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		<title>Rian Malan to Helen Zille: Behind the MoM marches lurks something far more dangerous</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rian Malan is the author of My Traitor's Heart — a bestseller translated into 11 languages, still in print decades after publication, and a book that drew praise from V.S. Naipaul, John le Carré and the New York Times as one of the most important works ever written about South Africa. In short, he is the real thing, one of the finest non-fiction writers our country has produced. And for me, easily the greatest living SA writer. Commissioning Malan at rates that reflect his stature is beyond what BizNews can fund from its operating budget. The economics of modern media — collapsing CPMs, platform aggregation, subscription fatigue — make it impossible. But a BizNews community member has changed that. Their donation has seeded a commissioning fund dedicated to sourcing the very best South African writing and research for our readers: work we could not otherwise afford. This is not charity. It is an investment in the journalism South Africa needs — fearless, deeply reported, written with the skill that makes it stick. If this piece moves you, consider joining the fund. Write to me via alec@biznews.com. Not to cover salaries or overheads, but to put more Rian Malans in front of more South Africans. And for the rest of the tribe, enjoy. - Alec Hogg ]]></description>
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		<title>BizNews Edge: Stranger than fiction - Jooste's consigliere meets ET-type end</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's BizNews Edge covers three stories that cut to the heart of South African business and politics. John Steenhuisen has broken publicly with the DA, naming Geordin Hill-Lewis and Tony Leon in allegations that threaten serious damage to the party just months before the 2026 municipals. Prosus, once a byword for discount and drift, has delivered full-year results that show a genuine turnaround — every regional ecosystem now profitable, Takealot breaking even for the first time, and a buyback programme outpacing Meta and Apple. And then the story Alec Hogg has been building toward for months: Malcolm King, the invisible man behind the Steinhoff fraud, found dead in a Cotswolds village — poisoned by a Romanian sex worker — before justice could reach him. The Reserve Bank reckoning rolls on. This one is worth your full attention. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Criminalising corporate silence with Wendy Addison</title>
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		<title>BN Daybreak: Strait of Hormuz showdown as US and Iran head back to Doha</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vessels are still threading the Strait of Hormuz, but a Bloomberg analyst calls it Schrodinger's Strait: you never know if it's open until you try to get through. With traffic down to a fraction of normal and ships taking hits, owners are weighing whether the world's most vital oil route is worth the risk. We also unpacks Cape Town losing its clean audit, a record Korean tech bet, and Venezuela's climbing earthquake toll. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>The NdB Sunday Show: Lauren Evanthia - Heat on Hill-Lewis, “Cat” cuts a deal, Mbalula blames Zuma, Jacinta’s agenda…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, Lauren Evanthia, the Founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM), talks about fears that the National Shutdown this week could spark unrest with African National Congress (ANC) SG Fikile Mbalula accusing former President Jacob Zuma of fuelling anti-immigrant violence: “..when we reach a point when…systems start to crumble because of government failure and the lack of ethical leadership, what happens is that society starts to take over. And it takes over in a very chaotic way because we don't have a replacement for government failure on such a large scale.” Commenting on the SG’s defence of the ANC Speaker of Parliament over her handling of the Phala Phala matter, she fumes: “..people can hide behind parties...the party politics in South Africa is in my opinion the number one biggest stumbling block towards our progress as a nation”. As for tenderpreneur Cat Matlala cutting a plea deal and turning State Witness, Evanthia charges: “…these commissions of inquiry that keep on happening are just a distraction to the fact that we're not actually going for solutions in this country. Those with power are not implementing solutions.” Also on the agenda is new Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Geordin Hill-Lewis, under fire already because Cape Town has lost its clean audit status, and the former leader of the party, John Steenhuisen, is spewing bile because he feels betrayed by his erstwhile friend. ]]></description>
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		<title>BN Daybreak: Mark Pincus on consumer AI; SA election violence; and the Strait of Hormuz</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Zynga founder and OpenAI investor can't understand why analysts cap consumer AI at $500 billion in what he sees as a $6 trillion market - he thinks that gap is exactly where the real opportunity lies. Oil spiked as Iran struck a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz mid-negotiation, OpenAI stalled its IPO, and African Bank posted a near-billion-rand loss. Back home, who is behind the assassinations of candidates and councilors during South Africa's voter registration weekend, and what does it mean for the elections ahead? ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 05:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>The BizNews Edge: African Bank's Billion-Rand Acquisition Trap</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[African Bank swung to a loss of nearly a billion rand after a four-year spree of buying and bolting together three banks to build a full-service lender, and the bad debt charge is still climbing. The contrast is brutal: a focused platinum-and-chrome miner, Tharisa, is printing cash with profit up more than sixfold, and the very morning African Bank’s loss landed, Tharisa was locking in fresh funding for its next mine. Anglo American, meanwhile, is reshaping itself around copper, selling out of coal and much of its South African portfolio while holding on to iron ore, and what that signals for local investors is the real question. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>The BizNews Edge: African Bank's Billion-Rand Acquisition Trap</itunes:title>
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		<title>DA supports ANC to pass R71bn Metro budget, political hits, by-elections result | Wayne Sussman</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of The Electoral Road Show, Chris Steyn and elections analyst Wayne Sussman talk about Ekurhuleni finally managing to pass a R71-billion budget thanks to the Democratic Alliance (DA) supporting the African National Congress (ANC). Sussman warns: “...we know the Freedom Front did far better in Ekurhuleni than the City of Johannesburg in 2021. And they could also say, look, the DA and the ANC are the exact same, there's no difference, vote for us. We will stand up to the ANC. So on the one hand, the DA is saying they're acting in the residents' interest, they're acting in service delivery' interests, but critics of the ANC and DA will paint another picture.” Sussman also analyses the results of last night by-elections in which both the ANC and the DA held wards with “the DA laying down a marker to the Freedom Front in the Northwest, and the ANC certainly making a big point with its strong showing in Bushbuckridge”. As for the spate of killings of politicians and activists over the past registration weekend, he says “it is plausible that these might be politically motivated hits”. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest edition of The Electoral Road Show, Chris Steyn and elections analyst Wayne Sussman talk about Ekurhuleni finally managing to pass a R71-billion budget thanks to the Democratic Alliance (DA) supporting the African National Congress (ANC). Sussman warns: “...we know the Freedom Front did far better in Ekurhuleni than the City of Johannesburg in 2021. And they could also say, look, the DA and the ANC are the exact same, there's no difference, vote for us. We will stand up to the ANC. So on the one hand, the DA is saying they're acting in the residents' interest, they're acting in service delivery' interests, but critics of the ANC and DA will paint another picture.” Sussman also analyses the results of last night by-elections in which both the ANC and the DA held wards with “the DA laying down a marker to the Freedom Front in the Northwest, and the ANC certainly making a big point with its strong showing in Bushbuckridge”. As for the spate of killings of politicians and activists over the past registration weekend, he says “it is plausible that these might be politically motivated hits”.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak: Bafana Bafana makes history, Phala Phala updates, and the AI chip boom</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa made World Cup history as Bafana Bafana beat South Korea to reach the knockout stages for the first time ever. Oil slides for a fourth straight session on Iran deal oversupply, and Micron surges 11% on AI chip demand. The bigger question hanging over the morning: what has President Ramaphosa still not told South Africa about the Phala Phala money - and can the truth stay hidden? ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak: Bafana Bafana makes history, Phala Phala updates, and the AI chip boom</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South Africa made World Cup history as Bafana Bafana beat South Korea to reach the knockout stages for the first time ever. Oil slides for a fourth straight session on Iran deal oversupply, and Micron surges 11% on AI chip demand. The bigger question hanging over the morning: what has President Ramaphosa still not told South Africa about the Phala Phala money - and can the truth stay hidden?]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Bafana Bafana's moment of truth: Every path to the World Cup knockouts — and how likely each one is</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1689175</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bafana Bafana are one result away from making World Cup history — but the path to the Round of 32 is complicated. With one point from two games and South Korea standing in their way on Thursday morning (3 AM SA time), Hugo Broos' men still have multiple routes through. The question is: how likely is each one?<br />
<br />
In this video, we break down every scenario that could see South Africa advance — from the clean path (win and you're through) to the long shots that would have the whole country refreshing standings tables in the early hours. We look at what the betting markets say, what Opta's numbers tell us about Bafana's actual performance level, and what the BizNews AI Predictor — our new data-driven match analysis tool — makes of South Africa's chances against South Korea.<br />
<br />
⚽ Every qualification scenario explained<br />
📊 Opta xG data, betting odds, and deep stats unpacked<br />
🤖 The BizNews AI Predictor verdict: South Korea 56% | Draw 31% | South Africa 13%<br />
🇿🇦 Can Bafana make history?<br />
<br />
The alarm is set for 3 AM. Let's talk about it. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Bafana Bafana's moment of truth: Every path to the World Cup knockouts — and how likely each one is</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>13:04</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bafana Bafana are one result away from making World Cup history — but the path to the Round of 32 is complicated. With one point from two games and South Korea standing in their way on Thursday morning (3 AM SA time), Hugo Broos' men still have multiple routes through. The question is: how likely is each one?

In this video, we break down every scenario that could see South Africa advance — from the clean path (win and you're through) to the long shots that would have the whole country refreshing standings tables in the early hours. We look at what the betting markets say, what Opta's numbers tell us about Bafana's actual performance level, and what the BizNews AI Predictor — our new data-driven match analysis tool — makes of South Africa's chances against South Korea.

⚽ Every qualification scenario explained
📊 Opta xG data, betting odds, and deep stats unpacked
🤖 The BizNews AI Predictor verdict: South Korea 56% | Draw 31% | South Africa 13%
🇿🇦 Can Bafana make history?

The alarm is set for 3 AM. Let's talk about it.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The BizNews Edge: Nedbank, Grindrod and the coal stock no one was watching</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1689118</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nedbank confirmed its guidance this morning, and its East Africa deal is weeks from closing - a transformation most investors are still underpricing. Grindrod's Port of Maputo posted extraordinary volumes, but the share may already be priced for perfection. A small coal miner no one follows just disclosed an 1,800% earnings swing, and the full story has not landed yet. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The BizNews Edge: Nedbank, Grindrod and the coal stock no one was watching</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>26:16</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nedbank confirmed its guidance this morning, and its East Africa deal is weeks from closing - a transformation most investors are still underpricing. Grindrod's Port of Maputo posted extraordinary volumes, but the share may already be priced for perfection. A small coal miner no one follows just disclosed an 1,800% earnings swing, and the full story has not landed yet.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak: SA rare earth breakthrough; Three politicians killed; Chip stocks tumble</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1688872</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three politicians - an ANC councilor and two aspirants from rival parties - were gunned down in a single evening as South Africa's 2026 election year turns violent, and a commentator warns the worst may still be ahead. Steenkamp Kraal's rare earth processing milestone gives the West its clearest shot yet at breaking China's grip on critical minerals, while semiconductor stocks shed more than 10% overnight on fears AI data center demand is cooling. Plus the US Senate breaks with Trump on Iran in a 50-48 vote. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak: SA rare earth breakthrough; Three politicians killed; Chip stocks tumble</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>13:34</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three politicians - an ANC councilor and two aspirants from rival parties - were gunned down in a single evening as South Africa's 2026 election year turns violent, and a commentator warns the worst may still be ahead. Steenkamp Kraal's rare earth processing milestone gives the West its clearest shot yet at breaking China's grip on critical minerals, while semiconductor stocks shed more than 10% overnight on fears AI data center demand is cooling. Plus the US Senate breaks with Trump on Iran in a 50-48 vote.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Solly Moeng: Phala Phala “protection” for CR, spate of political killings, and why I left ActionSA</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1688631</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Election year 2026 is turning deadly and dirty. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, political commentator Solly Moeng slams the Speaker of Parliament for not opposing President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent bid to stave off his impeachment inquiry. “I for one should not be surprised if the Speaker would have been called into some meeting somewhere with the political party leadership that deployed her…to say: listen, this is the way we want this thing to go.” He also laments the spate of political killings that has seen an African National Congress (ANC) councillor and two aspirant councillors, one from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and one from BOSA gunned down in one night. “... there are of course people who also see these as opportunities for a job to climb up and to access the feeding through as it were. Either way it's a very risky position because sometimes people are even killed by their own comrades, their own people from the same political party, wanting to occupy the position.” Lastly, Moeng reveals why he left ActionSA despite being brought back to South Africa by its leader Herman Mashaba after he had been forced out of the country by the ANC. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Solly Moeng: Phala Phala “protection” for CR, spate of political killings, and why I left ActionSA</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>17:46</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Election year 2026 is turning deadly and dirty. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, political commentator Solly Moeng slams the Speaker of Parliament for not opposing President Cyril Ramaphosa's urgent bid to stave off his impeachment inquiry. “I for one should not be surprised if the Speaker would have been called into some meeting somewhere with the political party leadership that deployed her…to say: listen, this is the way we want this thing to go.” He also laments the spate of political killings that has seen an African National Congress (ANC) councillor and two aspirant councillors, one from the Democratic Alliance (DA) and one from BOSA gunned down in one night. “... there are of course people who also see these as opportunities for a job to climb up and to access the feeding through as it were. Either way it's a very risky position because sometimes people are even killed by their own comrades, their own people from the same political party, wanting to occupy the position.” Lastly, Moeng reveals why he left ActionSA despite being brought back to South Africa by its leader Herman Mashaba after he had been forced out of the country by the ANC.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The BizNews Edge: Economic warnings flash; Corporate giants mispriced; SpaceX tumbles</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1688612</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[We explore a toughening economic climate as South African consumer confidence drops and central bank indicators flash red. Discover why the market is blindly punishing value, dragging down Sibanye Stillwater’s debt-free gold business despite solid restructuring plans. We also highlight Attacq’s resilient property portfolio and Steenkamp Kraal’s historic rare earth processing breakthrough. Finally, we head global to unpack Andy Burnham’s sudden political rise in the UK and SpaceX’s dramatic post-IPO market slide. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The BizNews Edge: Economic warnings flash; Corporate giants mispriced; SpaceX tumbles</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>13:59</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We explore a toughening economic climate as South African consumer confidence drops and central bank indicators flash red. Discover why the market is blindly punishing value, dragging down Sibanye Stillwater’s debt-free gold business despite solid restructuring plans. We also highlight Attacq’s resilient property portfolio and Steenkamp Kraal’s historic rare earth processing breakthrough. Finally, we head global to unpack Andy Burnham’s sudden political rise in the UK and SpaceX’s dramatic post-IPO market slide.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 23 June 2026: Naspers earnings; Roubini turns bullish; Keir Starmer resigns; SA drug cartel warnings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's BizNews Daybreak covers the US granting Iran a 60-day oil sale license following Switzerland peace talks. Tech stocks retreat as Alphabet slips 5% and Qualcomm eyes a $4 billion Modular acquisition. <br />
<br />
In the UK, Keir Starmer resigns as PM, clearing the path for Andy Burnham.<br />
<br />
Plus, the ISS warns of Mexican drug cartels in South Africa, Naspers reports surging core earnings, and Nouriel Roubini turns bullish on US productivity. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 23 June 2026: Naspers earnings; Roubini turns bullish; Keir Starmer resigns; SA drug cartel warnings</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>15:44</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today's BizNews Daybreak covers the US granting Iran a 60-day oil sale license following Switzerland peace talks. Tech stocks retreat as Alphabet slips 5% and Qualcomm eyes a $4 billion Modular acquisition. 

In the UK, Keir Starmer resigns as PM, clearing the path for Andy Burnham.

