https://www.biznews.com/mailbox/the-gnu-two-years-three-tests https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/qdube0f6/ED511430.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/mzibijgy/Screenshot-2026-10-20-at-12.15.32.png Annual real GDP growth in South Africa (2021-2025) https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/mlm6q3i1/Screenshot-2026-10-20-at-12.19.44.png Quarterly official unemployment rate in South Africa (Q2-2024-Q2-2026) https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/fz7h0583/Screenshot-2026-10-20-at-12.21.18.png Annual murder rate in South Africa (per 100,000) (2020-2025) biznews en 2026-10-20T12:58:38.255Z Mailbox | The GNU: Two years, three tests GNU, South Africa, ANC, DA, VF Plus, GDP growth, unemployment, murder rate, coalition government, economic reform, decentralisation, South African politics https://www.biznews.com/jaundiced-eye/dont-vote-for-political-minnows https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/gpez7b7b/Election-Posters-And-Billboards biznews en 2026-10-20T12:31:47.717Z WSM's Jaundiced Eye: Don’t vote for political minnows South African politics, micro-parties, local government, municipal elections, coalition politics, electoral reform, political parties, voter choices, hung councils, DA, BOSA, Rise Mzansi https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/foreigners-arent-taking-sa-jobs-bad-policy-is https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/3xkukj8x/General-view-of-job-seekers General view of job seekers biznews en 2026-10-20T11:05:47.620Z Foreigners aren’t taking SA jobs. Bad policy is | Chris Patterson Chris Patterson, South Africa jobs, unemployment, foreign workers, job creation, ANC policy, economic growth, labour laws, employment bill, foreign nationals, business investment, job losses, labour market https://www.biznews.com/good-hope-project/celebrity-worship-syndrome https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/izdjntq4/Celebrity-worship-syndrome-banners.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/is8jgoy9/Celebrity-worship-bg1.jpg The Architecture of Adoration https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/zshx9sqf/Celebrity-worship-bg2.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/5kueyoe4/Celebrity-worship-bg3.jpg biznews en 2026-10-20T11:04:48.165Z Celebrity worship syndrome: why we follow the famous and ignore the brilliant Celebrity culture, Celebrity worship, Social media, Human behaviour, Critical thinking https://www.biznews.com/interviews/zumas-super-spys-secret-trial https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/7tgdqkah/288.png biznews en 2026-10-20T11:03:17.964Z Zuma's super spy's secret trial: Willem Els Willem Els, Thulani Dlomo, Dlomo trial, secret trial, State Security Agency, SSA R12 million, Suliman Carrim, Carrim arrest, Madlanga Commission, Fannie Masemola reinstated, SAPS reset, Chris Steyn, BizNews, Institute for Security Studies https://www.biznews.com/health/spider-mans-power-off-switch-is-lowering-cholesterol-in-sa https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/zj9s7jd9/GettyImages-2290910137.jpg Fans of the "Spider-Man" film series gather for a fan meeting and a screening of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" biznews en 2026-10-20T11:01:27.480Z Prof. Colleen Aldous: Spider-Man’s power off switch is real; it’s already lowering cholesterol in SA Prof Colleen Aldous, RNA interference, Spider-Man, gene silencing, RNAi, cholesterol, siRNA, medical science, gene therapy, PCSK9, Sybrava, DNA, biotechnology https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/trumps-charm-offensive-well-truly-ended https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/ilqa2nc9/GettyImages-2211095421.jpg Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) biznews en 2026-10-20T10:55:03.227Z FT’s Gideon Rachman: From Kyiv to Pretoria; Trump’s charm offensive is well and truly ended Gideon Rachman, Ukraine, Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, US foreign policy, Russia, Europe, Nato, Ukraine war, peace talks, Starlink, sanctions https://www.biznews.com/biznews-daybreak/20-october-2026 https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-20/fbcu3flm/GeminiGeneratedImageux7f16ux7f16ux7f.