahn and his links to the Carnilinx cigarette empire —…
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BizNews Edge: Chery, Rosslyn, and the R40bn subsidy nobody wants to talk about
Listen here Trade expert Donald MacKay joins BizNews to unpack what really happened at the old Nissan plant in Rosslyn. On the surface, Chery’s arrival looks like a foreign investment win. Underneath it is a subsidy programme costing South African taxpayers over R40 billion a year — spread across just seven companies — and a…