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MIDRAND, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 05: IEC Chairperson Mosothi Moepa briefs media at the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Convention Centre on November 05, 2026 in Midrand, South Africa. The municipal elections were held to elect councils for all district, metropolitan and local municipalities in each of the country's nine provinces. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
SA Renewal

Community Speaks: How the BizNews Tribe reacted to vote-counting day as it happened

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
From Hermanus at dawn to MK’s Richmond win late in the evening, Premium members tracked the count council by council, and corrected each other along the way.
Solly Moeng: Mashaba & Zille, Trump & SA
Interviews

Solly Moeng: Mashaba & Zille, Trump & SA

By
Chris Steyn
16 min read
Moeng urges Mashaba to put voters before personal differences and backs pragmatic US relations.
BizNews Ricardo Portfolio update: Palantir, Uber, Lesaka, and Exemplar
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BizNews Ricardo Portfolio update: Palantir, Uber, Lesaka, and Exemplar

By
Alec Hogg
12 min read
Alec Hogg revisited the Ricardo portfolio's valuations after results week.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 27: Lesetja Kganyago (Governor of the South African Reserve Bank) and Enoch Godongwana (Minister of Finance) addressing the media at the G20 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors Meeting Closing Press Briefing at G20 Media Centre on February 27, 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. The G20 was originally established as a meeting of Finance Ministers in response to the Asian financial crisis of 1997-99, with the aim of coordinating policies to promote international financial stability. (Photo by Gallo Images/Misha Jordaan)
Rational Perspective

James K. Galbraith: Mainstream economics has lost its core

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
The growing divide between mainstream economic thinking and alternative schools challenging its foundations.
BN Edge | Tony Leon on the coalition fight for Joburg, Tshwane and the GNU
Interviews

BN Edge | Tony Leon on the coalition fight for Joburg, Tshwane and the GNU

By
Alec Hogg
19 min read
Tony Leon on the ANC’s coalition options, the DA’s Joburg strategy and GNU risks.