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-20T03:52:34.580Z BN Daybreak: Mining in SA not impossible; who leads Joburg mayoral race?; Wicknell Chivayo's motives BizNews Daybreak, Johannesburg local government elections, eNCA Markdata poll, Wayne Sussman, Democratic Alliance, Herman Mashaba, ActionSA, Orion Minerals, Prieska, Copper, Gwede Mantashe, Tony Lennox, Wicknell Chivayo, Sir WIcknell https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/new-zealand-argentina-matter-investment-migration https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/l6zebuxp/SableIVMBizNewseditorialOct26image.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-15/4k5062yi/SableIVM202610BizNews728x90.gif https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-15/1wpront2/SableIVM202610BizNews728x90.gif biznews en 2026-10-20T03:00:00.000Z Why New Zealand and Argentina matter for investment migration Investment migration, New Zealand visa, Argentina citizenship, investor visa, citizenship by investment https://www.biznews.com/leadership/mbeki-built-treasury-and-scaffolding-for-state-capture https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/dv16gt7p/Former-President-Thabo-Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki biznews en 2026-10-19T13:48:08.962Z Mbeki built the Treasury — and the scaffolding for state capture: Prof Anthony Butler Prof Anthony Butler, Thabo Mbeki, South Africa, ANC, State Capture, Jacob Zuma, HIV/AIDS, Cadre Deployment, SA Politics, Economic Growth, ANC Corruption, Foreign Policy, Political Leadership https://www.biznews.com/leadership/vote-zille-the-common-sense-breaks-newspaperings-oldest-rule https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/1e69qc16/ED603621.jpg Helen Zille biznews en 2026-10-19T12:41:24.900Z “Vote Zille on both ballots”: The Common Sense breaks newspapering’s oldest rule Helen Zille, Johannesburg, DA, SA elections, local elections, voting, ANC, South Africa, DA campaign, city politics, election 2026, The Common Sense https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/bees-national-interest-is-ancs-interest https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/dfkm9dzg/ED626352.jpg Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni biznews en 2026-10-19T12:39:42.219Z BEE’s ‘national interest’ is the ANC’s interest: Makone Maja Makone Maja, Black Economic Empowerment, BEE, ANC, corruption, state capture, tender fraud, cadre deployment, procurement, taxpayers, PRASA, Eskom, service delivery https://www.biznews.com/the-daily-edge/orion-ceo-tony-lennox https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/u3hqvfqh/286.png biznews en 2026-10-19T12:19:04.663Z BN Edge | Orion CEO Tony Lennox: Glencore cash, Prieska, BHP, SA mining myths, takeovers Orion Minerals, Tony Lennox, Anthony Lennox, Glencore, Prieska Copper Zinc Mine, Prieska, copper, Northern Cape, Glencore funding, BizNews, Alec Hogg https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/russians-vote-with-feet-putins-covert-call-up-looms https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/99ujzd6v/GettyImages-2297716195.jpg biznews en 2026-10-19T12:12:03.458Z The Economist: Russians vote with their feet as Putin’s covert call-up looms Russia, Putin, Ukraine war, mobilisation, Russian exodus, military draft, Kremlin, Russian army, emigration, troop recruitment, military service, war casualties https://www.biznews.com/tech/hollywood-turns-on-musk-tech-billionaires https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/5mpegzl4/Tesla-and-SpaceX-CEO-Elon-Musk Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk biznews en 2026-10-19T12:05:05.447Z From Pretoria to pariah: Hollywood turns on Musk and the tech billionaires | FT’s Ruchir Sharma Ruchir Sharma, Big Tech, Silicon Valley, billionaires, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, wealth inequality, AI boom, Hollywood, tech giants, social unrest, US economy https://www.biznews.com/biznews-daybreak/bn-daybreak-261019 https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/ioesgjh1/Thumbnail-5.jpg biznews en 2026-10-19T03:49:05.335Z BN Daybreak: DA leads Joburg poll; Moeng on McKenzie; Wierzycka’s Anthropic bet; Max Smart’s rise BizNews Daybreak, Johannesburg local government elections, eNCA Markdata poll, Wayne Sussman, Democratic Alliance, Solly Moeng, Gayton McKenzie, Patriotic Alliance, Magda Wierzycka, Anthropic IPO, Max Smart rally https://www.biznews.com/wealth-advisors/bond-or-portfolio https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-19/efusolgz/Thumbnail-6.