Plus, the ISS warns of Mexican drug cartels in South Africa, Naspers reports surging core earnings, and Nouriel Roubini turns bullish on US productivity.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Willem Els: Mkhwanazi’s Mexico warning, the R1-billion bust - but no boots on the ground</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1688327</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the recent R1-billion drug bust at Beitbridge, there is renewed focus on the warning by KZN Provincial Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that South Africa could become another Mexico or El Salvador if politically- and police-connected drug cartels were not dealt with. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) shares the findings of the ISS' latest drug study. “On the operational level, we're sitting with severe challenges. We've got most of the senior commissioners of police that are being arrested or suspended or so on. So we've got a power vacuum there and so on… one of the biggest challenges is the severe disinvestment in your capability in the police, intelligence-wise, as well as operational. We do not have boots on the ground. We do not have sufficient equipment and infrastructure…. ” Els details the ISS’ recommendations, and expresses optimism that with the appointment of General Mkhwanazi as Head of the Organised Crime Desk, “there might be some improvement now”. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Willem Els: Mkhwanazi’s Mexico warning, the R1-billion bust - but no boots on the ground</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>16:43</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Following the recent R1-billion drug bust at Beitbridge, there is renewed focus on the warning by KZN Provincial Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi that South Africa could become another Mexico or El Salvador if politically- and police-connected drug cartels were not dealt with. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Willem Els of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) shares the findings of the ISS' latest drug study. “On the operational level, we're sitting with severe challenges. We've got most of the senior commissioners of police that are being arrested or suspended or so on. So we've got a power vacuum there and so on… one of the biggest challenges is the severe disinvestment in your capability in the police, intelligence-wise, as well as operational. We do not have boots on the ground. We do not have sufficient equipment and infrastructure…. ” Els details the ISS’ recommendations, and expresses optimism that with the appointment of General Mkhwanazi as Head of the Organised Crime Desk, “there might be some improvement now”.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: Keir Starmer out; Gold above $4,200; three JSE heavyweights sold on strong numbers</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1688196</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good numbers, wrong catalyst. That's the Monday verdict on the JSE. Naspers flagged core earnings growth of up to 28% and still lost ground, sitting 37% off its 52-week high. Standard Bank reported resilient five-month earnings but moderated from a 12% first-quarter pace — sell-the-news into a stock already up 8% in a fortnight. Herriot acquired three Gauteng office blocks in a related-party deal worth R129 million. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer resigned as British prime minister two years after a landslide victory, gold held above $4,200, and US-Iran talks continued. The message: in a nervous market, strong performance is necessary — but not sufficient. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: Keir Starmer out; Gold above $4,200; three JSE heavyweights sold on strong numbers</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>12:19</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Good numbers, wrong catalyst. That's the Monday verdict on the JSE. Naspers flagged core earnings growth of up to 28% and still lost ground, sitting 37% off its 52-week high. Standard Bank reported resilient five-month earnings but moderated from a 12% first-quarter pace — sell-the-news into a stock already up 8% in a fortnight. Herriot acquired three Gauteng office blocks in a related-party deal worth R129 million. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer resigned as British prime minister two years after a landslide victory, gold held above $4,200, and US-Iran talks continued. The message: in a nervous market, strong performance is necessary — but not sufficient.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 22 June 2026: US-Iran pact; Tech IPOs; Fed inflation; Amazon Prime; Oil deficit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This episode of BizNews Daybreak covers the US-Iran preliminary nuclear agreement, an FDA panel's approval of Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, and upcoming Fed inflation data threatening further interest rate hikes.<br />
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Domestically, Lauren Evanthia discusses a proposed South African cabinet reshuffle and John Steenhuisen's political demotion. <br />
<br />
Finally, we analyze the massive capital drain from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic listings, Amazon’s Prime Day ecosystem strategy, and Dan Dicker’s warnings on critical global oil stockpile drawdowns. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 22 June 2026: US-Iran pact; Tech IPOs; Fed inflation; Amazon Prime; Oil deficit</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>15:06</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode of BizNews Daybreak covers the US-Iran preliminary nuclear agreement, an FDA panel's approval of Moderna’s new mRNA flu vaccine, and upcoming Fed inflation data threatening further interest rate hikes.

Domestically, Lauren Evanthia discusses a proposed South African cabinet reshuffle and John Steenhuisen's political demotion. 

Finally, we analyze the massive capital drain from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic listings, Amazon’s Prime Day ecosystem strategy, and Dan Dicker’s warnings on critical global oil stockpile drawdowns.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>NdB Sunday Show: Zuma fires Duduzile, Cyril ponders DA wish list, Mashatile in China, councillor &amp; activist gunned down</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1687930</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[“..We need to reach a point where the people as individuals and as a population are stronger than governing systems, and those governing systems can't be in a position to control; they need to simply govern, build infrastructure, fix roads - not have control and power over people.” That is the call from Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM) on the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn as they talk about major developments in the past week: two ward councillors being gunned down in the space of an hour on voter registration weekend; former President Jacob Zuma firing his once powerful daughter, Duduzile, and MKP former spokesperson, her close ally; President Cyril Ramaphosa pondering the Democratic Alliance's (DA's) Cabinet reshuffle requests that sees its former leader, John Steenhuisen, demoted to a deputy minister's post; and Deputy President Paul Mashatile - who is on a working visit in China - seemingly ready to step into presidential shoes while Ramaphosa is doing everything possible to avoid impeachment. They also talk about more corruption being exposed in the South African Police Force (SAPS) with twenty police officers in the Western Cape charged with alleged links to the taxi industry, and Nelson Mandela Bay being ranked the 3rd most violent city in the world. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 11:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>NdB Sunday Show: Zuma fires Duduzile, Cyril ponders DA wish list, Mashatile in China, councillor &amp; activist gunned down</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>28:47</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[“..We need to reach a point where the people as individuals and as a population are stronger than governing systems, and those governing systems can't be in a position to control; they need to simply govern, build infrastructure, fix roads - not have control and power over people.” That is the call from Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM) on the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn as they talk about major developments in the past week: two ward councillors being gunned down in the space of an hour on voter registration weekend; former President Jacob Zuma firing his once powerful daughter, Duduzile, and MKP former spokesperson, her close ally; President Cyril Ramaphosa pondering the Democratic Alliance's (DA's) Cabinet reshuffle requests that sees its former leader, John Steenhuisen, demoted to a deputy minister's post; and Deputy President Paul Mashatile - who is on a working visit in China - seemingly ready to step into presidential shoes while Ramaphosa is doing everything possible to avoid impeachment. They also talk about more corruption being exposed in the South African Police Force (SAPS) with twenty police officers in the Western Cape charged with alleged links to the taxi industry, and Nelson Mandela Bay being ranked the 3rd most violent city in the world.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 19 June 2026: US warnings to ASML; Heystek and Ginsberg on SpaceX; Hawkish Fed rate decisions</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1687400</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, the US-Iran interim peace deal takes effect amidst Israeli criticism, while Washington raises alarms over ASML technology shipments to China. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, markets surge as Intel partners with Apple, and retail demand drives SpaceX’s explosive post-IPO rally. <br />
<br />
Domestically, political shockwaves hit as John Steenhuisen is removed in a DA reshuffle, Brait shares plunge following a deep-discount rights offer, and a hawkish Federal Reserve pressures the rand. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 19 June 2026: US warnings to ASML; Heystek and Ginsberg on SpaceX; Hawkish Fed rate decisions</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>19:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, the US-Iran interim peace deal takes effect amidst Israeli criticism, while Washington raises alarms over ASML technology shipments to China. 

Meanwhile, markets surge as Intel partners with Apple, and retail demand drives SpaceX’s explosive post-IPO rally. 

Domestically, political shockwaves hit as John Steenhuisen is removed in a DA reshuffle, Brait shares plunge following a deep-discount rights offer, and a hawkish Federal Reserve pressures the rand.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: Fed’s higher-for-longer warning hits SA Inc — Brait dilutes, BHP absorbs, Treasury sidesteps</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1687191</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s BizNews Daily Edge unpacks how the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish hold is rippling through South African markets, where expensive money is forcing companies and government alike to show the strength of their balance sheets. Irakli looks at Brait’s deeply discounted R2.5bn rights offer to cut debt and support Virgin Active, BHP’s market shrug at a $2bn potash blowout, and National Treasury’s smart move to fully fund its foreign currency needs through concessional loans. In a world where cheap global money is not coming back soon, capital structure has become destiny. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: Fed’s higher-for-longer warning hits SA Inc — Brait dilutes, BHP absorbs, Treasury sidesteps</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>11:29</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today’s BizNews Daily Edge unpacks how the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish hold is rippling through South African markets, where expensive money is forcing companies and government alike to show the strength of their balance sheets. Irakli looks at Brait’s deeply discounted R2.5bn rights offer to cut debt and support Virgin Active, BHP’s market shrug at a $2bn potash blowout, and National Treasury’s smart move to fully fund its foreign currency needs through concessional loans. In a world where cheap global money is not coming back soon, capital structure has become destiny.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>SpaceX, Anthropic or OpenAI? Anthony Ginsberg and Magnus Heystek reveal their biggest AI bets</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1687165</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[SpaceX’s blockbuster debut has reignited debate over whether Elon Musk is building the world’s most valuable company – or the next great market bubble. In this wide-ranging discussion, Magnus Heystek and Anthony Ginsberg unpack the investment case behind SpaceX, Starlink, Anthropic and OpenAI, weighing extraordinary growth potential against eye-watering valuations. From AI breakthroughs and satellite dominance to comparisons with historic manias, they explore why investors are piling in – and what could determine whether Musk’s latest venture soars or stumbles. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>SpaceX, Anthropic or OpenAI? Anthony Ginsberg and Magnus Heystek reveal their biggest AI bets</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>31:38</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[SpaceX’s blockbuster debut has reignited debate over whether Elon Musk is building the world’s most valuable company – or the next great market bubble. In this wide-ranging discussion, Magnus Heystek and Anthony Ginsberg unpack the investment case behind SpaceX, Starlink, Anthropic and OpenAI, weighing extraordinary growth potential against eye-watering valuations. From AI breakthroughs and satellite dominance to comparisons with historic manias, they explore why investors are piling in – and what could determine whether Musk’s latest venture soars or stumbles.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>DA Cabinet shake-up, ANC infighting and EFF collapse… | The Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn and analyst Supremo Wayne Sussman, he dissects the Democratic Alliance’s big Cabinet reshuffle, particularly the ministerial demotion of former party leader by the new leader Geordin Hill-Lewis, as well as the posts now allotted to the Willie Aucamp, David Maynier, Yusuf Cassim and Gauteng veteran Jack Bloom. “I think that Hill-Lewis had no choice and the DA had no choice but to move and act against Steenhuisen. Because it must have been looking at its polling and worrying about the Afrikaans voters. ...these new ministers and deputy ministers will have to show their mettle…and the DA will hope that it can arrest decline, certainly amongst Afrikaans voters, but also the voters it's been losing to the Patriotic Alliance.” Analysing the latest by-election results, Sussman describes EFF support “totally collapsing” in Buffalo City where it came close to being the second biggest party in 2024. As for Jo’burg Mayor Dada Morero first elevated and then removed as municipal intervention convenor for the province, Sussman says: “I think this says less about Dado Morero and more about the state of the ANC in Gauteng: that the infighting is vicious, that the contestation and competition is as fierce as ever, and this is not a good sign for the ANC a few months out of the Local Government Election.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>DA Cabinet shake-up, ANC infighting and EFF collapse… | The Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>21:42</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn and analyst Supremo Wayne Sussman, he dissects the Democratic Alliance’s big Cabinet reshuffle, particularly the ministerial demotion of former party leader by the new leader Geordin Hill-Lewis, as well as the posts now allotted to the Willie Aucamp, David Maynier, Yusuf Cassim and Gauteng veteran Jack Bloom. “I think that Hill-Lewis had no choice and the DA had no choice but to move and act against Steenhuisen. Because it must have been looking at its polling and worrying about the Afrikaans voters. ...these new ministers and deputy ministers will have to show their mettle…and the DA will hope that it can arrest decline, certainly amongst Afrikaans voters, but also the voters it's been losing to the Patriotic Alliance.” Analysing the latest by-election results, Sussman describes EFF support “totally collapsing” in Buffalo City where it came close to being the second biggest party in 2024. As for Jo’burg Mayor Dada Morero first elevated and then removed as municipal intervention convenor for the province, Sussman says: “I think this says less about Dado Morero and more about the state of the ANC in Gauteng: that the infighting is vicious, that the contestation and competition is as fierce as ever, and this is not a good sign for the ANC a few months out of the Local Government Election.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 18 June 2026: Fed holds rates; SA Cabinet shifts; SpaceX valuation; Gold potential</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686962</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's Daybreak covers the landmark US-Iran peace deal and the Federal Reserve's unanimous decision to hold interest rates steady. <br />
<br />
Alec Hogg analyses DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis's strategic cabinet demotion of Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen. <br />
<br />
We also unpack SpaceX's massive $2.52 trillion IPO valuation, the Western Cape's expanding provincial policing powers, and South Africa's missed exploration opportunities despite holding the world’s largest remaining gold endowment. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 05:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 18 June 2026: Fed holds rates; SA Cabinet shifts; SpaceX valuation; Gold potential</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>18:26</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today's Daybreak covers the landmark US-Iran peace deal and the Federal Reserve's unanimous decision to hold interest rates steady. 

Alec Hogg analyses DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis's strategic cabinet demotion of Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen. 

