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The BizNews Conference is held twice a year. The event moved to Hermanus after the first five were hosted at the Champagne Sports Resort in Central Drakensberg. The format is highly interactive, with each presentation comprising a 20-minute keynote from the podium, a 20-minute interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, and a 20-minute Q&A with the audience.
Tekkie Town’s co-founder and former CEO, Bernard Mostert, sat down with Alec Hogg and shared the ins and outs of South Africa’s biggest corporate fraud scandal.
If you have kept an eye on David Shapiro, seeing his presentation at the third BizNews Conference earlier this month will not disappoint.
Helen Zille, never a shrinking violet, told delegates that trying to paint a picture of where South Africa is going politically in a 20-minute talk, is “a hell of a tall order”.
Our neighbour to the north, Zimbabwe, is in a torrid way. It has been for some time but it seems the status quo, despite having a new coup-imposed leader since late 2017, is not budging says Zimbabwean entrepreneur Trevor Ncube.
In this Fireside Chat, Dirk van der Walt discusses the rise of WeBuyCars, his disdain for school and his love of literature.
It’s Helen Zille’s belief that come 2024, the ANC will be pushed below 50% of the vote, necessitating the genesis of coalition politics at a national level. Who partners with the ANC is the question.