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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - OCTOBER 21: Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivers the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement at Good Hope Chamber at Parliament on October 21, 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. The statement updates national economic forecasts, adjusts spending plans, and sets the fiscal framework for the upcoming budget cycle. (Photo by Gallo Images/Jeffrey Abrahams)

Treasury’s crypto rethink: round one won, what comes next is what counts

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Godongwana promises a rethink after thousands of objections. Bitcoiners warn the second draft must stop treating self-custody as capital flight.

BizNews Edge

BN Edge | Lesaka is facing hard questions. Ali Mazanderani is answering them

Alec Hogg

52 minutes ago

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Lesaka's Ali Mazanderani on the CPS legacy, what grant recipients pay for credit, competing with Capitec, and why he wants to be both banker and lender.

BizNews Edge

BN Edge | Donald MacKay on ITAC, ArcelorMittal, AGOA and Trump's demands

Alec Hogg

2 hours ago

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Trade expert Donald MacKay on why SA tariff decisions now take years, who carries the cost, ArcelorMittal's protection, and why he isn't worried about AGOA.

Pedestrians outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. City Therapeutics Inc., an early-stage developer of RNAi-based drugs, raised $200 million in a US initial public offering priced at the mid-point of its marketed range. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Global Investing

Nasdaq tumbles while treasuries soar as Meta rekindles AI spending fears

The Financial Times

2 hours ago

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Meta’s plans to raise hundreds of billions for AI sparked a $124bn market value loss and tech sell-off.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 27: A general view of the Union Buildings during national lockdown on April 27, 2020 in Pretoria, South Africa. The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lee Warren)

SA Investing

Nine in ten South Africans want SA to drill for its own oil. So who’s stopping it?

The Common Sense

3 hours ago

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New polling shows 88% of South Africans favour local oil and gas exploration to double economic growth.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - FEBRUARY 07: Elvis Nkuna fetch water from a community water tank in Mamelodi on February 07, 2024 in Pretoria, South Africa. It is reported that residents and businesses in the City of Tshwane have been warned about the possibility of running out of water. (Photo by Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu)

Health

Prof Colleen Aldous: Hammanskraal was a warning. Why did Tshwane supply unsafe water again?

Editor BizNews

3 hours ago

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Unchlorinated, polluted water in Bronkhorstspruit sickened hundreds, exposing major municipal failures and highlighting urgent South African water security concerns.