We also unpack SpaceX's massive $2.52 trillion IPO valuation, the Western Cape's expanding provincial policing powers, and South Africa's missed exploration opportunities despite holding the world’s largest remaining gold endowment.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Cy Jacobs: SpaceX at $2 trillion — The biggest market trick ever or Elon Musk’s masterstroke?</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686827</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[SpaceX has become the hottest story in global investing, soaring to a valuation above $2 trillion and captivating markets worldwide. But is it a revolutionary business success or a masterclass in financial engineering? In this candid interview, Cy Jacobs argues that Elon Musk has cracked the code of modern market structure, using limited share supply, passive index demand and options trading to fuel extraordinary valuations. Jacobs explains why he remains sceptical of the fundamentals, yet still believes betting against SpaceX could be a costly mistake. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Cy Jacobs: SpaceX at $2 trillion — The biggest market trick ever or Elon Musk’s masterstroke?</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
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		<itunes:duration>36:49</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[SpaceX has become the hottest story in global investing, soaring to a valuation above $2 trillion and captivating markets worldwide. But is it a revolutionary business success or a masterclass in financial engineering? In this candid interview, Cy Jacobs argues that Elon Musk has cracked the code of modern market structure, using limited share supply, passive index demand and options trading to fuel extraordinary valuations. Jacobs explains why he remains sceptical of the fundamentals, yet still believes betting against SpaceX could be a costly mistake.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: Steenhuisen out, SA squanders its gold opportunity, Premier Group's 30% profit surge</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686768</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg leads with a political signal investors shouldn't miss: the DA is moving to replace John Steenhuisen as Agriculture Minister after three High Court cost orders — and his proposed successor is an actual farmer. Then Dr. Duarte da Silva's third paper on South Africa's gold lands with force: the Witwatersrand holds as much gold underground as it has ever produced, Australia spends 70 times more exploring its endowment, and SA's share of African exploration budgets has collapsed from 35% to 7%. On the JSE: Premier Group is the standout — net profit up nearly 30% while digesting the RFG acquisition. Vukile raises R2.8 billion for Italy, heavily oversubscribed. Stor-Age quietly accumulates institutional buyers. Powerfleet's integration pain is finally paying off. And Brikor heads for the exit. The close ties it together: the political story and the gold story are the same story. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: Steenhuisen out, SA squanders its gold opportunity, Premier Group's 30% profit surge</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg leads with a political signal investors shouldn't miss: the DA is moving to replace John Steenhuisen as Agriculture Minister after three High Court cost orders — and his proposed successor is an actual farmer. Then Dr. Duarte da Silva's third paper on South Africa's gold lands with force: the Witwatersrand holds as much gold underground as it has ever produced, Australia spends 70 times more exploring its endowment, and SA's share of African exploration budgets has collapsed from 35% to 7%. On the JSE: Premier Group is the standout — net profit up nearly 30% while digesting the RFG acquisition. Vukile raises R2.8 billion for Italy, heavily oversubscribed. Stor-Age quietly accumulates institutional buyers. Powerfleet's integration pain is finally paying off. And Brikor heads for the exit. The close ties it together: the political story and the gold story are the same story.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: Steenhuisen's fall and what it tells us about Geordin Hill-Lewis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks the political and practical unravelling of John Steenhuisen's tenure as South Africa's Minister of Agriculture. From the foot-and-mouth disease crisis that exposed a fatal mismatch between parliamentary skill and executive capability, to three damning High Court cost orders, Hogg traces how one of the DA's most respected figures ended up on the wrong side of the very accountability standards his party championed. But this isn't just a post-mortem. It's also a sharp-eyed assessment of what new DA leader Jordan Hill Lewis's decisive — and graceful — cabinet reshuffle reveals about the kind of leader he intends to be. Performance over loyalty. Outcomes over comfort. Is this the beginning of something different in South African politics? ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: Steenhuisen's fall and what it tells us about Geordin Hill-Lewis</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>22:19</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks the political and practical unravelling of John Steenhuisen's tenure as South Africa's Minister of Agriculture. From the foot-and-mouth disease crisis that exposed a fatal mismatch between parliamentary skill and executive capability, to three damning High Court cost orders, Hogg traces how one of the DA's most respected figures ended up on the wrong side of the very accountability standards his party championed. But this isn't just a post-mortem. It's also a sharp-eyed assessment of what new DA leader Jordan Hill Lewis's decisive — and graceful — cabinet reshuffle reveals about the kind of leader he intends to be. Performance over loyalty. Outcomes over comfort. Is this the beginning of something different in South African politics?]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Solly Moeng - Cyril’s game, Steenhuisen’s scandal and the failing ANC “fat bellies”...</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686709</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng gives his take on the latest developments in the impeachment drama surrounding President Cyril Ramaphosa, noting: “... he is buying time for himself, definitely for other people around him whose interests would not be aided by him leaving now and a certain Paul Mashatile is immediately coming in…” Moeng calls for the recall of Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen and the removal of his Chief of Staff Jana le Roux who allegedly swore at an agri official and for sharing bemusement at farmers reaching out to the department. “...if he can’t remove her, maybe they should remove him…look it's up to the DA now to prove itself, to say to Ramaphosa, look, we are withdrawing this man…” Speaking on the 50th anniversary of the June 16 1976 youth march in Soweto, Moeng slams the government for failing the youth. Describing his return last year to Diepkloof - where he grew up, he charges: “It's worse than during Apartheid.The primary school that I used to go to has got a squatter camp inside its yard…It actually made me go on to cry…..” Lastly, he comments on the Western Cape’s outgoing Police Commissioner coming out in support of extending policing powers to the province. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 11:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Solly Moeng - Cyril’s game, Steenhuisen’s scandal and the failing ANC “fat bellies”...</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>14:50</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this interview with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng gives his take on the latest developments in the impeachment drama surrounding President Cyril Ramaphosa, noting: “... he is buying time for himself, definitely for other people around him whose interests would not be aided by him leaving now and a certain Paul Mashatile is immediately coming in…” Moeng calls for the recall of Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen and the removal of his Chief of Staff Jana le Roux who allegedly swore at an agri official and for sharing bemusement at farmers reaching out to the department. “...if he can’t remove her, maybe they should remove him…look it's up to the DA now to prove itself, to say to Ramaphosa, look, we are withdrawing this man…” Speaking on the 50th anniversary of the June 16 1976 youth march in Soweto, Moeng slams the government for failing the youth. Describing his return last year to Diepkloof - where he grew up, he charges: “It's worse than during Apartheid.The primary school that I used to go to has got a squatter camp inside its yard…It actually made me go on to cry…..” Lastly, he comments on the Western Cape’s outgoing Police Commissioner coming out in support of extending policing powers to the province.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 17 June 2026: US-Iran deal; SpaceX valuation, Anthropic's restrictions; Eskom rating lift; Fort Hare</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686536</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Daybreak, we explore the tentative US-Iran deal and G7 skepticism surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. SpaceX's valuation surges to $2.65 trillion, overtaking Amazon, alongside its $60 billion acquisition of AI startup Cursor. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Washington imposes strict foreign access restrictions on Anthropic’s advanced AI models. <br />
<br />
In South Africa, the University of Fort Hare’s Vice Chancellor faces a criminal corruption complaint, Solly Moeng dissect the ANC leadership, and we unpack why Eskom's recent Fitch upgrade is merely borrowing credibility from the sovereign national balance sheet. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 17 June 2026: US-Iran deal; SpaceX valuation, Anthropic's restrictions; Eskom rating lift; Fort Hare</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>14:25</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Daybreak, we explore the tentative US-Iran deal and G7 skepticism surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. SpaceX's valuation surges to $2.65 trillion, overtaking Amazon, alongside its $60 billion acquisition of AI startup Cursor. 

Meanwhile, Washington imposes strict foreign access restrictions on Anthropic’s advanced AI models. 

In South Africa, the University of Fort Hare’s Vice Chancellor faces a criminal corruption complaint, Solly Moeng dissect the ANC leadership, and we unpack why Eskom's recent Fitch upgrade is merely borrowing credibility from the sovereign national balance sheet.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: $2bn back to Anglo Gold shareholders, what Mideast ceasefire means for gold bulls</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1686072</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three JSE stories opened the week, and one theme cut through all of them: cash. Anglo Gold Ashanti confirmed a shareholder vote on a $2 billion share buyback, sending the stock up nearly 9%. Eskom's credit rating was upgraded by Fitch — not on its own merits, but on the back of South Africa's sovereign upgrade, with its standalone profile still deep in junk territory. Matengu flagged the sale of its Blue Ridge Platinum stake for R50 million, tidying the books ahead of a bigger deal. Then the weekend rewrote the macro: a US-Iran ceasefire pushed oil down and put gold bulls on notice. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: $2bn back to Anglo Gold shareholders, what Mideast ceasefire means for gold bulls</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>12:57</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Three JSE stories opened the week, and one theme cut through all of them: cash. Anglo Gold Ashanti confirmed a shareholder vote on a $2 billion share buyback, sending the stock up nearly 9%. Eskom's credit rating was upgraded by Fitch — not on its own merits, but on the back of South Africa's sovereign upgrade, with its standalone profile still deep in junk territory. Matengu flagged the sale of its Blue Ridge Platinum stake for R50 million, tidying the books ahead of a bigger deal. Then the weekend rewrote the macro: a US-Iran ceasefire pushed oil down and put gold bulls on notice.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Golden handshakes, protection of allies, targeting of whistleblowers… - Grant Abbott</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Grant Abbott the General Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) shares evidence collected over years for the criminal complaint lodged against Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu who was recently placed on precautionary suspension by the Council and now faces charges of gross misconduct. Allegations in the union’s criminal complaint include the appointment and promotion of individuals outside lawful recruitment processes, the circumvention of governance structures, the approval of substantial financial settlements of millions of rands and remuneration adjustments without proper justification. It also sets out how the Vice Chancellor selectively used disciplinary processes to protect his allies and targeted whistleblowers. Meanwhile, some of those who benefitted from the Vice-Chancellor’s “schemes” are now the accused in corruption and fraud cases. “The problem is that you can't position yourself as a corruption buster and then in the process of doing that create more corruption...” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Golden handshakes, protection of allies, targeting of whistleblowers… - Grant Abbott</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>19:47</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Grant Abbott the General Secretary of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) shares evidence collected over years for the criminal complaint lodged against Vice-Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu who was recently placed on precautionary suspension by the Council and now faces charges of gross misconduct. Allegations in the union’s criminal complaint include the appointment and promotion of individuals outside lawful recruitment processes, the circumvention of governance structures, the approval of substantial financial settlements of millions of rands and remuneration adjustments without proper justification. It also sets out how the Vice Chancellor selectively used disciplinary processes to protect his allies and targeted whistleblowers. Meanwhile, some of those who benefitted from the Vice-Chancellor’s “schemes” are now the accused in corruption and fraud cases. “The problem is that you can't position yourself as a corruption buster and then in the process of doing that create more corruption...”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 15 June 2026: US-Iran peace deal; Ramaphosa impeachment fight; Cape Town Mayor; Old School SA</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685849</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets react to a historic US-Iran peace deal halting fighting for 60 days, while the Federal Reserve faces a high-stakes interest rate decision amidst rising inflation. <br />
<br />
Closer to home, President Cyril Ramaphosa scrambles to block a politically dangerous parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal. <br />
<br />
Plus, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis explains why he's staying clear of a cabinet seat, and the founders of Stellenbosch sportswear brand Old School SA share how they turned vintage jerseys and national pride into a booming business. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 15 June 2026: US-Iran peace deal; Ramaphosa impeachment fight; Cape Town Mayor; Old School SA</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>13:56</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets react to a historic US-Iran peace deal halting fighting for 60 days, while the Federal Reserve faces a high-stakes interest rate decision amidst rising inflation. 

Closer to home, President Cyril Ramaphosa scrambles to block a politically dangerous parliamentary impeachment inquiry over the Phala Phala scandal. 

Plus, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis explains why he's staying clear of a cabinet seat, and the founders of Stellenbosch sportswear brand Old School SA share how they turned vintage jerseys and national pride into a booming business.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>The NdB Sunday Show: Lauren Evanthia - “Scrambling” Cyril, Witness I &amp; a “criminal enterprise” government</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685816</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn and Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement, the hot topic is President Cyril Ramaposa’s urgent court bid to try and stop Parliament from conducting his impeachment inquiry. “And now the president is obviously scrambling. He knows what this means. If anything, this is almost an admission of guilt on his part…(and) how is it gonna hurt the ANC during the elections? I think that is probably at the forefront of his mind…if they want to hold on to that 45.6%, they cannot afford to have this massive scandal with the president.” Evanthia also dissects the testimony of Witness I before the Madlanga Commission. “The whole South African government for me appears to be an entire criminal enterprise.” She further looks at the biggest lack of service delivery horror stories, and gives her take on the defection journey of Neville Delport from the African National Congress (ANC) to the Democratic Alliance (DA) and on to the Patriotic Alliance (PA). Lastly, she examines the likely consequences for South Africa should Nigeria carry out its threat of retaliation over South Africa’s handling of the migrant crisis. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The NdB Sunday Show: Lauren Evanthia - “Scrambling” Cyril, Witness I &amp; a “criminal enterprise” government</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>25:06</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today’s edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn and Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement, the hot topic is President Cyril Ramaposa’s urgent court bid to try and stop Parliament from conducting his impeachment inquiry. “And now the president is obviously scrambling. He knows what this means. If anything, this is almost an admission of guilt on his part…(and) how is it gonna hurt the ANC during the elections? I think that is probably at the forefront of his mind…if they want to hold on to that 45.6%, they cannot afford to have this massive scandal with the president.” Evanthia also dissects the testimony of Witness I before the Madlanga Commission. “The whole South African government for me appears to be an entire criminal enterprise.” She further looks at the biggest lack of service delivery horror stories, and gives her take on the defection journey of Neville Delport from the African National Congress (ANC) to the Democratic Alliance (DA) and on to the Patriotic Alliance (PA). Lastly, she examines the likely consequences for South Africa should Nigeria carry out its threat of retaliation over South Africa’s handling of the migrant crisis.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Old School SA’s Stellenbosch brothers riding Bafana Bafana fever sweeping the country</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685523</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stef and Daneel Steinmann couldn’t buy the vintage Springbok jerseys they kept seeing around Stellenbosch in 2019, a Rugby World Cup year when green and gold were everywhere, so after roughly 100 emails they found a supplier and started their own brand, Old School SA. Six years on, Old School holds official partnerships and licences with the Springboks, Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Manchester City and the NBA, and operates branded stores across the country. With Bafana Bafana back at the Football World Cup for the first time in 16 years, Old School is now the official supporters’ brand, and their Bafana kit has become so popular that, as Stef Steinmann puts it, “people are sleeping in their jerseys.” In an interview with BizNews, he reflects on their journey and the brother dynamic, how Daneel knocks on doors “making promises” while Stef makes sure those promises are kept, a balance that works. Daneel is already on the ground with Bafana Bafana in Mexico, where they played their first match, while Stef, delayed by a visa issue, is holding the fort in South Africa. What does he attribute their meteoric success to? Uniting people behind the teams they love, because people tend to remember who they were with during the big sporting moments more than the match itself. - Linda van Tilburg ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Old School SA’s Stellenbosch brothers riding Bafana Bafana fever sweeping the country</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>19:07</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stef and Daneel Steinmann couldn’t buy the vintage Springbok jerseys they kept seeing around Stellenbosch in 2019, a Rugby World Cup year when green and gold were everywhere, so after roughly 100 emails they found a supplier and started their own brand, Old School SA. Six years on, Old School holds official partnerships and licences with the Springboks, Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Manchester City and the NBA, and operates branded stores across the country. With Bafana Bafana back at the Football World Cup for the first time in 16 years, Old School is now the official supporters’ brand, and their Bafana kit has become so popular that, as Stef Steinmann puts it, “people are sleeping in their jerseys.” In an interview with BizNews, he reflects on their journey and the brother dynamic, how Daneel knocks on doors “making promises” while Stef makes sure those promises are kept, a balance that works. Daneel is already on the ground with Bafana Bafana in Mexico, where they played their first match, while Stef, delayed by a visa issue, is holding the fort in South Africa. What does he attribute their meteoric success to? Uniting people behind the teams they love, because people tend to remember who they were with during the big sporting moments more than the match itself. - Linda van Tilburg]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 12 June 2026: Trump halts Iran strikes; SA's overlooked gold fortune; PA surge; World Cup fees</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685323</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets rallied after President Trump halted planned military strikes against Iran. <br />
<br />
In South Africa, the Patriotic Alliance clinched a major by-election victory in Malmesbury, weakening established parties. Meanwhile, Alec Hogg unpacked South Africa’s overlooked multi-billion rand gold mining fortune. <br />
<br />
Finally, we highlight Adobe’s executive shakeup amid strong AI product demand and rising concerns that steep ticket prices are excluding ordinary soccer fans from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 12 June 2026: Trump halts Iran strikes; SA's overlooked gold fortune; PA surge; World Cup fees</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets rallied after President Trump halted planned military strikes against Iran. 

In South Africa, the Patriotic Alliance clinched a major by-election victory in Malmesbury, weakening established parties. Meanwhile, Alec Hogg unpacked South Africa’s overlooked multi-billion rand gold mining fortune. 

