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BN Edge | Sygnia’s founder Magda Wierzycka says it’s time for the firm to reinvent or vanish

BN Edge | Sygnia’s founder Magda Wierzycka says it’s time for the firm to reinvent or vanish

6 hours ago

19 min read

Magda Wierzycka defends Sygnia’s share incentive scheme, weighs her future and reveals AI-era plans.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - 30 October 2009: Eskom offices in Sandton, Johannesburg. (Photo by Gallo Images/Charles Gallo)

“Indefensible”: AfriForum warns Eskom’s fixed-charge strategy could backfire

7 hours ago

4 min read

Pushing customers off the grid could leave Eskom with fewer paying users and deeper financial trouble, the group tells the energy regulator.

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 20: A general view of unemployed township youths fixing potholes in Finetown to earn a living in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to media reports, the rate of youth unemployment in South Africa for 2022 is 66.5%. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)

Thought Leaders

The BEE illusion: why South Africans want empowerment based on need, not race | Anthea Jeffery

7 hours ago

6 min read

Polls show growing support for replacing BEE with poverty-based empowerment and targeted vouchers.

From 185km/h on gravel roads to the ice of Sweden, rally driver Max Smart carves a new path in world rallying

From 185km/h on gravel roads to the ice of Sweden, rally driver Max Smart carves a new path in world rallying

Linda van Tilburg

7 hours ago

11 min read

Max Smart’s rally career and fight for funding

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 28: The CoreWeave company name is displayed during the company's Initial Public Offering(IPO) at the Nasdaq headquarters on March 28, 2025 in New York City. Cloud Based Artificial Intelligence Computing Company CoreWeave had its IPO this morning with its shares listed at $40. The company provides access to Nvidia graphics processing units for artificial intelligence training and workloads. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Global Investing

FT: Investors dump data centre bonds as AI borrowers face ‘Darwin moment’

The Financial Times

7 hours ago

4 min read

Debt issued by AI infrastructure providers and neocloud companies such as CoreWeave has sunk to increasingly stressed levels

BN Edge | Michael Marchant: how a Zimbabwean tycoon parked his fortune in SA

BN Edge | Michael Marchant: how a Zimbabwean tycoon parked his fortune in SA

9 hours ago

18 min read

How Chivayo’s money flowed through South Africa—and the questions facing banks, regulators and political leaders.

RUSTENBERG, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 4: Anglo Platinum Miners wait in a queue to board a lift to take them underground on July 4, 2014 at Thembelani Shaft in Rustenburg South Africa. Union Amcu brought an end to the five month strike when they signed a new wage deal. The union accepted the wage settlement that would increase the basic salary of the lowest-paid worker by R1 000 over three years, excluding other benefits. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Simphiwe Nkwali)

Dr Duarte da Silva: The Platinum corollary

9 hours ago

37 min read

Is the semiconductor industry headed for an almighty crash?

Is the semiconductor industry headed for an almighty crash?

9 hours ago

5 min read

NORTHAM, SOUTH AFRICA – AUGUST 08: Farmer David Rakgase watches his livestock during an interview on August 08, 2018 in Northam, South Africa. The 77-year-old cattle farmer from Limpopo has launched a court bid to force the South African government to sell him the land he has leased since 1991. (Photo by Gallo Images / Netwerk24 / Deon Raath)

Rational Perspective

Title deeds for black farmers: right reform, wrong reason | Andrew Morphew

9 hours ago

5 min read

BN Daybreak: Saunderson-Meyer on MK after Zuma; PA's Cilliers hits back at DA; Chivayo's R800m trail

BizNews Daybreak

BN Daybreak: Saunderson-Meyer on MK after Zuma; PA's Cilliers hits back at DA; Chivayo's R800m trail

16 hours ago

1 min read

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