From tech startup star to champion GT race driver: Meet SA’s David Perel
David Perel went from being a top tech entrepreneur in Cape Town to a…
Jaguar F-Type: the cat among the pigeons
In their latest video, the BizNews Motoring team takes the new 2.0 litre turbocharged…
Sad epilogue to shocking exposé of apartheid era monsters
Chris Steyn's co-author, former policeman Mark Minnie, yesterday passed away from a gunshot wound.…
Our US and SA portfolios – one up 32%, other is flat. No prizes for guessing.
We manage two “bundles” on the EasyEquities platform, offering the Biznews community a low…
Users Guide for SA expats – UK money matters sorted
For many expats moving to the UK, the devil is in the detail when…
Bursting the centrist, socialist magical economic thinking bubble – Marius Oosthuizen
SA’s ruling party is seemingly obsessed with the socialist genie in a bottle which…
Another 1,560 jobs will be lost in SA’s battered mining industry
The total tally for job losses in South Africa's mining industry is adding up…
Tencent-backed NIO takes on Musk’s Tesla with plan to jumpstart $1.8bn IPO
NIO, the electric-car maker backed by technology giant Tencent, filed for a $1.8 billion…
Mobile tech helps Asia ‘leapfrog’ economic development, but not Africa. Here’s why – FT
The rapid spread of mobile technology in the developing world — especially in Africa,…
Want to make money in currencies? Watch country corruption rankings – Sean Peche
Intuition and anecdotal evidence tell us that corruption is bad for countries, encouraging tax…
As Turkey currency crisis deepens, fears it will spread to SA
The political and financial crisis in Turkey is deepening. The Turkish lira fell as…
Musk says Saudi fund approached him to take Tesla private – The Wall Street Journal
The SEC has been asking some pointed questions about Tesla’s apparent plan to go…
Smart mover Danny K’s secrets for staying alive in the tough business of pop
Having just turned 40, Danny K reflects on the long road he has travelled,…
Elon Musk tries post-tweet damage control as sore losers approach the courts
Tesla's South African-born founder Elon Musk moved into damage control mode yesterday with a…
Paul O’Sullivan on court ruling ejecting NPA chief Shaun Abrahams: “Prosecution floodgates will now open.”
South Africa's famous forensic investigator Paul O'Sullivan has joined thousands of "the good, honest…
Fishy tales about Vaal River: Ed Herbst examines the slippery facts
The ANC is in the spotlight over an environmental disaster in the Vaal Dam.…
Food, glorious food: Tencent’s king dish in battle to scale up – FT
Not a single industry has been unscathed by the internet revolution. This is underscored…
Treasury VAT committee baulks at costly zero-rating of chicken
A South African panel has recommended six more consumer items be added to a…
Nasdaq faulted over Tesla after Musk’s ‘financing secured’ buyout tweet – The Wall Street Journal
Many investors have questions about Tesla Chief Elon Musk’s unexpected tweet last week about…
Shaun the Sheep now lamb chops as ConCourt delivers final, fatal blow
With the final stroke of a pen from a majority bench of Constitutional Court…
Dark days for SA’s rand as Turkish lira blowout sparks EM financial crisis fears
South Africa’s rand plunged the most in almost a decade and Mexico’s peso slumped…
Remembering two great South Africans recently lost to suicide
Brilliant cardiologist, pioneering researcher and head of UCT’s Department of Medicine and Groote Schuur…