Finally, we highlight Adobe’s executive shakeup amid strong AI product demand and rising concerns that steep ticket prices are excluding ordinary soccer fans from the 2026 FIFA World Cup.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Mayor first, party leader second: Geordin Hill-Lewis on why Cape Town beats a cabinet seat</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685277</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geordin Hill-Lewis says he has the best job in South African politics - and he's not giving it up. The DA leader explains why he's staying on as Cape Town mayor, tackles criticism of DA ministers, outlines bold plans to build a city detective branch, and shares his vision for expanding the party nationally. From crime and governance to coalition politics and election strategy, Hill-Lewis offers a candid assessment of South Africa's challenges - and the opportunities he believes lie ahead. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Mayor first, party leader second: Geordin Hill-Lewis on why Cape Town beats a cabinet seat</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>37:18</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Geordin Hill-Lewis says he has the best job in South African politics - and he's not giving it up. The DA leader explains why he's staying on as Cape Town mayor, tackles criticism of DA ministers, outlines bold plans to build a city detective branch, and shares his vision for expanding the party nationally. From crime and governance to coalition politics and election strategy, Hill-Lewis offers a candid assessment of South Africa's challenges - and the opportunities he believes lie ahead.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: Gold at $4,100 and SA is sitting on a fortune it can't see</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685022</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alec Hogg opens with a thesis from Merrill Lynch veteran Dr. Duarte de Silva: South Africa's abandoned gold mines and tailings dumps — written off at $300–$800/oz — are generating margins above $3,000 per ounce at today's prices. The Witwatersrand Basin still holds as much gold as has ever been extracted from it. Yet exploration spend has collapsed 95% from its 2006 peak. On the JSE: Wesizwe Platinum surges 90% as its year-long trading suspension lifts; Pan African drifts lower despite a sound Australian acquisition; Fortress Real Estate impresses on logistics; Alexander Forbes delivers flat earnings on strong revenue; and Bell Equipment executes a textbook CEO handover. Globally: the ECB raises rates, Belfast burns, and OpenAI flags Chinese disinformation targeting US data centres. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
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						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: Gold at $4,100 and SA is sitting on a fortune it can't see</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>19:36</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alec Hogg opens with a thesis from Merrill Lynch veteran Dr. Duarte de Silva: South Africa's abandoned gold mines and tailings dumps — written off at $300–$800/oz — are generating margins above $3,000 per ounce at today's prices. The Witwatersrand Basin still holds as much gold as has ever been extracted from it. Yet exploration spend has collapsed 95% from its 2006 peak. On the JSE: Wesizwe Platinum surges 90% as its year-long trading suspension lifts; Pan African drifts lower despite a sound Australian acquisition; Fortress Real Estate impresses on logistics; Alexander Forbes delivers flat earnings on strong revenue; and Bell Equipment executes a textbook CEO handover. Globally: the ECB raises rates, Belfast burns, and OpenAI flags Chinese disinformation targeting US data centres.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Wayne Sussman - Gayton’s PA continues “weakening” the DA &amp; the ANC (and all the mayoral dramas)</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1685129</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Wayne Sussman describes how Gayton MacKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance (PA) is continuing to march onwards and upwards “weakening” both the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. In the latest by-election, the PA won 53% of the vote in Malmesbury Wesbank. “This used to be the safest DA municipality in the country. And in 2024, the Patriotic Alliance burst through that wall by winning the seat off the DA.” Sussman also comments on GOOD and Rise Mzansi joining forces behind mayoral hopeful Brett Herron; the ANC’s elevation of Dada Morero to intervention convener for Gauteng’s troubled municipalities; the late President Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla eyeing a mayoral chain in the Eastern Cape; and Buffalo City Mayor Princess Faku coming under fire for taking officials on overseas trips to China and Germany while the municipality is struggling financially. “Next week we have two Buffalo City by-elections…It'll be interesting to see whether this issue, this debacle, hurts the ANC because both of the seats are ANC seats.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Wayne Sussman - Gayton’s PA continues “weakening” the DA &amp; the ANC (and all the mayoral dramas)</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>13:12</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Wayne Sussman describes how Gayton MacKenzie’s Patriotic Alliance (PA) is continuing to march onwards and upwards “weakening” both the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. In the latest by-election, the PA won 53% of the vote in Malmesbury Wesbank. “This used to be the safest DA municipality in the country. And in 2024, the Patriotic Alliance burst through that wall by winning the seat off the DA.” Sussman also comments on GOOD and Rise Mzansi joining forces behind mayoral hopeful Brett Herron; the ANC’s elevation of Dada Morero to intervention convener for Gauteng’s troubled municipalities; the late President Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla eyeing a mayoral chain in the Eastern Cape; and Buffalo City Mayor Princess Faku coming under fire for taking officials on overseas trips to China and Germany while the municipality is struggling financially. “Next week we have two Buffalo City by-elections…It'll be interesting to see whether this issue, this debacle, hurts the ANC because both of the seats are ANC seats.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 11 June 2026: US-Iran clashes spurn inflation; SA Cops threatened; Spar rallies</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684831</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Oil spikes after the US military launched retaliatory strikes on Iran, pushing May US inflation to a three-year high of 4.2%. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Oracle shares dipped 6% over cloud capex fears, Bill Gates testified on Capitol Hill regarding Jeffrey Epstein, and SpaceX's historic IPO drew $250 billion in institutional demand. <br />
<br />
Locally, explosive leaked chats reveal top South African cops threatening activist Yusuf Abramjee, gun owners fight the Firearms Control Amendment bill, and Spar SA shares surprisingly rose despite obliterated profits. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 11 June 2026: US-Iran clashes spurn inflation; SA Cops threatened; Spar rallies</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:08</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Oil spikes after the US military launched retaliatory strikes on Iran, pushing May US inflation to a three-year high of 4.2%. 

Meanwhile, Oracle shares dipped 6% over cloud capex fears, Bill Gates testified on Capitol Hill regarding Jeffrey Epstein, and SpaceX's historic IPO drew $250 billion in institutional demand. 

Locally, explosive leaked chats reveal top South African cops threatening activist Yusuf Abramjee, gun owners fight the Firearms Control Amendment bill, and Spar SA shares surprisingly rose despite obliterated profits.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Jonathan Deal - Fight against “disarmament” of citizens as another top cop falls…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684664</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears of an agenda to disarm private citizens are growing along with jaw-dropping allegations of criminal activity by top cops. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Jonathan Deal, the founder of Safe Citizen, warns that the public is not properly and fully informed on public safety, and takes viewers through the implications of proposed changes to firearms ownership and training regulations for ordinary citizens, as well as for the private security industry. “...for many South Africans, a lawfully-owned firearm, either in their own hands or in the hands of the security industry, is actually their mainstay of security, particularly in the absence of the ability of the State to look after them. I can't understand why a government that itself is beleaguered on so many levels in the South African Police Service would go and meddle and fiddle with things where the public at least have some measure of protection, even if they're providing it themselves.” Meanwhile, he expresses grave concern about more and more allegations of criminal activity involving top police officers emerging at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. “Certainly, it appears that the government has lost control of this critical environment. Personally, my view is that…that our police service has become politicised. It is used as a political football.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Jonathan Deal - Fight against “disarmament” of citizens as another top cop falls…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>13:38</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fears of an agenda to disarm private citizens are growing along with jaw-dropping allegations of criminal activity by top cops. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Jonathan Deal, the founder of Safe Citizen, warns that the public is not properly and fully informed on public safety, and takes viewers through the implications of proposed changes to firearms ownership and training regulations for ordinary citizens, as well as for the private security industry. “...for many South Africans, a lawfully-owned firearm, either in their own hands or in the hands of the security industry, is actually their mainstay of security, particularly in the absence of the ability of the State to look after them. I can't understand why a government that itself is beleaguered on so many levels in the South African Police Service would go and meddle and fiddle with things where the public at least have some measure of protection, even if they're providing it themselves.” Meanwhile, he expresses grave concern about more and more allegations of criminal activity involving top police officers emerging at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. “Certainly, it appears that the government has lost control of this critical environment. Personally, my view is that…that our police service has become politicised. It is used as a political football.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Yusuf Abramjee - How police general and kingpin plotted to “f... up” anti-crime activist</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684644</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A top South African cop, Major General Feroz Khan of Crime Intelligence, and a tobacco kingpin, Mohamed Sayed, plotted to “f….up well known anti-crime activist and Tax Justice SA Founder, Yusuf Abramjee. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Abramjee details a litany of shocking revelations in a 750-page bundle released by the Madlanga Commission. Abramjee vows not to be silenced. “General Khan has been subpoenaed to appear before the commission on the 1st of July. And I'm sure that he will come clean. He has to come clean because we cannot allow this lawlessness. We cannot allow this collusion. We cannot allow this intimidation to continue….You cannot be a policeman and a criminal.” Abramjee points out how revelations at the Madlanga Commission again show how rotten the criminal justice system is, but warns: “I believe it's only the tip of the iceberg. We have a major problem within the police service and also other arms of the criminal justice system. And we need to make sure that the recommendations and the suggestions coming out of the Madlanga Commission are implemented.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Yusuf Abramjee - How police general and kingpin plotted to “f... up” anti-crime activist</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>8:17</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A top South African cop, Major General Feroz Khan of Crime Intelligence, and a tobacco kingpin, Mohamed Sayed, plotted to “f….up well known anti-crime activist and Tax Justice SA Founder, Yusuf Abramjee. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Abramjee details a litany of shocking revelations in a 750-page bundle released by the Madlanga Commission. Abramjee vows not to be silenced. “General Khan has been subpoenaed to appear before the commission on the 1st of July. And I'm sure that he will come clean. He has to come clean because we cannot allow this lawlessness. We cannot allow this collusion. We cannot allow this intimidation to continue….You cannot be a policeman and a criminal.” Abramjee points out how revelations at the Madlanga Commission again show how rotten the criminal justice system is, but warns: “I believe it's only the tip of the iceberg. We have a major problem within the police service and also other arms of the criminal justice system. And we need to make sure that the recommendations and the suggestions coming out of the Madlanga Commission are implemented.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Daily Edge: SpaceX lists Friday, Iran strikes Hormuz, and SPAR's unlikely share price rally</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684640</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks a day when geopolitics, markets and history collided. SPAR's SA operating profit collapsed 73% — yet the stock rallied on relief. Afrimat's Competition Tribunal disposal barely moved the needle. MTN laid out its Ambition 2030 strategy and the market sold the news. Then the big stories: US and Iranian forces exchanged strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, Bill Gates faced Congress over his Epstein ties, and SpaceX set a fixed IPO price of $135 — with $250bn of demand for a $75bn raise. Friday's listing could be the most consequential in a generation. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The Daily Edge: SpaceX lists Friday, Iran strikes Hormuz, and SPAR's unlikely share price rally</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>19:19</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks a day when geopolitics, markets and history collided. SPAR's SA operating profit collapsed 73% — yet the stock rallied on relief. Afrimat's Competition Tribunal disposal barely moved the needle. MTN laid out its Ambition 2030 strategy and the market sold the news. Then the big stories: US and Iranian forces exchanged strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, Bill Gates faced Congress over his Epstein ties, and SpaceX set a fixed IPO price of $135 — with $250bn of demand for a $75bn raise. Friday's listing could be the most consequential in a generation.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Rob Rose: The Competition Tribunal is holding South Africa back</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684588</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A six-year delay, constitutional criticism, and allegations of misleading the court - Rob Rose’s investigation into South Africa’s Competition Tribunal raises serious questions about accountability and economic governance. In this hard-hitting discussion with Alec Hogg, Rose unpacks how regulatory paralysis, questionable decision-making, and a lack of consequences are undermining business confidence and investment. From stalled competition cases to broader failures across state institutions, this conversation explores why efficient, credible regulation is essential for economic growth and South Africa’s future prosperity. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Rob Rose: The Competition Tribunal is holding South Africa back</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>19:04</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A six-year delay, constitutional criticism, and allegations of misleading the court - Rob Rose’s investigation into South Africa’s Competition Tribunal raises serious questions about accountability and economic governance. In this hard-hitting discussion with Alec Hogg, Rose unpacks how regulatory paralysis, questionable decision-making, and a lack of consequences are undermining business confidence and investment. From stalled competition cases to broader failures across state institutions, this conversation explores why efficient, credible regulation is essential for economic growth and South Africa’s future prosperity.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 10 June 2026: US strikes Iran; SpaceX demand; Joburg budget woes; SA Competition Court backlog</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684452</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, US forces strike Iran after a helicopter downing, SpaceX's IPO sees massive demand, and IBM bets billions on quantum computing. <br />
<br />
In South Africa, the Competition Appeal Court slams egregious six-year delays crippling corporate deals, while Johannesburg's bleak budget exposes critical cash shortages and severe utility infrastructure backlogs.<br />
<br />
Finally, we highlight the suspension of 14 senior police officers over corrupt tenders and take a look at China's multi-billion-dollar push to expand its domestic AI data center network. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 10 June 2026: US strikes Iran; SpaceX demand; Joburg budget woes; SA Competition Court backlog</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>14:42</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, US forces strike Iran after a helicopter downing, SpaceX's IPO sees massive demand, and IBM bets billions on quantum computing. 

In South Africa, the Competition Appeal Court slams egregious six-year delays crippling corporate deals, while Johannesburg's bleak budget exposes critical cash shortages and severe utility infrastructure backlogs.

Finally, we highlight the suspension of 14 senior police officers over corrupt tenders and take a look at China's multi-billion-dollar push to expand its domestic AI data center network.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Solly Moeng: Vote out “all these mad men and women in politics”...</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684186</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, political commentator Solly Moeng comments on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s poor handling of the immigration (and other) crisis; the mysterious social media campaign to position Freedom Front Plus Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald as a future president; questions about the R30 million “donation” to Rise Mzansi, the party that has an MP chairing the Ramaphosa impeachment committee; unholy links between General Feroz Khan of Crime Intelligence and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Commander-in-Chief Julius Malema; 14 police officers suspended in relation to a tender linked to the politically connected Cat Matlala; and the failure to arrest alleged Tembisa Hospital looting kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela, the nephew by marriage of Ramaphosa. “...if you arrest the small guys and you let the big guys continue the games they're playing on all of us, then we're going to end up having the same conversations in a year's time…they should dig out everyone who's hiding in the crevices of this madness, take them into the public space and…hopefully the NPA this time will act without fear, favour or prejudice and go after everybody. Else, South Africans must vote…We need to place this country ahead of all these mad men and women in politics.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Solly Moeng: Vote out “all these mad men and women in politics”...</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>17:41</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, political commentator Solly Moeng comments on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s poor handling of the immigration (and other) crisis; the mysterious social media campaign to position Freedom Front Plus Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald as a future president; questions about the R30 million “donation” to Rise Mzansi, the party that has an MP chairing the Ramaphosa impeachment committee; unholy links between General Feroz Khan of Crime Intelligence and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Commander-in-Chief Julius Malema; 14 police officers suspended in relation to a tender linked to the politically connected Cat Matlala; and the failure to arrest alleged Tembisa Hospital looting kingpin Hangwani Morgan Maumela, the nephew by marriage of Ramaphosa. “...if you arrest the small guys and you let the big guys continue the games they're playing on all of us, then we're going to end up having the same conversations in a year's time…they should dig out everyone who's hiding in the crevices of this madness, take them into the public space and…hopefully the NPA this time will act without fear, favour or prejudice and go after everybody. Else, South Africans must vote…We need to place this country ahead of all these mad men and women in politics.”]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BN Power Lunch: Joburg's Budget crisis, the $3tn IPO wave, and what it means for SA markets</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1684183?v=1</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg's new budget lays bare a city in financial distress: less than 10 days of cash reserves, a R220 billion infrastructure backlog, and revenue targets that ignore the fact that nearly half its water never gets billed. Alec Hogg dissects the numbers that every ratepayer and bondholder should see. Then: Jubilee Metals tries to win back the market with a credible operational update from Zambia; Araxi (formerly Capital Appreciation) posts softer headline numbers that mask an 80% surge in its core software earnings; a hostile takeover battle at Mustek nears its conclusion; and why a director selling shares at ASP Isotopes is not what it looks like. And in the second half — SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are heading for public markets with a combined valuation pipeline of over $3 trillion. Alec draws the parallels with 1999, and asks the question Wall Street is afraid to answer: are we at the top? ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Power Lunch: Joburg's Budget crisis, the $3tn IPO wave, and what it means for SA markets</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>26:29</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Johannesburg's new budget lays bare a city in financial distress: less than 10 days of cash reserves, a R220 billion infrastructure backlog, and revenue targets that ignore the fact that nearly half its water never gets billed. Alec Hogg dissects the numbers that every ratepayer and bondholder should see. Then: Jubilee Metals tries to win back the market with a credible operational update from Zambia; Araxi (formerly Capital Appreciation) posts softer headline numbers that mask an 80% surge in its core software earnings; a hostile takeover battle at Mustek nears its conclusion; and why a director selling shares at ASP Isotopes is not what it looks like. And in the second half — SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic are heading for public markets with a combined valuation pipeline of over $3 trillion. Alec draws the parallels with 1999, and asks the question Wall Street is afraid to answer: are we at the top?]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 9 June 2026: OpenAI and SpaceX IPOs; Israel-Iran truce; PPC profits; FIFA tourism struggles</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683976</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's Daybreak episode, OpenAI files for a fall IPO and SpaceX’s oversubscribed listing targets a $1.8 trillion valuation. Meanwhile, Israel and Iran ease strikes after Trump's intervention. <br />
<br />
Locally, a new AGOA proposal allows South African firms to opt out of BEE to avoid US tariffs, PPC's 84% profit surge triggers stock volatility, Bernard Montgomery reminisces on the old JSE floor, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup struggles with tourism forecasts. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 9 June 2026: OpenAI and SpaceX IPOs; Israel-Iran truce; PPC profits; FIFA tourism struggles</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:54</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's Daybreak episode, OpenAI files for a fall IPO and SpaceX’s oversubscribed listing targets a $1.8 trillion valuation. Meanwhile, Israel and Iran ease strikes after Trump's intervention. 

