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Criminals - NOT cops - patrol SA’s streets of fear… | Lisa Schickerling
Interviews

Criminals - NOT cops - patrol SA’s streets of fear… | Lisa Schickerling

By
Chris Steyn
14 min read
DA’s Lisa Schickerling on rising crime, police trust and poor implementation of safety plans.
A worker checks gold granules at a refinery smelter.
Gold

Duarte da Silva: Gold loses its anonymity, and SA's coal-fired ounce should worry

By
Editor BizNews
33 min read
Gold’s new traceability rules could reshape South Africa’s mining industry.
A banner flag with the ASML logo outside the Brainport Industries Campus in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Global Investing

ASML: the Dutch monopoly behind every AI chip, and why our Ricardo owns it

By
The Financial Times
7 min read
Christophe Fouquet has built Europe’s biggest business through a total monopoly over the most advanced chipmaking equipment
POLOKWANE, SOUTH AFRICA - 8 July 2004: A thousand white crosses planted on a hill in the shape of a giant cross as a memorial for all the people affected by farm murders and attacks. (Photo by Gallo Images/Rapport/Doug Lee)
Thought Leaders

Dr James Myburgh's speech in Washington: Understanding the "farm murder phenomenon"

By
Editor BizNews
9 min read
The history, causes and changing scale of South Africa’s farm attacks
CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA - AUGUST 13: A Medical Assistant holds a box of measles, mumps and rubella, vaccine doses at the pediatric office of Dr. Gary M. Kramer on August 13, 2026, in Coral Gables, Florida. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to overhaul childhood vaccination policy. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Health

Prof Aldous: 5,037 measles cases. Is the response working? Nobody can say yet

By
Editor BizNews
5 min read
Measles response needs district-level data to show whether vaccination is working
STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 06: A view of Remgro Offices on April 06, 2022 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The party demanded land from Johann Rupert on the day when his ancestor, Jan Van Riebeek arrived in South Africa in 1652. (Photo by Gallo Images/ER Lombard)
Investor Insights

Piet Viljoen: Remgro is stuck in the last century. Run, Forrest, run!

By
Piet Viljoen
3 min read
Remgro’s weak capital allocation continues to weigh on returns and value.
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