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20:23

Willem Els: Operation Catalyst nets 83 terror-funding...

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2025/10/24

A first-of-its-kind operation targeting terrorism financing has led to 83 arrests across six African countries and the identification of 160 persons of interest. In this interview with BizNews, Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) shares details of the two-month Operation Catalyst, jointly coordinated by INTERPOL and AFRIPOL, during which authorities screened more than 15,000 persons of interest and entities, uncovering around USD 260 million potentially linked to terrorism-related

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14:00

Turning rural school kids into investment champions -...

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2025/10/24

A rural school in Mpumalanga, Mpumelelo Secondary, has repeatedly performed in the JSE Investment Challenge, a national competition where young people engage in simulated trading using virtual portfolios valued at R1 million. The challenge runs from March to September and attracts more than 66,000 participants from 859 schools and universities. Behind Mpumelelo’s success is Sizwe Mtsweni, a teacher at the school who teaches business studies and tourism. In an interview with BizNews, Mtsweni spoke

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9:21

Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members -...

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2025/10/23

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38:34

Miningweb Weekly: Gold crashes, China tightens its...

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2025/10/22

As gold prices tumble and China cements its rare-earth dominance, veteran mining analyst Peter Major joins Alec Hogg to cut through the noise. In this hard-hitting episode, Major explains why gold’s fall could spark opportunity, how America and China’s minerals war is reshaping the world, and why South Africa’s leaders still don’t get it. From Orion’s quiet copper comeback to Kinetiko’s gas promise, Miningweb Weekly dives into the deals, the drama, and the danger of being left behind.

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16:18

Juanita Du Preez: Witness A - Prepared to die for the...

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2025/10/22

There are those in the South African Police Force who are prepared to kill to hide the truth. And then there are those who are prepared to die to expose the truth. And one of those is Witness A, who delivered chilling evidence to the Madlanga Commission this week. In this conversation with Chris Steyn, Action Society’s Juanita du Preez discusses the damning testimony of Witness A: including underworld kingpin and alleged murder mastermind TK Molefe allegedly paying R2,5 million to ensure he got bail

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17:07

Addressing gossipers in Parly, social media,...

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2025/10/22

In this conversation with Chris Steyn, BizNews Founder and Editor Alec Hogg addresses rumours on social media and in Parliament that forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has undue influence over BizNews - as well speculation that he might be funding the news outlet. He also sets out the reasons for BizNews accepting a banner advertisement from the controversial billionaire Zunaid Moti. Describing how BizNews strives to retain independence in the media landscape and avoid bias in coverage, Hogg

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12:34

Yusuf Abramjee: Mkhwanazi, Mchunu, Mogotsi, Molefe,...

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2025/10/21

In his latest interview with BizNews, veteran Crime Activist Yusuf Abramjee gives his take on testimony of staggering corruption and deep rot being led at two high profile enquiries. “What we are seeing playing out, both at the Madlanga Commission and at the Ad Hoc Committee, is something that we as South Africans, each and every South African, should be very, very scared about…The kingpins are making money. They are bribing their way right to the top. They are manipulating the criminal justice

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11:14

Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members -...

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2025/10/21

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57:40

Meet Colin Bell: First Botswana, now SA - An...

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2025/10/21

From flipping a coin that landed him in Botswana’s Okavango Delta to co-founding two of Africa’s most successful conservation-driven tourism empires, Colin Bell has built a business model that proves saving nature can also create jobs. In this episode, he tells Alec Hogg how Natural Selection is redefining eco-tourism - empowering communities, restoring wildlife, and showing why the “business of conservation” might be South Africa’s greatest untapped goldmine.

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20:40

Mat Cuthbert: National mood change on BEE is...

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2025/10/21

In this conversation, Alec Hogg interviews Mat Cuthbert, the DA's head of policy, discussing the contentious issue of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South Africa. Cuthbert critiques the current BEE policies, arguing they have failed to uplift the majority of Black South Africans and instead benefited a small elite. He proposes an alternative approach focused on economic inclusion for all, emphasising the need for structural changes to the economy to foster growth and reduce unemployment. The

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10:01

Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members -...

BizNews Radio ·

2025/10/20

Welcome to BizNews Radio where we interview top thought leaders and business people from South Africa and across the globe.