Locally, a new AGOA proposal allows South African firms to opt out of BEE to avoid US tariffs, PPC's 84% profit surge triggers stock volatility, Bernard Montgomery reminisces on the old JSE floor, and the 2026 FIFA World Cup struggles with tourism forecasts.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>The loudest room in South African finance: JSE floor traders reunite 30 years after the screen took over</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683804</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 1996, the JSE's open-outcry trading floor fell silent forever. Thirty years on, Irakli speaks to Bernie Montgomery — clerk-turned-broker — who recalls the chaos, camaraderie, and colourful lunches that defined an era before the screen took over. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The loudest room in South African finance: JSE floor traders reunite 30 years after the screen took over</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>5:50</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In June 1996, the JSE's open-outcry trading floor fell silent forever. Thirty years on, Irakli speaks to Bernie Montgomery — clerk-turned-broker — who recalls the chaos, camaraderie, and colourful lunches that defined an era before the screen took over.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BizNews Power Lunch: Markets don't reward good results — they reward surprises</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683757</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Omnia and Sygnia deliver standout half-year numbers and shareholders cheer. PPC posts 84% profit growth and the stock drops 3.5%. Alec Hogg unpacks three SENS announcements that tell you everything about how markets actually work — and why beating expectations matters more than beating last year. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BizNews Power Lunch: Markets don't reward good results — they reward surprises</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>11:24</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Omnia and Sygnia deliver standout half-year numbers and shareholders cheer. PPC posts 84% profit growth and the stock drops 3.5%. Alec Hogg unpacks three SENS announcements that tell you everything about how markets actually work — and why beating expectations matters more than beating last year.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 8 June 2026: Oil rises; R2bn hospital scandal; AGOA off-ramp proposal; Apple AI</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683484</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s Daybreak covers global market movements as oil ticks up amid Middle East tensions and tech shares slump globally. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Apple prepares to unveil its overhauled Siri and new AI features at WWDC.<br />
<br />
Locally, Lauren Evanthia addresses a massive R2 billion South African hospital scandal, Tara Roos breaks down Johannesburg's R200 billion infrastructure backlog and weak financial controls, and Sakeliga's Russell Lamberti proposes an AGOA "off-ramp" to shield compliant businesses from Pretoria's policy fallout. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 8 June 2026: Oil rises; R2bn hospital scandal; AGOA off-ramp proposal; Apple AI</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>15:13</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This morning’s Daybreak covers global market movements as oil ticks up amid Middle East tensions and tech shares slump globally. 

Meanwhile, Apple prepares to unveil its overhauled Siri and new AI features at WWDC.

Locally, Lauren Evanthia addresses a massive R2 billion South African hospital scandal, Tara Roos breaks down Johannesburg's R200 billion infrastructure backlog and weak financial controls, and Sakeliga's Russell Lamberti proposes an AGOA "off-ramp" to shield compliant businesses from Pretoria's policy fallout.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Sakeliga proposes ‘off-ramp’ to shield compliant businesses from US tariffs and ANC policy fallout</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683450</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) faces bipartisan scrutiny in Washington ahead of its December 2026 deadline, South African business group Sakeliga has submitted a radical new proposal for "subnational differentiation". Russell Lamberti explains how the plan would allow individual companies, municipalities, and provinces—like the Western Cape—to bypass looming punitive US trade tariffs. By directly verifying compliance with free-market principles and formally dissenting from the ANC's race-based BEE and expropriation policies, businesses could protect their access to crucial US export markets regardless of national government action. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Sakeliga proposes ‘off-ramp’ to shield compliant businesses from US tariffs and ANC policy fallout</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>31:17</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) faces bipartisan scrutiny in Washington ahead of its December 2026 deadline, South African business group Sakeliga has submitted a radical new proposal for "subnational differentiation". Russell Lamberti explains how the plan would allow individual companies, municipalities, and provinces—like the Western Cape—to bypass looming punitive US trade tariffs. By directly verifying compliance with free-market principles and formally dissenting from the ANC's race-based BEE and expropriation policies, businesses could protect their access to crucial US export markets regardless of national government action.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>The NdB Sunday Show: Lauren Evanthia - Tender tycoons, political treachery &amp; human tragedy…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683442</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn and Lauren Evanthia, the Founder of the Organic Humanity Movement, they talk about the authorities going after the R3million Bentley Continental GT that had belonged to President Cryil Ramaposa's nephew by marriage, Hangwani Morgan Maumela, who has been fingered as the Tembisa Hospital looting kingpin; criminal charges being laid against former Ekurhuleni City Manager Dr Imogen Mashazi who once turned up at a fashion event in an outfit estimated to have cost R3.5 million; NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim’s lifestyle under scrutiny with talk of a R5m custom-armoured BMW and an exclusive apartment; as well as the Zim wedding of a tenderpreneur’s son where the couple received US$20m in wedding gifts. Evanthia also comments on the re-defection of former MP Liam Jacobs back to the Democratic Alliance from the Patriotic Alliance; the deadly anti-immigrant riots; and plans to build South Africa’s biggest AI data centre in the Durban area. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The NdB Sunday Show: Lauren Evanthia - Tender tycoons, political treachery &amp; human tragedy…</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>34:14</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest edition of NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn and Lauren Evanthia, the Founder of the Organic Humanity Movement, they talk about the authorities going after the R3million Bentley Continental GT that had belonged to President Cryil Ramaposa's nephew by marriage, Hangwani Morgan Maumela, who has been fingered as the Tembisa Hospital looting kingpin; criminal charges being laid against former Ekurhuleni City Manager Dr Imogen Mashazi who once turned up at a fashion event in an outfit estimated to have cost R3.5 million; NUMSA General Secretary Irvin Jim’s lifestyle under scrutiny with talk of a R5m custom-armoured BMW and an exclusive apartment; as well as the Zim wedding of a tenderpreneur’s son where the couple received US$20m in wedding gifts. Evanthia also comments on the re-defection of former MP Liam Jacobs back to the Democratic Alliance from the Patriotic Alliance; the deadly anti-immigrant riots; and plans to build South Africa’s biggest AI data centre in the Durban area.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Joburg audit setback exposes R9.5bn bad debt burden</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1683093</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s financial crisis is deepening, with the Auditor-General revealing R9.5 billion in losses driven largely by electricity theft, water leaks and weak governance. An infrastructure backlog now estimated at R200 billion threatens service delivery in South Africa’s economic powerhouse. Analysts warn that years of poor oversight, mounting debt and a lack of accountability have left the city vulnerable to worsening power and water outages. With residents and businesses already feeling the strain, calls for urgent intervention are growing louder. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Joburg audit setback exposes R9.5bn bad debt burden</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>7:52</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s financial crisis is deepening, with the Auditor-General revealing R9.5 billion in losses driven largely by electricity theft, water leaks and weak governance. An infrastructure backlog now estimated at R200 billion threatens service delivery in South Africa’s economic powerhouse. Analysts warn that years of poor oversight, mounting debt and a lack of accountability have left the city vulnerable to worsening power and water outages. With residents and businesses already feeling the strain, calls for urgent intervention are growing louder.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 5 June 2026: US Ukraine aid; DRC Ebola outbreak; Athol Trollip on FMD; Cuba sanctions</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682982</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today on BizNews Daybreak, global updates reveal the US passing a key Ukraine aid bill, leveling strict new sanctions against Cuba, and racing to contain a Texas screw worm outbreak. <br />
<br />
Locally, Athol Trollip warns that slow cattle vaccinations are worsening South Africa's foot and mouth disease crisis. <br />
<br />
Plus, The Economist's Chief Africa Correspondent, John McDermott, analyses the logistics of a deadly, unvaccinated Ebola strain currently spreading through the eastern DRC. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 5 June 2026: US Ukraine aid; DRC Ebola outbreak; Athol Trollip on FMD; Cuba sanctions</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>14:54</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today on BizNews Daybreak, global updates reveal the US passing a key Ukraine aid bill, leveling strict new sanctions against Cuba, and racing to contain a Texas screw worm outbreak. 

Locally, Athol Trollip warns that slow cattle vaccinations are worsening South Africa's foot and mouth disease crisis. 

Plus, The Economist's Chief Africa Correspondent, John McDermott, analyses the logistics of a deadly, unvaccinated Ebola strain currently spreading through the eastern DRC.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Ebola outbreak in DRC grabs global attention - perfect storm of war, fear, and disease</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682765</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[John McDermott explores the unfolding Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, unpacking how transmission occurs, why the crisis is spreading, and what makes this strain particularly dangerous. He examines strained health systems, limited aid funding, and the challenge of vaccine development. The discussion situates the outbreak within broader regional conflict and mistrust, highlighting how geopolitics, poverty, and weak infrastructure complicate containment efforts while international partners race to respond. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Ebola outbreak in DRC grabs global attention - perfect storm of war, fear, and disease</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>26:31</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[John McDermott explores the unfolding Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, unpacking how transmission occurs, why the crisis is spreading, and what makes this strain particularly dangerous. He examines strained health systems, limited aid funding, and the challenge of vaccine development. The discussion situates the outbreak within broader regional conflict and mistrust, highlighting how geopolitics, poverty, and weak infrastructure complicate containment efforts while international partners race to respond.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Athol Trollip: Government’s FMD response is a “national disaster”</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682689</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Athol Trollip delivers a blistering critique of South Africa’s handling of the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, arguing that government bureaucracy and a state-controlled vaccination strategy are failing farmers and allowing the outbreak to spread. Drawing on decades of farming experience, the ActionSA parliamentary leader says commercial farmers should be empowered to vaccinate their own herds, while state resources focus on vulnerable rural communities. He warns that delays, poor execution and political stubbornness are deepening economic damage and could carry serious political consequences. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Athol Trollip: Government’s FMD response is a “national disaster”</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>32:34</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Athol Trollip delivers a blistering critique of South Africa’s handling of the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, arguing that government bureaucracy and a state-controlled vaccination strategy are failing farmers and allowing the outbreak to spread. Drawing on decades of farming experience, the ActionSA parliamentary leader says commercial farmers should be empowered to vaccinate their own herds, while state resources focus on vulnerable rural communities. He warns that delays, poor execution and political stubbornness are deepening economic damage and could carry serious political consequences.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 4 June 2026: Amazon Prime SA launch; US-Iran war vote; Illegal Number plates; UK leaders clash</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682555</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon has officially disrupted the local market by launching its full Prime offering in South Africa. <br />
<br />
Globally, SpaceX plans a historic $75 billion IPO, Broadcom's AI chip revenue forecasts disappoint, and a fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is renewed. <br />
<br />
Additionally, experts call for urgent action against South Africa’s rampant illegal number plate trade, while UK political leaders clash heavily in Parliament. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 4 June 2026: Amazon Prime SA launch; US-Iran war vote; Illegal Number plates; UK leaders clash</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>16:53</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amazon has officially disrupted the local market by launching its full Prime offering in South Africa. 

Globally, SpaceX plans a historic $75 billion IPO, Broadcom's AI chip revenue forecasts disappoint, and a fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is renewed. 

Additionally, experts call for urgent action against South Africa’s rampant illegal number plate trade, while UK political leaders clash heavily in Parliament.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Amazon Prime boss throws down gauntlet to Takealot in SA: &quot;We're just getting started&quot;</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682423</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon is turning up the heat in South Africa. Two years after launching its local marketplace, the e-commerce giant has officially rolled out Amazon Prime at a dramatically lower price, taking direct aim at Takealot. Global Prime chief Jamil Ghani explains why Amazon believes fast, free delivery, streaming, gaming and exclusive Prime Day deals can win over South African shoppers. He also reveals how Prime works, why it’s profitable, and what could be next for Amazon in the country. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Amazon Prime boss throws down gauntlet to Takealot in SA: &quot;We're just getting started&quot;</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>32:15</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Amazon is turning up the heat in South Africa. Two years after launching its local marketplace, the e-commerce giant has officially rolled out Amazon Prime at a dramatically lower price, taking direct aim at Takealot. Global Prime chief Jamil Ghani explains why Amazon believes fast, free delivery, streaming, gaming and exclusive Prime Day deals can win over South African shoppers. He also reveals how Prime works, why it’s profitable, and what could be next for Amazon in the country.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Kabelo Khumalo - Inside the Black Market of illegal number plates</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682332</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Business Day investigation has pried open South Africa's black market for number plates and found the price of entry close to nothing. In this interview with Irakli, Business Day Deputy Editor Kabelo Khumalo explains how reporters walked out of three Johannesburg establishments with plates after doing just one thing - writing a registration number on a piece of paper, with no ID, licence or vehicle registration required. He warns the trade is above all a security risk: "Number plates is as good as a DNA for an investigative officer… because now we can't even rely on those." It also opens the door to cloning, dragging law-abiding citizens into investigations "for crimes that they have nothing to do with". Khumalo says the body representing legal producers estimates as much as 40% of number plates issued in South Africa might be illegal, and that getting hold of them is now as simple as a trip to the shops "to buy bread and milk". He points to the country's only three manufacturers of blank plates — one of which, Uniplate, "admitted that the system is imperfect" — and to "a syndicate in the middle that is distorting the market in favour of the illicit". Tellingly, the illegal plates cost the same as the legal ones: "people are not driven to buy these plates because of pricing, but because they want to avoid law enforcement." The DA has written to the Ministers of Police, Trade & Industry and Transport to set up an inter-ministerial team, while the Competition Commission pursues the three manufacturers over alleged collusion on pricing. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Kabelo Khumalo - Inside the Black Market of illegal number plates</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>11:32</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Business Day investigation has pried open South Africa's black market for number plates and found the price of entry close to nothing. In this interview with Irakli, Business Day Deputy Editor Kabelo Khumalo explains how reporters walked out of three Johannesburg establishments with plates after doing just one thing - writing a registration number on a piece of paper, with no ID, licence or vehicle registration required. He warns the trade is above all a security risk: "Number plates is as good as a DNA for an investigative officer… because now we can't even rely on those." It also opens the door to cloning, dragging law-abiding citizens into investigations "for crimes that they have nothing to do with". Khumalo says the body representing legal producers estimates as much as 40% of number plates issued in South Africa might be illegal, and that getting hold of them is now as simple as a trip to the shops "to buy bread and milk". He points to the country's only three manufacturers of blank plates — one of which, Uniplate, "admitted that the system is imperfect" — and to "a syndicate in the middle that is distorting the market in favour of the illicit". Tellingly, the illegal plates cost the same as the legal ones: "people are not driven to buy these plates because of pricing, but because they want to avoid law enforcement." The DA has written to the Ministers of Police, Trade & Industry and Transport to set up an inter-ministerial team, while the Competition Commission pursues the three manufacturers over alleged collusion on pricing.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 3 June 2026: US tariffs; SPAR VAT fraud; Illicit number plates; Banking scams</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682153</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Globally, the US proposes major tariffs, and US-Iran peace talks face friction over the conflict in Lebanon. <br />
<br />
Locally, a Pretoria SPAR store faces severe tax fraud allegations, a Business Day investigation exposes rampant illicit number plate sales in Johannesburg, and an expert shares crucial tips to combat digital banking fraud. <br />
<br />
Finally, economist Mariana Mazzucato argues for purpose-driven corporate contracts. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 3 June 2026: US tariffs; SPAR VAT fraud; Illicit number plates; Banking scams</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>14:57</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Globally, the US proposes major tariffs, and US-Iran peace talks face friction over the conflict in Lebanon. 

Locally, a Pretoria SPAR store faces severe tax fraud allegations, a Business Day investigation exposes rampant illicit number plate sales in Johannesburg, and an expert shares crucial tips to combat digital banking fraud. 

