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BNC#9 | Roodt Q&A: What he'd do as FinMin; SARB's crypto plan; SA's shrinking tax base and more...
BNC

BNC#9 | Roodt Q&A: What he'd do as FinMin; SARB's crypto plan; SA's shrinking tax base and more...

By
Alec Hogg
1 min read
Economist Dawie Roodt on Reserve Bank crypto plans, why 200 000 taxpayers fund South Africa, tax revolt, BEE and what he'd do as finance minister.
BNC#9 | Cameron Q&A: SAPS patronage networks, Madlanga fallout, SA's new cartel problem, and more...
BNC

BNC#9 | Cameron Q&A: SAPS patronage networks, Madlanga fallout, SA's new cartel problem, and more...

By
Alec Hogg
1 min read
Ian Cameron on police patronage networks, the Madlanga Commission fallout and cartels embedding in SA, a year after the Philippi attack.
JERSEY CITY, NJ - AUGUST 25: A 95 percent illuminated Sturgeon Moon rises out of a cloud behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City, two nights before a lunar eclipse on August 25, 2026, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Rational Perspective

Empathy isn't a "bug" in Western civilisation, it's the foundation: Ivo Vegter

By
Daily Friend
15 min read
Is empathy really destroying the West—or is it what holds it together?
Rodin's celebrated sculpture The Thinker, was the first work by Rodin to be erected in a public place in front of the Pantheon becoming associated with socialism in the unsettled climate of 1906 when it was subsequently removed to the Rodin Museum. | Located in: Musee Auguste Rodin. (Photo by Yves Forestier/Sygma via Getty Images)
Rational Perspective

Why freedom of thought matters more than freedom of speech this election: Elnieke Bronkhorst

By
Daily Friend
5 min read
Kierkegaard's warning about mistaking loud speech for real thought resonates as South Africa heads into a fraught local election season.
Dan Marokane, Eskom CEO (left); Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, Minister of Energy and Electricity (middle); Mteto Nyati, Eskom chairman (right)
Energy

Ramaphosa says Eskom should learn from Telkom's monopoly break-up

By
MyBroadBand
3 min read
Ramaphosa says Eskom unbundling can drive competition and investment while keeping the national grid under state control.
SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 28: Shoprite at Jabulani Mall on July 28, 2021 in Soweto, South Africa. It is reported that the store was looted and vandalised earlier this month during the Pro-Zuma violent protests. (Photo by Gallo Images/Fani Mahuntsi)
SA Investing

Shoprite grows sales to R270.8bn, adds Vida e Caffè to its stable

By
Editor BizNews
4 min read
Group revenue rose 7.1% and the dividend climbed 11.8%, as Shoprite also moved to acquire the coffee chain and a fintech stake.
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