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36:17

Dr. Reinder Nauta's R200/month health plan: Could...

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2025/10/20

As South Africa grapples with the National Health Insurance (NHI) proposal, one doctor is pioneering a private-sector alternative aimed at the millions who find medical aid too expensive. Dr. Reinder Nauta, founder of the National Healthcare Group , is building a new low-cost model targeting a price point of around R200 per month. Nauta reveals how the system works, using technology like WhatsApp and a nurse panel to triage patients before referring them to a network of 3,000 GPs.

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23:11

Clyde Mallinson - IRP 2025: A R250 billion-a-year waste

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2025/10/20

The new Integrated Resource Plan, IRP 2025, released by Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa yesterday (Sunday) means the quantum of electricity sold in 2040 will be R250 billion more to the consumer than if it was done differently. So says Energy expert Clyde Mallinson. “I did an analysis about six months ago where I put an alternate plan together that by 2040 would cost the country 250 billion Rand per year less than the plan that's just been gazetted. So the electricity price will be around

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27:34

The NdB Sunday Show: (Ret.) Col Tollie Vreugdenburg -...

BizNews Radio ·

2025/10/12

On today’s NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn speaks to the only police officer ever awarded the Silver Star for bravery twice. Colonel Tollie Vreugenburg, formerly of the Hawks, where he worked on Crimes Against the State and commanded Anti-Terrorism investigations, comes out strongly in support of generals Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi and Fannie Mademola. “Both of them are persons of high integrity and what they say and what they said in the commission as well as in front of Parliament is not new to me. I've

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22:24

Mining Indaba 2025: Swanepoel’s wake-up call to...

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2025/10/10

Bernard Swanepoel tells Alec Hogg why mining remains SA’s most transformed sector - and how rebuilding trust, fixing Eskom and Transnet, and embracing bold leadership could spark the next boom.

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22:34

Biotech startup Altera lands R29m to pioneer Africa’s...

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2025/10/10

In a historic leap for biotech in Africa, Pretoria-based Altera Biosciences has secured R29 million in pre-seed funding to develop a universal donor cell platform aimed at revolutionising transplant medicine. The technology could enable off-the-shelf cell therapies to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges: donor–recipient matching - a problem particularly acute in Africa given its unmatched genetic diversity. While this makes Africa a natural proving ground, Altera’s ambitions are global,

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14:54

Jabulani Khumalo: Zuma’s “cartel” & Mkhwanazi’s truth...

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2025/10/09

The battle to reclaim MKP from former President Jacob Zuma is far from over. In this interview, the real founder of MKP, Jabulani Khumalo, gives Chris Steyn an update on his long legal battle to reclaim the party and rescue it from “thuggery” . “People are trying to steal this country through fraud. We have so many cartels, but MK has got a cartel also now. Because this cartel that is taking over MK is a cartel.” He charges that South Africa “is in this mess because our leaders are being run by

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10:04

Alec Hogg's update to BizNews Premium members -...

BizNews Radio ·

2025/10/09

Welcome to BizNews Radio where we interview top thought leaders and business people from South Africa and across the globe.

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18:51

Chris Oxtoby: Malema’s JSC membership in the balance...

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2025/10/09

A series of adverse legal findings has put both Julius Malema’s seat in Parliament and his position on the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) in jeopardy. Should he be served a severe sentence for his firearm offences, he will be disqualified from being a member of the National Assembly. Meanwhile, Chris Oxtoby of Freedom Under Law, tells Chris Steyn why the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader’s position on the JSC has become “untenable”. He stresses that Parliament now has enough grounds to act

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16:21

BN Briefing: Mkhwanazi on SA's Big Five cartel,...

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2025/10/09

In today's briefing, Lieutenant General Mkhwanazi faces parliament, naming two of the alleged 'Big Five' behind the country's drug cartels and revealing the other three are well-known 'tenderpreneurs'. From the Joburg Indaba, Sibanye-Stillwater's new CEO, Richard Stewart, discusses the mining industry's challenges and the vast opportunities awaiting South Africa if it can provide regulatory certainty. Globally, tech giant Nvidia is reportedly set to invest up to $2 billion in Elon Musk's AI venture,

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