Finally, economist Mariana Mazzucato argues for purpose-driven corporate contracts.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Spar’s VAT scandal: Unpacking the BDO investigation and corporate fallout</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1682025</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business Day journalist Nompilo Zulu unpacks allegations of VAT fraud and accounting irregularities at Spar’s Bloed Street Tops store, after a BDO due-diligence report flagged unreliable financials, alleged tax underdeclarations and stock-related concerns. Spar strongly disputes the claims, saying the matter relates to one store and follows a failed bid by businessman Amaan Sayed to rejoin the Spar network. With complaints now before regulators including the JSE, Saica and CIPC, Zulu explains what the report found, how Spar has responded, and what could come next. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Spar’s VAT scandal: Unpacking the BDO investigation and corporate fallout</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>8:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Business Day journalist Nompilo Zulu unpacks allegations of VAT fraud and accounting irregularities at Spar’s Bloed Street Tops store, after a BDO due-diligence report flagged unreliable financials, alleged tax underdeclarations and stock-related concerns. Spar strongly disputes the claims, saying the matter relates to one store and follows a failed bid by businessman Amaan Sayed to rejoin the Spar network. With complaints now before regulators including the JSE, Saica and CIPC, Zulu explains what the report found, how Spar has responded, and what could come next.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Bank fraud: Tricks &amp; tips — as SA banks face competition from newcomers… | Deshnee Govender</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1681930</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losses from digital banking fraud in South Africa are estimated to total at least a billion and a half Rand a year. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Governance, Compliance and Risk Expert Deshnee Govender, shares how the sophisticated modus operandi of bank fraudsters fool customers, and she shares tips to avoid being tricked by them. Deshnee also urges banks to have proper Governance, Compliance and Risk measures in place, and to submit employees to integrity testing and lifestyle audits. Meanwhile, she describes how the banking industry is being revolutionised. “There's…Revolut, a totally digital bank... It's currently operating in the UK and Europe, but it's got its license now to… operate in South Africa. Then as from next year, the PEPCOR group…coming out with their own bank… PlusB. So there's a lot of other players that are going to be entering the market as well. And I think the key…for the conventional banks…is to see who can actually manage the monies…of the citizens professionally and with integrity…those newcomers…are going to bring a different kind of vibe to the market. And I think citizens will be tempted to go to banks where you can be assured…that your resources are absolutely safe.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Bank fraud: Tricks &amp; tips — as SA banks face competition from newcomers… | Deshnee Govender</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>17:35</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Losses from digital banking fraud in South Africa are estimated to total at least a billion and a half Rand a year. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Governance, Compliance and Risk Expert Deshnee Govender, shares how the sophisticated modus operandi of bank fraudsters fool customers, and she shares tips to avoid being tricked by them. Deshnee also urges banks to have proper Governance, Compliance and Risk measures in place, and to submit employees to integrity testing and lifestyle audits. Meanwhile, she describes how the banking industry is being revolutionised. “There's…Revolut, a totally digital bank... It's currently operating in the UK and Europe, but it's got its license now to… operate in South Africa. Then as from next year, the PEPCOR group…coming out with their own bank… PlusB. So there's a lot of other players that are going to be entering the market as well. And I think the key…for the conventional banks…is to see who can actually manage the monies…of the citizens professionally and with integrity…those newcomers…are going to bring a different kind of vibe to the market. And I think citizens will be tempted to go to banks where you can be assured…that your resources are absolutely safe.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 2 June 2026: Trump Agri Tariffs; Nvidia chips; SA grid success; FMD vaccines</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Internationally, President Trump cuts agricultural equipment tariffs, Apple introduces an iPhone bill-splitting feature, and Nvidia debuts a $5 trillion PC AI chip. <br />
<br />
Locally, Free State’s community grid takeover triumphs, KZN lags behind in foot-and-mouth vaccinations, and analysts unpack the impeachment pressures facing President Ramaphosa. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 05:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 2 June 2026: Trump Agri Tariffs; Nvidia chips; SA grid success; FMD vaccines</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Internationally, President Trump cuts agricultural equipment tariffs, Apple introduces an iPhone bill-splitting feature, and Nvidia debuts a $5 trillion PC AI chip. 

Locally, Free State’s community grid takeover triumphs, KZN lags behind in foot-and-mouth vaccinations, and analysts unpack the impeachment pressures facing President Ramaphosa.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Rob Hersov: The small municipality that fixed itself — a blueprint to rescue South Africa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What happens when a community decides it’s had enough of municipal failure? In this compelling conversation, Rob Hersov explains how a small Free State municipality took matters into its own hands, restoring services, managing electricity distribution, collecting revenue, and driving local development. The result is a working model of public-private cooperation that could transform struggling municipalities across South Africa. From grassroots leadership to political change, this is a powerful story of resilience, innovation, and a practical blueprint for renewal. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Rob Hersov: The small municipality that fixed itself — a blueprint to rescue South Africa</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>30:51</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What happens when a community decides it’s had enough of municipal failure? In this compelling conversation, Rob Hersov explains how a small Free State municipality took matters into its own hands, restoring services, managing electricity distribution, collecting revenue, and driving local development. The result is a working model of public-private cooperation that could transform struggling municipalities across South Africa. From grassroots leadership to political change, this is a powerful story of resilience, innovation, and a practical blueprint for renewal.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>SpaceX at $1.75tn: Musk’s Wall Street moonshot — or science-fiction risk for investors? | FT Unhedged</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1681376</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[At $1.75 trillion, SpaceX is set to be the largest listing ever. Unhedged's Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong are joined by Lex editor John Foley to discuss Elon Musk's latest headline maker. The boy from Pretoria keeps remaking financial history. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>SpaceX at $1.75tn: Musk’s Wall Street moonshot — or science-fiction risk for investors? | FT Unhedged</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>24:01</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[At $1.75 trillion, SpaceX is set to be the largest listing ever. Unhedged's Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong are joined by Lex editor John Foley to discuss Elon Musk's latest headline maker. The boy from Pretoria keeps remaking financial history.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Andrew Morphew - Steenhuisen’s “stockpile of vaccines sitting” in State fridges</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Livestock farmers across South Africa remain desperate for the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak to be contained. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Andrew Morphew, the spokesperson for FMD Response SA, says: “The Industry Coordinating Council says that 1,3 million doses have been distributed to the province (KZN), whereas just over 600 000 doses have been administered. So there are a lot of vaccines which are sitting in fridges.” As for the whole country, Morphew says while there is a reported 13,5 million doses in the country currently, the Portfolio Committee has reported 3,8 million doses administered. “So there's a massive discrepancy…The department is obviously sitting on a very large stockpile of vaccines now. Make some of that available to the private sector so that people that want to vaccinate their animals can. Let us use the route that has been given to us by the court in order to get those vaccines into animals as fast as we possibly can.” Morphew reiterated that over 90% of commercial beef farmers in KZN had not had access to State vaccines, but “they say they've started vaccinating beef herds now”. Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen will give his update at a Press briefing today. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Andrew Morphew - Steenhuisen’s “stockpile of vaccines sitting” in State fridges</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>11:44</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Livestock farmers across South Africa remain desperate for the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak to be contained. In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, Andrew Morphew, the spokesperson for FMD Response SA, says: “The Industry Coordinating Council says that 1,3 million doses have been distributed to the province (KZN), whereas just over 600 000 doses have been administered. So there are a lot of vaccines which are sitting in fridges.” As for the whole country, Morphew says while there is a reported 13,5 million doses in the country currently, the Portfolio Committee has reported 3,8 million doses administered. “So there's a massive discrepancy…The department is obviously sitting on a very large stockpile of vaccines now. Make some of that available to the private sector so that people that want to vaccinate their animals can. Let us use the route that has been given to us by the court in order to get those vaccines into animals as fast as we possibly can.” Morphew reiterated that over 90% of commercial beef farmers in KZN had not had access to State vaccines, but “they say they've started vaccinating beef herds now”. Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen will give his update at a Press briefing today.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 1 June 2026: Oil Climbs; SpaceX IPO frenzy; BEE critiques; Chelsea Flower show Gold</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global energy markets watch closely as Brent crude climbs back past $93 a barrel amid a tense US-Iran stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, global investors rush into funds ahead of a massive, AI-linked SpaceX IPO. <br />
<br />
Businessman Sam Montši critiques BEE implementation, calling for unity over forced division. <br />
<br />
Finally, designer Leon Kluge overcomes severe weather to secure gold at the Chelsea Flower Show. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 1 June 2026: Oil Climbs; SpaceX IPO frenzy; BEE critiques; Chelsea Flower show Gold</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>15:55</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global energy markets watch closely as Brent crude climbs back past $93 a barrel amid a tense US-Iran stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, global investors rush into funds ahead of a massive, AI-linked SpaceX IPO. 

Businessman Sam Montši critiques BEE implementation, calling for unity over forced division. 

Finally, designer Leon Kluge overcomes severe weather to secure gold at the Chelsea Flower Show.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Cyril’s FBI trouble, Mashatile’s Flats move, Mkhwanazi’s award and the Woolies bombs| The NdB Sunday Show</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn talks to Lauren Evanthia, the Founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM), about the “walls closing in” on President Cyril Ramaphosa with a former Public Protector submitting a formal whistleblower’s report to FBI and the US Department of Justice on Phala Phala; the anti-Ramaphosa voices on this Impeachment Committee due to meet for the first time tomorrow; former President Jacob Zuma’s attack on the President for turning to the courts to try and stop the inquiry; as well as "President-in-waiting" Paul Mashatile’s Cape Flats “oversight visit”. They also talk about KZN Provincial Police Commissioner Lt.-Genl. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s response to being named Newsmaker of the Year, and the bomb explosions in Woolworths in two of South Africa’s capitals, Bloemfontein and Tshwane. As for the new tax proposed for Vehicle Licence renewals to support the beleaguered Road Accident Fund (RAF), Evanthia says: “So every time there's government failure, the answer is like, let's try tax the people more…There has to be a point where we as South Africans say, no, do your job as a government. We want to see our return on investment, or we're not going to pay up.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 14:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Cyril’s FBI trouble, Mashatile’s Flats move, Mkhwanazi’s award and the Woolies bombs| The NdB Sunday Show</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>27:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn talks to Lauren Evanthia, the Founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM), about the “walls closing in” on President Cyril Ramaphosa with a former Public Protector submitting a formal whistleblower’s report to FBI and the US Department of Justice on Phala Phala; the anti-Ramaphosa voices on this Impeachment Committee due to meet for the first time tomorrow; former President Jacob Zuma’s attack on the President for turning to the courts to try and stop the inquiry; as well as "President-in-waiting" Paul Mashatile’s Cape Flats “oversight visit”. They also talk about KZN Provincial Police Commissioner Lt.-Genl. Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s response to being named Newsmaker of the Year, and the bomb explosions in Woolworths in two of South Africa’s capitals, Bloemfontein and Tshwane. As for the new tax proposed for Vehicle Licence renewals to support the beleaguered Road Accident Fund (RAF), Evanthia says: “So every time there's government failure, the answer is like, let's try tax the people more…There has to be a point where we as South Africans say, no, do your job as a government. We want to see our return on investment, or we're not going to pay up.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>&quot;BEE pits black against white&quot;: The trailblazer who says empowerment got it wrong — Sam Montši</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defying Barriers is the memoir of a man told by his own government to vanish — and who turned the threat into a business empire spanning two countries. In this interview with Irakli, businessman and author Sam Montši recounts how a 1987 order to "disappear" from military-ruled Lesotho drove him into apartheid South Africa, where he joined the mighty South African Breweries. There, he says, "I was the first Black general manager in the SAB Group at the time. And white people, sadly, were not used to having a Black person overseeing them. So some of them behaved in an unfortunate fashion, and I had to get rid of one of them." Montši explains the operating instinct behind a portfolio that broke barriers from fishing to shipbuilding — "a business needs to move, and move fast" — and reflects candidly on succession, recalling how his son Arif joined him: "Dad, I'm coming to work with you. I'm not coming to work for you. I'm not going to carry your briefcase." He reveres Nelson Mandela as a nation builder — "we were lucky to have him when we had him" — but delivers a stinging critique of Black Economic Empowerment, charging that it "has pitted the Black man against the white person, rather than getting them to work together," and that requiring white firms to take on Black partners is "in a sense, suggesting that Black people cannot create these things themselves." Montši also shares the leadership philosophy that carried him from a Soweto childhood to West African boardrooms: "for you to shine, you must make the people that work directly under you shine." He outlines in detail the journey of crossing boundaries others said could not be crossed — and what it means to now hand the family business to the next generation. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>&quot;BEE pits black against white&quot;: The trailblazer who says empowerment got it wrong — Sam Montši</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>17:24</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Defying Barriers is the memoir of a man told by his own government to vanish — and who turned the threat into a business empire spanning two countries. In this interview with Irakli, businessman and author Sam Montši recounts how a 1987 order to "disappear" from military-ruled Lesotho drove him into apartheid South Africa, where he joined the mighty South African Breweries. There, he says, "I was the first Black general manager in the SAB Group at the time. And white people, sadly, were not used to having a Black person overseeing them. So some of them behaved in an unfortunate fashion, and I had to get rid of one of them." Montši explains the operating instinct behind a portfolio that broke barriers from fishing to shipbuilding — "a business needs to move, and move fast" — and reflects candidly on succession, recalling how his son Arif joined him: "Dad, I'm coming to work with you. I'm not coming to work for you. I'm not going to carry your briefcase." He reveres Nelson Mandela as a nation builder — "we were lucky to have him when we had him" — but delivers a stinging critique of Black Economic Empowerment, charging that it "has pitted the Black man against the white person, rather than getting them to work together," and that requiring white firms to take on Black partners is "in a sense, suggesting that Black people cannot create these things themselves." Montši also shares the leadership philosophy that carried him from a Soweto childhood to West African boardrooms: "for you to shine, you must make the people that work directly under you shine." He outlines in detail the journey of crossing boundaries others said could not be crossed — and what it means to now hand the family business to the next generation.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>How Leon Kluge, SA’s unofficial ambassador for Cape flora, struck gold at Chelsea for the third time</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1680886</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[To get Cape fynbos and proteas ready for the Chelsea Flower Show after wildfire one year and drenching rain the next is no small feat. But Leon Kluge, South Africa’s plant guru and master designer, has done it again. This year he returned from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, the world’s most prestigious floral showcase, with not only a Gold medal but also the coveted Best Exhibit in the Great Pavilion for Life After Fire. The display, one of South Africa’s largest ever at Chelsea, featured 20,000 stems, thousands of burnt protea branches and even blooms from the Drakensberg. In an interview with BizNews, Kluge describes the hurdles he and artist Tristan Woudberg faced, from hostile weather to the soaring cost of flights. South Africans will be able to see the exhibition in September in Stanford in the Overberg, an event dedicated to the community and the flower pickers who helped make it possible. Kluge says South Africa’s natural spaces are becoming fewer and more fragile, and that he sees it as his responsibility to tell the story of an ecosystem that is both uniquely vulnerable and admired around the world. – Linda van Tilburg ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 12:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>How Leon Kluge, SA’s unofficial ambassador for Cape flora, struck gold at Chelsea for the third time</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:05</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[To get Cape fynbos and proteas ready for the Chelsea Flower Show after wildfire one year and drenching rain the next is no small feat. But Leon Kluge, South Africa’s plant guru and master designer, has done it again. This year he returned from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, the world’s most prestigious floral showcase, with not only a Gold medal but also the coveted Best Exhibit in the Great Pavilion for Life After Fire. The display, one of South Africa’s largest ever at Chelsea, featured 20,000 stems, thousands of burnt protea branches and even blooms from the Drakensberg. In an interview with BizNews, Kluge describes the hurdles he and artist Tristan Woudberg faced, from hostile weather to the soaring cost of flights. South Africans will be able to see the exhibition in September in Stanford in the Overberg, an event dedicated to the community and the flower pickers who helped make it possible. Kluge says South Africa’s natural spaces are becoming fewer and more fragile, and that he sees it as his responsibility to tell the story of an ecosystem that is both uniquely vulnerable and admired around the world. – Linda van Tilburg]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 29 May 2026: US-Iran truce; DA ward win; Zille's plan; SpaceX IPO, Anthropic; Blue Origin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On today's BizNews Daybreak, pressure builds globally as the US and Iran edge toward a tentative 60-day ceasefire. Plus, we bring you the latest market-moving updates on Dell, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Anthropic.<br />
<br />
In South Africa, the Democratic Alliance (DA) achieved a sensational, historic victory by winning its first-ever pure township ward in Evaton West from the ANC. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, analysts debate Helen Zille’s 45% coalition strategy in Johannesburg and the DA's principled test regarding the Ramaphosa impeachment inquiry. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 05:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 29 May 2026: US-Iran truce; DA ward win; Zille's plan; SpaceX IPO, Anthropic; Blue Origin</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On today's BizNews Daybreak, pressure builds globally as the US and Iran edge toward a tentative 60-day ceasefire. Plus, we bring you the latest market-moving updates on Dell, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Anthropic.

In South Africa, the Democratic Alliance (DA) achieved a sensational, historic victory by winning its first-ever pure township ward in Evaton West from the ANC. 

