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BN Edge | Election eve: Cilliers Brink makes his final case for Tshwane
BizNews Edge

BN Edge | Election eve: Cilliers Brink makes his final case for Tshwane

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Alec Hogg
19 min read
Brink challenges polls and outlines plans to fix Tshwane’s service delivery crisis.
SHENZHEN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 22: In this photo illustration, the app icons for ChatGPT, Meta's Muse and Anthropic's Claude are displayed in a folder labeled "Artificial Intelligence" on a smartphone screen on September 22, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Strong demand for Meta Platforms' (NASDAQ: META) Muse AI assistant has renewed investor enthusiasm for artificial intelligence ahead of the company's September 2324 Connect conference, where it plans to showcase advances in AI, smart glasses and virtual reality. (Photo Illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
Global Investing

Dambisa Moyo on BizNews: The spectre of an AI-driven slowdown

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Editor BizNews
4 min read
The AI boom could fuel a global economic slowdown as debt rises and returns come under pressure.
SYMBOL - 02 October 2026, Berlin: During a vaccination appointment at a pharmacy, a syringe is shown inside a vial containing the Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine. (staged scene) Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Health

Another mRNA vaccine? What a melanoma trial tells us about benefit and safety

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
Personalised mRNA treatment reduces melanoma recurrence risk.
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - 30 September 2009: Eskom signage in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Charles Gallo)
Energy

Eskom’s residual demand is collapsing. The MTSAO still assumes it will grow

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Editor BizNews
5 min read
Eskom faces permanent overcapacity as solar reshapes South Africa’s electricity market.
CLEVELAND, OHIO - NOVEMBER 3: A Vote Here sign is seen outside of a polling station at Old Stone Center before voting starts on November 3, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. Americans go to the polls in consequential midterm elections, where control of the House and the Senate is at stake for the remainder of President Donald Trump's second term in office. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
Worldview

America votes on Trump today. Major implications for SA - and the Rand

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The Economist
4 min read
The Economist's latest forecast of the midterms’ outcome
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21: President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump exchange words during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Relations between the two countries have been strained since Trump signed an executive order in February that claimed white South Africans are the victims of government land confiscation and race-based “genocide” while admitting some of those Afrikaners as refugees to the United States. Trump also halted all foreign aid to South Africa and expelled the country’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ebrahim Rasool. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
SA Renewal

US moves to strip South Africa of AGOA benefits from 1 January 2027

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Editor BizNews
3 min read
A 28 October letter to Ramaphosa cites corruption, barriers to US trade and Pretoria's ties to governments Washington is wary of.