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/vlxddx66/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-08.53.09.png Figure 1: How a R2.7 million bond's monthly instalment splits between interest and principal over 20 years, at 10.5%. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/vfomtgfp/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-08.55.35.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/9qsa8nwz/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-08.56.05.png Figure 2: Net worth over 30 years for both strategies. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/bub277sm/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-08.57.43.png Figure 3: Net worth comparison at the three milestone years. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/9k2yz5xp/CharizeBeukesBrenthurstOct2026.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/szrhu268/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-09.00.11.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/qzmnnht5/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-09.01.20.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/87rba80m/biznews2026-07-26db1go7ixScreenshot20250829at123303.avif biznews en 2026-10-19T03:45:52.091Z Bond or Portfolio? Bond vs investing, home loans, bond repayments, equity portfolio, investment returns https://www.biznews.com/interviews/wayne-sussman-da-leads-in-4-metros-2-to-go https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/e1j7jju5/BIZNEWS-THUMBNAILS-14.png biznews en 2026-10-18T16:13:07.989Z Wayne Sussman: DA leads in 4 Metros, 2 to go… South Africa elections, LGE 2026, DA, ANC, Helen Zille, Herman Mashaba, Wayne Sussman, election poll, MarkData, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis https://www.biznews.com/health/jim-oneill-on-biznews-big-pharma-spent-12-trillion-on-buybacks-fixing-superbugs-would-cost-a-fraction-of-that https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/auy04xd6/72CfQpiUUSHDfnWe54V1FNp7IAI5HeDw0NA7tPwKWx3t8pPj2pewVHpi5jIHkggCU-Fq3xu8RSCRpIQQn4FsgJHooeOqalkltNneIq1ZQiWW-v2H3LVlTlOg04e9A3FnewGij7JRnB52DLb9pwVqpmJA-Ce93RH259uWZGotho4JuTfrvNM1TV7Gltzy.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-18T15:52:04.353Z Jim O’Neill on BizNews: Big Pharma spent $1.2 trillion on buybacks. Fixing superbugs would cost a fraction of that Antimicrobial resistance, Big Pharma, UK economy, share buybacks, public spending, NHS, antibiotic research, tax policy, UK politics, market failure, pension reform, productivity https://www.biznews.com/sarenewal/ron-weissenberg-stop-gaslighting-the-voter-nobody-in-sa-gets-the-government-they-vote-for https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/2xqiwde8/Election-Posters-And-Billboards Election Posters And Billboards biznews en 2026-10-18T15:49:30.894Z Ron Weissenberg: Stop gaslighting the voter – nobody in SA gets the government they vote for South Africa, electoral reform, voter rights, coalition politics, ANC, DA, local government, accountability, Constitution, service delivery, political reform, governance https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/fts-gideon-rachman-are-we-sleepwalking-into-world-war-iii-and-where-does-that-leave-sa https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/hd6jyrwi/BRICS-leaders-pose-for-a-family-photo-during-the-17th-BRICS-Summit-in-Rio-de-Janeiro-Brazil-on-July-07-2025 BRICS leaders pose for a family photo during the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 07, 2025 biznews en 2026-10-18T15:45:51.907Z FT’s Gideon Rachman: Are we sleepwalking into World War III? And where does that leave SA? World War III, global conflict, Russia Ukraine war, China Taiwan, US foreign policy, NATO, global security, military tensions, Iran war, nuclear threat, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump https://www.biznews.com/global-citizen/annie-dillard-the-pulitzer-winner-who-sat-on-a-log-and-asked-god-the-hard-questions https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/ehp2k51u/unnamed.jpg biznews en 2026-10-18T15:41:38.094Z Annie Dillard: the Pulitzer winner who sat on a log and asked God the hard questions Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Pulitzer Prize, nature writing, God and nature, beauty, suffering, spirituality, American authors, literature, The Economist, obituary https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/koos-malan-the-wests-revolutionaries-keep-finding-a-new-proletariat-now-theyre-importing-one https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/hpufkt30/FpJuiKC1ZFzcNx8vx6lX1p77KUC5eYUzUzzPD7rPzwWc1d0hC9ww0ZD7cxsvQ60XUCUjL4SuKoxMZjvjMCIfn9zXAMXkyE30LBX8iQ2NC6ldW5JUN4pCfemxInamsSR8wDqQ19g0ebhw4gytYlmWkARRDTzwFX1xh8VS221JCHc5hLeL8jrBjfgZYFB5.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-18T15:38:10.214Z Koos Malan: The West’s revolutionaries keep finding a new proletariat. Now they’re importing one. Western civilisation, revolution, identity politics, Marxism, French Revolution, leftist politics, mass migration, cultural change, Western values, communism, student revolt, political ideology https://www.biznews.com/gold/dr-duarte-da-silva-the-richest-beggar-on-earth https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/zkqw0ge8/RpubXqdWd7cyr7vTk43JGUoX88R1QR2ANLiH72FRVOmdoH-VfZ7OXcRnoBzgU608CsMyRgs6qJ6tdMMgrqyQo1DQmRUFSsTU-Ms6pXBZ-qLWy4gD0tDKC7CGp3w6zAAzTmIdd9stLmyTOv2JQFMVX2XJP1jzjEyPeru3hvZoLISo2lBh6V5iVMNpPyWS.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/cg8d9i7v/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-13.29.58.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/00ajtolw/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-13.18.24.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/zmcv5e6t/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-13.33.34.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/2ba37xfj/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-13.40.14.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-16/h7q6xfop/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-13.48.04.png biznews en 2026-10-18T15:26:44.232Z Dr Duarte da Silva: The richest beggar on earth South Africa, platinum, PGM, mining, mineral wealth, price power, Bushveld, De Beers, royalties, global markets, Botswana diamonds, critical minerals https://www.biznews.com/gold/duarte-da-silva-ghana-bought-africas-shadow-gold-sa-wants-to-jail-the-man-who-digs-it https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/faej7h9h/gq-BEuzh2AN7XsUjITPHqovoPCG9RxV-lW10xA8U64HBXUtvYosZCkU8exTDXOsPSWnu3mRGvspPYdIDzCV3fWuzuM4fbPVhZnDVOl0AWawV6oUWtLQzc-E7V9Q8TD0MhWET06ugtIFUHXDydZZLc8gWJuMw5HLne-O7dA5Xv2mo3TQ1OV5hXrp3Tp8iq.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/phlkkgdm/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-14.47.07.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/po4m5uil/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-14.49.02.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/dzq07gpr/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-14.51.13.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/i1fbuv8v/Screenshot-2026-10-18-at-14.51.58.png biznews en 2026-10-18T15:26:20.841Z Duarte da Silva: Ghana bought Africa’s shadow gold. SA wants to jail the man who digs it. African gold, gold smuggling, illegal mining, gold trafficking, Ghana gold, South Africa, Dubai gold, mining laws, gold syndicates, Harmony Gold, illicit trade, gold reserves https://www.biznews.com/global-investing/piet-viljoen-be-careful-who-you-listen-to-especially-economists https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-10-18/1bulgbgm/EG9KQQY0LEMhrLReRrgJRl1jzbewXIU9hLUSiiRkpdeRW8jjv0jvjragcsFarsKvBuhh0ZlfYU1lyZr1wnJfVpjzeQeWVV6500RrcxojjEDNNHvN9SFMzzTgYxgVVSSHtTRsxc-Ms78TVm5l5-SiFokg3CgTVQLkCpdZkvwBYkqk4hQEN5SgoLXSOKT.jpeg biznews en 2026-10-18T15:24:29.859Z Piet Viljoen: Be careful who you listen to, especially economists Friedrich Hayek, John Keynes, free markets, Keynesian economics, government debt, fiscal policy, monetary policy, economic crisis, global debt, inflation, government spending, financial markets