Meanwhile, analysts debate Helen Zille’s 45% coalition strategy in Johannesburg and the DA's principled test regarding the Ramaphosa impeachment inquiry.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Historic win for DA in ANC stronghold township | Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1680401</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this edition of The Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Supremo Wayne Sussman describes how the Democratic Alliance (DA) has made history by winning its first ever township ward: “Emfuleni, Evaton is an historic ANC stronghold. And last night the DA achieved something sensational. They are able to win its first ever pure township ward, hundred percent township ward, not just in a by-election, but ever…” However, the African National Congress (ANC) did continue its “very good run” in Northwest where they had “an emphatic victory” in a Mahikeng ward, growing from 58% of the vote to 73%. These by-elections took place against the backdrop of a chilling warning from SCOPA that municipalities across the country are unviable, and the ANC NEC moving to make local government reform its singular focus. Says Sussman: “The ANC, particularly after that Gauteng result, is on the back foot now and needs to find great candidates which can connect with communities, find credible mayoral candidates which can turn the negative sentiment towards the party in Gauteng and in many other parts of the country around. This is a key, key few weeks for them.” Meanwhile, Jo’burg residents are facing more steep tariff hikes. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 10:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Historic win for DA in ANC stronghold township | Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>18:17</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this edition of The Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Supremo Wayne Sussman describes how the Democratic Alliance (DA) has made history by winning its first ever township ward: “Emfuleni, Evaton is an historic ANC stronghold. And last night the DA achieved something sensational. They are able to win its first ever pure township ward, hundred percent township ward, not just in a by-election, but ever…” However, the African National Congress (ANC) did continue its “very good run” in Northwest where they had “an emphatic victory” in a Mahikeng ward, growing from 58% of the vote to 73%. These by-elections took place against the backdrop of a chilling warning from SCOPA that municipalities across the country are unviable, and the ANC NEC moving to make local government reform its singular focus. Says Sussman: “The ANC, particularly after that Gauteng result, is on the back foot now and needs to find great candidates which can connect with communities, find credible mayoral candidates which can turn the negative sentiment towards the party in Gauteng and in many other parts of the country around. This is a key, key few weeks for them.” Meanwhile, Jo’burg residents are facing more steep tariff hikes.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 28 May 2026: Hormuz deal contradictions; US rate hikes; SA political &amp; farming crises</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1680279</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we cover mixed signals regarding a US-Iran deal, defensive airstrikes in Bandar Abbas, and escalating Israeli operations against Hezbollah. In corporate news, Snowflake’s stock surges 35% on an AWS partnership, while Fed Governor Lisa Cook warns of potential interest rate hikes. <br />
<br />
Locally, political commentator Solly Moeng breaks down the impeachment pressure facing President Ramaphosa, and SAAI CEO Francois Rossouw discusses potential massive damages claims against Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen over livestock vaccines. <br />
<br />
Finally, strategist Edward Yardeni breaks down the S&P 500's "fabulous earnings momentum" and the scarcity of buying the dip. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 05:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 28 May 2026: Hormuz deal contradictions; US rate hikes; SA political &amp; farming crises</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>12:54</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we cover mixed signals regarding a US-Iran deal, defensive airstrikes in Bandar Abbas, and escalating Israeli operations against Hezbollah. In corporate news, Snowflake’s stock surges 35% on an AWS partnership, while Fed Governor Lisa Cook warns of potential interest rate hikes. 

Locally, political commentator Solly Moeng breaks down the impeachment pressure facing President Ramaphosa, and SAAI CEO Francois Rossouw discusses potential massive damages claims against Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen over livestock vaccines. 

Finally, strategist Edward Yardeni breaks down the S&P 500's "fabulous earnings momentum" and the scarcity of buying the dip.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Solly Moeng: Impeachment drama — Cyril fights, Mashatile waits, and SA is watching the DA…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The possible impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa seems one step closer with the composition of a “very diverse, multi-party” Impeachment Committee, but the President is fighting back with a court bid to try and stop the inquiry. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng describes how the President is “kicking the ball down the road” and “trying to buy more time” whilst facing “people who want him to be removed because maybe it'll advance their chances towards power through coalitions”, while “others want him to be removed because what he did is wrong”. As for Deputy President Paul Mashatile waiting in the wings: “I fear that if he were to become president, he might not be friendly towards the criminal justice system. The same way that Zuma came into the Presidency running away from the long arm of the law. And people like that coming there, the first thing they do is to ensure that they will weaken any part of the State that might go after them for stuff they did or they are alleged to have done in the past.” As for how the Democratic Alliance (DA) is likely to emerge from the impeachment process, Moeng says: “Now they have an opportunity to show that they still stand for the principle that they've always promoted themselves to be standing for.” He also comments on anti-immigrant protests that have sparked urgent government talks at the Union Buildings to formulate a national plan to deal with the rising xenophobia in South Africa. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Solly Moeng: Impeachment drama — Cyril fights, Mashatile waits, and SA is watching the DA…</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>13:15</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The possible impeachment of President Cyril Ramaphosa seems one step closer with the composition of a “very diverse, multi-party” Impeachment Committee, but the President is fighting back with a court bid to try and stop the inquiry. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Political Commentator Solly Moeng describes how the President is “kicking the ball down the road” and “trying to buy more time” whilst facing “people who want him to be removed because maybe it'll advance their chances towards power through coalitions”, while “others want him to be removed because what he did is wrong”. As for Deputy President Paul Mashatile waiting in the wings: “I fear that if he were to become president, he might not be friendly towards the criminal justice system. The same way that Zuma came into the Presidency running away from the long arm of the law. And people like that coming there, the first thing they do is to ensure that they will weaken any part of the State that might go after them for stuff they did or they are alleged to have done in the past.” As for how the Democratic Alliance (DA) is likely to emerge from the impeachment process, Moeng says: “Now they have an opportunity to show that they still stand for the principle that they've always promoted themselves to be standing for.” He also comments on anti-immigrant protests that have sparked urgent government talks at the Union Buildings to formulate a national plan to deal with the rising xenophobia in South Africa.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 27 May 2026: SA farming vaccine victory; Gaza airstrikes; Ebola quarantine; BN portfolio insights</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679873</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, South African farmers win a massive High Court order against Agriculture Minister John Steinhauser over livestock vaccine restrictions. <br />
<br />
Globally, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza target new Hamas military leader Mohammed Odeh, while the US deploys health officers to Kenya to establish an Ebola quarantine facility. <br />
<br />
Back home, Alec Hogg emphasizes long-term market conviction for deeply discounted local stocks like Purple Capital, Afrimat, We Buy Cars, and Pick n Pay. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 06:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 27 May 2026: SA farming vaccine victory; Gaza airstrikes; Ebola quarantine; BN portfolio insights</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>12:40</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, South African farmers win a massive High Court order against Agriculture Minister John Steinhauser over livestock vaccine restrictions. 

Globally, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza target new Hamas military leader Mohammed Odeh, while the US deploys health officers to Kenya to establish an Ebola quarantine facility. 

Back home, Alec Hogg emphasizes long-term market conviction for deeply discounted local stocks like Purple Capital, Afrimat, We Buy Cars, and Pick n Pay.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Francois Rossouw - “Lying” Steenhuisen faces big damage claims from farmers</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679591</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Agricultural Minister John Steenhuisen is facing huge damage claims from livestock farmers following a High Court order against him. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Southern African Afgri Initiative (Saai) CEO Francois Rousseau says the court found that the Minister and his department were “unlawfully prohibiting farmers from vaccinating their own cattle” and ordered that he “cannot interfere in the supply of or in the business transaction relating to the supply of vaccines coming into the country”. Roussouw says he hopes farmers suing the Minister for damages will succeed because “this was an absolute abuse of power”. He further charges: “This is someone who had no expertise whatsoever, appointed people with expertise on these different advisory committees, but he just used them to legitimise his actions…I do think he lied intentionally on a number of occasions and for that, farmers should hold him accountable.”<br />
Roussow outlines all the practical implications of the judgment for livestock farmers with regards to supply, procurement and administration. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 10:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Francois Rossouw - “Lying” Steenhuisen faces big damage claims from farmers</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>12:38</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Agricultural Minister John Steenhuisen is facing huge damage claims from livestock farmers following a High Court order against him. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Southern African Afgri Initiative (Saai) CEO Francois Rousseau says the court found that the Minister and his department were “unlawfully prohibiting farmers from vaccinating their own cattle” and ordered that he “cannot interfere in the supply of or in the business transaction relating to the supply of vaccines coming into the country”. Roussouw says he hopes farmers suing the Minister for damages will succeed because “this was an absolute abuse of power”. He further charges: “This is someone who had no expertise whatsoever, appointed people with expertise on these different advisory committees, but he just used them to legitimise his actions…I do think he lied intentionally on a number of occasions and for that, farmers should hold him accountable.”
Roussow outlines all the practical implications of the judgment for livestock farmers with regards to supply, procurement and administration.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 26 May 2026: US-Iran spikes; Pope's AI alert; PnP cost cuts; Rand optimism; Madlanga commission</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679448</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's BizNews Daybreak episode analyses US self-defense strikes in Iran amidst delicate diplomatic efforts. At the Vatican, Pope Leo and Anthropic’s co-founder launched an encyclical warning against AI risks. <br />
<br />
Locally, Dr. Frans Cronje unpacks fracturing political coalitions, while Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers defends painful labor cost restructurings.<br />
<br />
We also cover calls for criminal justice reform, Johannesburg’s deepening infrastructure crisis, and the market optimism driving a stronger rand. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 26 May 2026: US-Iran spikes; Pope's AI alert; PnP cost cuts; Rand optimism; Madlanga commission</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>14:58</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Today's BizNews Daybreak episode analyses US self-defense strikes in Iran amidst delicate diplomatic efforts. At the Vatican, Pope Leo and Anthropic’s co-founder launched an encyclical warning against AI risks. 

Locally, Dr. Frans Cronje unpacks fracturing political coalitions, while Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers defends painful labor cost restructurings.

We also cover calls for criminal justice reform, Johannesburg’s deepening infrastructure crisis, and the market optimism driving a stronger rand.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Shirley de Villiers: Joburg's last rites</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679335</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg's mayor Dada Morero delivered his State of the City address from a cathedral this week — complete with a marching band and a reading of the Lord's Prayer. But behind the pageantry, South Africa's biggest city is staring down billions in debt, a crumbling water network, and a power utility threatening to pull the plug. In this interview with Irakli, Currency Senior Reporter Shirley de Villiers picks apart Morero's claims of a fully funded budget and targets met, warning that "it fell apart out of the gates" — from misleading Cape Town comparisons to a city "owed 25 billion by debtors" but with "only 4 billion cash on hand". On Eskom's threat to cut power over a R5.2bn debt, de Villiers is blunt: "Joburg doesn't have the money...I presume it would be rotational power cuts and essentially residents being left in the dark when they have paid for their services." And Joburg, she warns, is no outlier — "116 of them have unfunded budgets, 162 of them are in financial distress...It's the result of poor leadership, poor governance, patronage politics, corruption and ineptitude." With local government elections looming in November, this is almost certainly Morero's last State of the City address — and quite possibly the ANC's last chance to convince residents it can still govern the country's economic heartland. On current evidence, the residents can but pray. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 16:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Shirley de Villiers: Joburg's last rites</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>8:27</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Johannesburg's mayor Dada Morero delivered his State of the City address from a cathedral this week — complete with a marching band and a reading of the Lord's Prayer. But behind the pageantry, South Africa's biggest city is staring down billions in debt, a crumbling water network, and a power utility threatening to pull the plug. In this interview with Irakli, Currency Senior Reporter Shirley de Villiers picks apart Morero's claims of a fully funded budget and targets met, warning that "it fell apart out of the gates" — from misleading Cape Town comparisons to a city "owed 25 billion by debtors" but with "only 4 billion cash on hand". On Eskom's threat to cut power over a R5.2bn debt, de Villiers is blunt: "Joburg doesn't have the money...I presume it would be rotational power cuts and essentially residents being left in the dark when they have paid for their services." And Joburg, she warns, is no outlier — "116 of them have unfunded budgets, 162 of them are in financial distress...It's the result of poor leadership, poor governance, patronage politics, corruption and ineptitude." With local government elections looming in November, this is almost certainly Morero's last State of the City address — and quite possibly the ANC's last chance to convince residents it can still govern the country's economic heartland. On current evidence, the residents can but pray.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Dr Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza: Mkhwanazi &quot;dragged South Africa out of the mud…&quot;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry restoring people's faith in commissions, Dr Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza, Chairman of the Safer South Africa Foundation, tells Chris Steyn why the Madlanga Commission has been so effective in sharp contrast with the Zondo Commission. He describes the impact on both the SAPS and the criminal underworld of the unprecedented Press Conference in which KZN Provincial Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi stunned the country with charges of police and political capture. “He helped this country in various ways. In fact, he took this country……out of mud to bring… the information to those who have got the capacity to clean the country…we want the President to deal with this matter in a very decisive way. We expect him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to act very decisively on the matters that the Madlanga Commission are dealing with.” As for the other pillars of the Criminal Justice Cluster, Dr Cebekhulu-Makhaza says: “...There is a problem in the Department of Justice… the underworld has infiltrated them...the Department of Justice must not try to...…hide what Mkhwanazi has revealed because everybody knows what has happened. I'm happy that Madlanga...will overlap into those terrains and reveal to us what is happening in those terrains and also in Correctional Services.” Dr Cebekhulu-Makhaza outlines in detail all the urgent reforms needed to restore credibility, accountability and operation effectiveness with the criminal justice system. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Dr Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza: Mkhwanazi &quot;dragged South Africa out of the mud…&quot;</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>31:16</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[With the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry restoring people's faith in commissions, Dr Zizamele Cebekhulu-Makhaza, Chairman of the Safer South Africa Foundation, tells Chris Steyn why the Madlanga Commission has been so effective in sharp contrast with the Zondo Commission. He describes the impact on both the SAPS and the criminal underworld of the unprecedented Press Conference in which KZN Provincial Police Commissioner General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi stunned the country with charges of police and political capture. “He helped this country in various ways. In fact, he took this country……out of mud to bring… the information to those who have got the capacity to clean the country…we want the President to deal with this matter in a very decisive way. We expect him as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to act very decisively on the matters that the Madlanga Commission are dealing with.” As for the other pillars of the Criminal Justice Cluster, Dr Cebekhulu-Makhaza says: “...There is a problem in the Department of Justice… the underworld has infiltrated them...the Department of Justice must not try to...…hide what Mkhwanazi has revealed because everybody knows what has happened. I'm happy that Madlanga...will overlap into those terrains and reveal to us what is happening in those terrains and also in Correctional Services.” Dr Cebekhulu-Makhaza outlines in detail all the urgent reforms needed to restore credibility, accountability and operation effectiveness with the criminal justice system.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Pick 'n Pay CEO Sean Summers: We had to burn billions to save the company</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679283</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sean Summers, CEO of Pick n Pay, outlines a tough but deliberate turnaround for the retailer as it battles market volatility, labour tensions and legacy costs. In a frank interview, he defends short-term share price swings and emphasises long-term value creation through restructuring and investment in stores and Boxer. He insists the goal is a sustainable, competitive future rather than quick fixes, despite pressure from losses, inflation and ongoing negotiations with unions and suppliers across South Africa’s retail sector today. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 14:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Pick 'n Pay CEO Sean Summers: We had to burn billions to save the company</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>24:25</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sean Summers, CEO of Pick n Pay, outlines a tough but deliberate turnaround for the retailer as it battles market volatility, labour tensions and legacy costs. In a frank interview, he defends short-term share price swings and emphasises long-term value creation through restructuring and investment in stores and Boxer. He insists the goal is a sustainable, competitive future rather than quick fixes, despite pressure from losses, inflation and ongoing negotiations with unions and suppliers across South Africa’s retail sector today.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Dr Frans Cronje: The ANC is sleepwalking into disaster, but South Africa may still survive</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa stands at a political crossroads. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Frans Cronje unpacks the fragile future of the GNU, coalition chaos ahead of local elections, ANC infighting, and the economic risks of a radical policy shift. From Johannesburg’s crumbling infrastructure to the resilience of South Africa’s private sector, Cronje argues voters are becoming more pragmatic while politicians remain trapped in ideology. He also weighs the prospects of Patrice Motsepe, warns of possible “balkanisation,” and explains why the country may still avoid total collapse. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 12:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Dr Frans Cronje: The ANC is sleepwalking into disaster, but South Africa may still survive</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>45:19</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South Africa stands at a political crossroads. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Frans Cronje unpacks the fragile future of the GNU, coalition chaos ahead of local elections, ANC infighting, and the economic risks of a radical policy shift. From Johannesburg’s crumbling infrastructure to the resilience of South Africa’s private sector, Cronje argues voters are becoming more pragmatic while politicians remain trapped in ideology. He also weighs the prospects of Patrice Motsepe, warns of possible “balkanisation,” and explains why the country may still avoid total collapse.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 25 May 2026: Strait of Hormuz progress; Kyiv missile hits; SA voter crisis; Coalition warnings</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679069</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we highlight progress on a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, shifting crude oil prices, a paused US arms sale to Taiwan, and a massive Russian hypersonic missile attack near Kyiv.<br />
<br />
In South Africa, Lauren Evanthia argues that a true 39% voter turnout in 2024 reflects systemic collapse and a lack of hope, urging an end to party politics. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Helen Zille warns that the DA needs an outright majority to fix Johannesburg, fearing another fragile, multi-party coalition driven by jobs and tenders. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 05:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 25 May 2026: Strait of Hormuz progress; Kyiv missile hits; SA voter crisis; Coalition warnings</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>14:02</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we highlight progress on a US-Iran deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, shifting crude oil prices, a paused US arms sale to Taiwan, and a massive Russian hypersonic missile attack near Kyiv.

