https://www.biznews.com/thought-leaders/economist-eight-best-new-novels https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/ylmewppr/unnamed.png biznews en 2026-09-27T15:44:39.796Z The Economist: Eight of the best new novels to read now new novels 2026, best new books, book recommendations, The Economist books, Colson Whitehead, Dave Eggers, Emily St John Mandel, Emma Cline, literary fiction, books to read https://www.biznews.com/gold/da-silva-r950bn-safe-sa-already-has https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/s6otud9y/HkOwvS2uhZ8KO1Zx4tTYi4O1KaigKxDrL7gg3Le74M0eIBGbnktXE0xVnXAsC3Ql-NfmD-8UCleNB00vrG9-gSwDoo9xFBmct-u0UqSt9ir62Mox6jy8ehrfd7ceJFInSdcZznWqb0trK3CzsOKUcmn66HGMIN6dwSfEMmk3a9r3CH-zRuQTl8atZh.jpeg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/pprp8lu2/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-14.31.55.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/9vnxbbk0/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-14.31.33.png The process that built the Rand is not dying; the world used more of it last year than the year before. But it is being succeeded on specific ground — refractory feed, sensitive jurisdictions, city-adjacent sand — and the successors were bred in South Africa, forty years ago, a morning's drive from the dumps. The prize they open is the four hundred tonnes of gold that cyanide alone has never been able to touch. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/olvdljfd/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-14.47.38.png Where the gold left in the dumps actually sits. Share of remaining gold hosted in pyrite, by goldfield, against the ~30 per cent that conventional cyanidation recovers. Source: Chingwaru, von der Heyden and Tadie, Scientific Reports, February 2023. https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/inu8nyfs/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-14.51.19.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/oafip9l9/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-14.53.14.png biznews en 2026-09-27T13:56:38.409Z Duarte da Silva: The R950bn safe South Africa already has the key to gold, mining, cyanide, BIOX, South Africa, Witwatersrand, gold dumps, mining tech, gold recovery, tailings, metallurgy, Barberton https://www.biznews.com/sarenewal/south-africans-can-get-smart-id-cards-over-500-bank-branches https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/kxweomvn/ID-Card-5.jpg https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/5ff6tgbr/Thulani-mavuso-Home-Affairs-DDG.jpg Thulani Mavuso, Deputy Director-General for operations at the Department of Home Affairs https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/mdsq6nxr/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-12.19.05.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/t3fhmjwf/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-12.21.03.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/dy9j82ur/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-12.22.12.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/k8lsilz7/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-12.23.12.png https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/ia2o9o6b/Screenshot-2026-09-27-at-12.24.36.png biznews en 2026-09-27T12:11:43.527Z South Africans can now get smart ID cards at over 500 bank branches as green ID books face phase-out Smart ID, Home Affairs, SA ID, green ID, ID card, bank branches, Capitec, FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, South Africa, ID services https://www.biznews.com/africa/paula-slier-red-lights-mozambique https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/r6rna6pg/biznewsimportwp-contentuploads202410Untitled-design-1-12.avif biznews en 2026-09-27T12:08:46.347Z Paula Slier: Red lights from Mozambique, whose trouble never stays there Mozambique, South Africa, Paula Slier, Venancio Mondlane, Mozambique crisis, political unrest, Maputo, insurgency, N4, IMF, gas, Southern Africa https://www.biznews.com/rational-perspective/slr-jou-ma-se-p-the-anc-export https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/usrx9kc6/biznewsimportwp-contentuploads202503anc-15-jan-.avif biznews en 2026-09-27T12:07:25.419Z SLR: Jou ma se p* - the ANC export Westminster is about to adopt Pemmy Majodina, ANC, UK politics, Westminster, Labour, Lib Dems, political rage, political conduct, accountability, South Africa, UK Parliament, political dissent https://www.biznews.com/sarenewal/hoffman-four-comfortable-myths https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/vdkoqbnu/biznews2026-09-06armpqm2jngnMNg2hdbeL9sUYlbX71EiB7TCNkeUAoHFr5318JNoXMzjQVLnba44EtoPS2ziA95RwcVvKLfmbAoWNAxoVf6yPNCQLH6F4pWsSIpswlVT5F81SfBikcqV96y7kXQlOvxhWWzDCdqdICdgAQdaZHPqBCU5j68JtuidpFSnl2K1M2lMP0jMAb4Tfa1x9.avif biznews en 2026-09-27T12:06:05.251Z Paul Hoffman: Four comfortable myths that keep SA’s corruption busters toothless corruption, organised crime, South Africa, anti-corruption, Madlanga, Zondo, SARS, state capture, crime, governance, Constitution, accountability https://www.biznews.com/interviews/opperman-ndb-sunday-show-sa-spy-scandal https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-27/rhrcfh7z/My-thumbnails-2.png biznews en 2026-09-27T11:16:00.216Z Jasmine Opperman - The NdB Sunday Show - SA spy scandal: Raw intelligence leaked, buried, ignored… The NdB Sunday Show, Jasmine Opperman, Fulcrum Analytics, NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn, BizNews, South African kidnapped Mozambique, Niassa kidnapping, Islamic State Mozambique, Cabo Delgado insurgency, State Security Agency https://www.biznews.com/interviews/helen-zille-on-joburg-coalitions-and-the-price-of-power https://media.assettype.com/biznews/2026-09-25/dniw81xg/BIZNEWS-THUMBNAILS-6.png biznews en 2026-09-25T16:57:02.142Z Helen Zille on Joburg, coalitions and the price of power Helen Zile, Helen Zille, DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate, Joburg local elections 2026, local government elections 4 November 2026, Alec Hogg, BizNews, DA ANC coalition, Johannesburg coalition