In South Africa, Lauren Evanthia argues that a true 39% voter turnout in 2024 reflects systemic collapse and a lack of hope, urging an end to party politics. 

Meanwhile, Helen Zille warns that the DA needs an outright majority to fix Johannesburg, fearing another fragile, multi-party coalition driven by jobs and tenders.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Pandor’s home invasion; Gayton, CR in GNU “held up by toothpicks”; Papa Penny ditches Zuma; murder in Kruger…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1679034</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, hosted by Chris Steyn, Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM), analyses Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie’s unwavering support for President Cyril Ramaphosa in a GNU that “it is really held up by toothpicks at this moment…in a last ditch effort to try hold some semblance of normality so our economy doesn't completely crumbles”; former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen’s performance in Parliament; why his party is at “a little bit at a crisis point” and have “reached the maximum capacity of support”; continuing chaos at former President Jacob Zuma’s MKP with MP Papa Penny off to Floyd Shivambu’s new party; and the apparent support among blacks on social media for FF Plus Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald. Questioning the accuracy of the latest crime statistics, Evanthia also comments on the armed invasion this weekend at the home of former International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor. “I think when things like this happen to people in power, are they going to wake up and actually do something? History says no...” Meanwhile, she warns that the murder of two tourists in the Kruger National Park - the first in its history - is bound to be a huge blow to much needed tourism. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 12:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Pandor’s home invasion; Gayton, CR in GNU “held up by toothpicks”; Papa Penny ditches Zuma; murder in Kruger…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>22:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, hosted by Chris Steyn, Lauren Evanthia, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM), analyses Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie’s unwavering support for President Cyril Ramaphosa in a GNU that “it is really held up by toothpicks at this moment…in a last ditch effort to try hold some semblance of normality so our economy doesn't completely crumbles”; former Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen’s performance in Parliament; why his party is at “a little bit at a crisis point” and have “reached the maximum capacity of support”; continuing chaos at former President Jacob Zuma’s MKP with MP Papa Penny off to Floyd Shivambu’s new party; and the apparent support among blacks on social media for FF Plus Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald. Questioning the accuracy of the latest crime statistics, Evanthia also comments on the armed invasion this weekend at the home of former International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor. “I think when things like this happen to people in power, are they going to wake up and actually do something? History says no...” Meanwhile, she warns that the murder of two tourists in the Kruger National Park - the first in its history - is bound to be a huge blow to much needed tourism.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Centurion student Talita Brits wins global attention with one-take drama ‘Ongeluk’</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678760</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young South African filmmaker is heading to Hollywood after her one‑take student film, Ongeluk, rose above more than 8,400 global entries to secure a place in the 2026 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards. Centurion’s Talita Brits, 24, will join four other finalists in Los Angeles for a week of masterclasses at Sony Pictures Studios ahead of the gala ceremony on 11 June. Brits told BizNews about the chaos of shooting a high‑stakes, low‑budget film in a single take and why she gravitates toward stories that push audiences to confront uncomfortable ethical choices. Her next project, part of her honours research at the Open Window Institute, explores one of filmmaking’s most sensitive challenges: how to portray suicide responsibly. She hopes her work will help young people speak more openly about mental health, depression, anxiety and cyberbullying. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Centurion student Talita Brits wins global attention with one-take drama ‘Ongeluk’</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>10:55</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A young South African filmmaker is heading to Hollywood after her one‑take student film, Ongeluk, rose above more than 8,400 global entries to secure a place in the 2026 Sony Future Filmmaker Awards. Centurion’s Talita Brits, 24, will join four other finalists in Los Angeles for a week of masterclasses at Sony Pictures Studios ahead of the gala ceremony on 11 June. Brits told BizNews about the chaos of shooting a high‑stakes, low‑budget film in a single take and why she gravitates toward stories that push audiences to confront uncomfortable ethical choices. Her next project, part of her honours research at the Open Window Institute, explores one of filmmaking’s most sensitive challenges: how to portray suicide responsibly. She hopes her work will help young people speak more openly about mental health, depression, anxiety and cyberbullying.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Helen Zille: “Johannesburg is on the brink of collapse” — Inside her plan to save SA’s biggest city</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678574</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen Zille says Johannesburg’s crisis is far worse than she imagined, warning the city faces financial collapse, crumbling infrastructure, and coalition chaos. In this wide-ranging interview, she outlines her plan to restore water, electricity, roads, and investor confidence while exposing deep governance failures, corruption, and “last lap looting” inside the metro. Zille argues only a DA majority can deliver stability and prevent Johannesburg from sliding further into dysfunction. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 08:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Helen Zille: “Johannesburg is on the brink of collapse” — Inside her plan to save SA’s biggest city</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>33:13</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Helen Zille says Johannesburg’s crisis is far worse than she imagined, warning the city faces financial collapse, crumbling infrastructure, and coalition chaos. In this wide-ranging interview, she outlines her plan to restore water, electricity, roads, and investor confidence while exposing deep governance failures, corruption, and “last lap looting” inside the metro. Zille argues only a DA majority can deliver stability and prevent Johannesburg from sliding further into dysfunction.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 22 May 2026: Zille slams Joburg budget; Roodt on Crypto; Hoatson urges pushback; and Gupta delays</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678475</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we cover the latest business and political updates. On the international front, US-Iran tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz tolls, while SpaceX scrubs its 12th Starship test mission. <br />
<br />
Locally, Helen Zille warns of Johannesburg’s collapsing municipal budget and failing infrastructure, economist Dawie Roodt discusses Treasury's futile attempts to control crypto-assets, and thirsty CEO Rob Hoatson urges businesses to fight state dysfunction. <br />
<br />
Finally, AfriForum demands transparency regarding the delayed extradition of the Guptas. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 05:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 22 May 2026: Zille slams Joburg budget; Roodt on Crypto; Hoatson urges pushback; and Gupta delays</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>15:26</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we cover the latest business and political updates. On the international front, US-Iran tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz tolls, while SpaceX scrubs its 12th Starship test mission. 

Locally, Helen Zille warns of Johannesburg’s collapsing municipal budget and failing infrastructure, economist Dawie Roodt discusses Treasury's futile attempts to control crypto-assets, and thirsty CEO Rob Hoatson urges businesses to fight state dysfunction. 

Finally, AfriForum demands transparency regarding the delayed extradition of the Guptas.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Rob Hoatson: Time for business to stand up, push back — and why THIRSTI is betting R300m on SA</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678309</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg sits down with THIRSTI founder and CEO Rob Hoatson at the company’s Tulbagh bottling plant for a wide-ranging discussion on state overreach, private-sector investment, Woolworths, counterfeit bottled water, the informal market and South Africa’s looming water infrastructure challenge. Hoatson explains why his family business continues to invest heavily in SA, why standing up to abuse matters, and how THIRSTI has built a differentiated brand in a fast-growing market. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Rob Hoatson: Time for business to stand up, push back — and why THIRSTI is betting R300m on SA</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>32:27</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg sits down with THIRSTI founder and CEO Rob Hoatson at the company’s Tulbagh bottling plant for a wide-ranging discussion on state overreach, private-sector investment, Woolworths, counterfeit bottled water, the informal market and South Africa’s looming water infrastructure challenge. Hoatson explains why his family business continues to invest heavily in SA, why standing up to abuse matters, and how THIRSTI has built a differentiated brand in a fast-growing market.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Treasury's crypto crackdown changes everything: Dawie Roodt warns SA’s government is losing control</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678257</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s crypto crackdown has sparked outrage among investors - but economist Dawie Roodt says Treasury is fighting technology it doesn’t understand. In this wide-ranging interview, he unpacks stablecoins, tax fears, oil shocks, inflation risks and why the future of money could reshape banking, government control and the economy itself. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Treasury's crypto crackdown changes everything: Dawie Roodt warns SA’s government is losing control</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>29:48</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South Africa’s crypto crackdown has sparked outrage among investors - but economist Dawie Roodt says Treasury is fighting technology it doesn’t understand. In this wide-ranging interview, he unpacks stablecoins, tax fears, oil shocks, inflation risks and why the future of money could reshape banking, government control and the economy itself.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Jacques Broodryk - AfriForum goes after the elusive Guptas…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678196</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[AfriForum has asked the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andy Mothibi, for an urgent update on the much delayed extradition of the Guptas who allegedly benefited from State Capture to the tune of between R50 and R70 billion. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Chief Spokesperson: Community Safety, says it is possible that the Guptas still enjoy protection from South African politicians. “And I think the main reason for that would be that there are other people who are still implicated in their misdeeds as well. People who aren't hiding in the UAE, but people who are still living within the borders of our country.” Broodryk goes on to vow “...this is definitely something that we're not going to let go. Even if it takes us years…I think we've proven ourselves, that we don't let matters go. Look at the Julius Malema case, for instance, the firearms case that took us eight years of continuous pressure and continuous following up to ensure that justice was served and it was eventually - and we're planning to do the same with this Gupta matter.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Jacques Broodryk - AfriForum goes after the elusive Guptas…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>9:54</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[AfriForum has asked the National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andy Mothibi, for an urgent update on the much delayed extradition of the Guptas who allegedly benefited from State Capture to the tune of between R50 and R70 billion. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Jacques Broodryk, AfriForum’s Chief Spokesperson: Community Safety, says it is possible that the Guptas still enjoy protection from South African politicians. “And I think the main reason for that would be that there are other people who are still implicated in their misdeeds as well. People who aren't hiding in the UAE, but people who are still living within the borders of our country.” Broodryk goes on to vow “...this is definitely something that we're not going to let go. Even if it takes us years…I think we've proven ourselves, that we don't let matters go. Look at the Julius Malema case, for instance, the firearms case that took us eight years of continuous pressure and continuous following up to ensure that justice was served and it was eventually - and we're planning to do the same with this Gupta matter.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 21 May 2026: Nvidia; SpaceX; Anthropic; Fed Hikes; Oil Shock; SA Infrastructure; Hartley on BRICS</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1678041</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, Nvidia delivers an upbeat sales forecast and multi-billion-dollar buyback plan, while SpaceX prepares for the world’s largest ever IPO. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Anthropic reports surging Claude revenue, and Fed minutes signal potential interest rate hikes. In global affairs, Middle East tensions cause oil market volatility, raising economic risks for South Africa's rand.<br />
<br />
Plus, experts discuss South African infrastructure decay and the growing identity crisis within BRICs. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 21 May 2026: Nvidia; SpaceX; Anthropic; Fed Hikes; Oil Shock; SA Infrastructure; Hartley on BRICS</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>12:37</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, Nvidia delivers an upbeat sales forecast and multi-billion-dollar buyback plan, while SpaceX prepares for the world’s largest ever IPO. 

Meanwhile, Anthropic reports surging Claude revenue, and Fed minutes signal potential interest rate hikes. In global affairs, Middle East tensions cause oil market volatility, raising economic risks for South Africa's rand.

Plus, experts discuss South African infrastructure decay and the growing identity crisis within BRICs.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>George Glynos - The Rand's Reckoning</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677950</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South African rand looks resilient - but George Glynos warns that appearances are dangerously deceiving. In this interview with Irakli, ETM Analytics Co-Founder and Head of Research lays out exactly why the risks are building asymmetrically against the rand - and why complacency could prove costly.<br />
On the scale of the current oil shock, Glynos is unambiguous: "You're talking about a hit of in excess of 20-odd percent of the world's oil supply. Compare that to the 1973 embargo or the 1979 Iranian revolution — those removed 6 to 7%. This is categorically different."<br />
On why the rand hasn't moved yet — and why that itself is the warning sign: "The Rand hasn't responded strongly to it yet, which ultimately means that it is a little vulnerable. Should the shock extend, the greater the likelihood that the Rand will come under some pressure."<br />
And on South Africa's fuel supply specifically, Glynos raises an alarm few are talking about: "If we're not able to source that refined fuel from the Persian Gulf, then all of a sudden I think we're going to find ourselves in a more stressed environment — with vast implications for the economy. How mines run, how high-energy sectors run."<br />
The verdict is stark: either this war ends quickly and the terms of trade recover — or the rand adjusts sharply to reflect the damage already done to South Africa's trade balance. There is, Glynos says, no third option. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>George Glynos - The Rand's Reckoning</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>11:52</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The South African rand looks resilient - but George Glynos warns that appearances are dangerously deceiving. In this interview with Irakli, ETM Analytics Co-Founder and Head of Research lays out exactly why the risks are building asymmetrically against the rand - and why complacency could prove costly.
On the scale of the current oil shock, Glynos is unambiguous: "You're talking about a hit of in excess of 20-odd percent of the world's oil supply. Compare that to the 1973 embargo or the 1979 Iranian revolution — those removed 6 to 7%. This is categorically different."
On why the rand hasn't moved yet — and why that itself is the warning sign: "The Rand hasn't responded strongly to it yet, which ultimately means that it is a little vulnerable. Should the shock extend, the greater the likelihood that the Rand will come under some pressure."
And on South Africa's fuel supply specifically, Glynos raises an alarm few are talking about: "If we're not able to source that refined fuel from the Persian Gulf, then all of a sudden I think we're going to find ourselves in a more stressed environment — with vast implications for the economy. How mines run, how high-energy sectors run."
The verdict is stark: either this war ends quickly and the terms of trade recover — or the rand adjusts sharply to reflect the damage already done to South Africa's trade balance. There is, Glynos says, no third option.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Accretiv doubles down on US industrial property | Webinar</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677895</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Freeman and Justin Clarke unpack why US industrial real estate — particularly “shallow bay” facilities linked to manufacturing and logistics — is emerging as a standout opportunity. They discuss the impact of AI-driven data centre investment, America’s onshoring push, interest rate dynamics, and Accretiv’s latest Alabama acquisition tied to aerospace and renewable energy supply chains. The discussion also covers investor returns, risks, liquidity concerns, and the evolving outlook for US commercial property. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Accretiv doubles down on US industrial property | Webinar</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>42:30</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Martin Freeman and Justin Clarke unpack why US industrial real estate — particularly “shallow bay” facilities linked to manufacturing and logistics — is emerging as a standout opportunity. They discuss the impact of AI-driven data centre investment, America’s onshoring push, interest rate dynamics, and Accretiv’s latest Alabama acquisition tied to aerospace and renewable energy supply chains. The discussion also covers investor returns, risks, liquidity concerns, and the evolving outlook for US commercial property.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Ray Hartley - BRICS loses its clout</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677827</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[BRICS is suffering an identity crisis — and its foreign ministers' gathering in New Delhi has done nothing to resolve it. In this interview with Irakli, Platform for African Democrats custodian Ray Hartley asks the defining question: "What is the point of BRICS?" He warns that the bloc has become little more than pageantry: "The summit in India will be high-profile — guards of honour, jets flying overhead, the full spectacle. And then at the end of it, there will be no serious results, because they simply can't agree on much." On BRICS claiming to represent the Global South, Hartley is blunt: "Two of these countries — China and Russia — are not really part of the Global South. China is one of the most developed economies in the world. And then you have the giant oil states: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran. These are super-rich countries with vast resources. They don't represent the Global South. They simply claim to." And while BRICS foreign ministers were exchanging pleasantries in New Delhi, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump were holding a bilateral summit — a contrast Hartley says speaks for itself: "It's really just a sideshow. It has no real-world effects — not economically in terms of trade or investment, and not politically either. It simply lacks coherence." ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Ray Hartley - BRICS loses its clout</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>7:54</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BRICS is suffering an identity crisis — and its foreign ministers' gathering in New Delhi has done nothing to resolve it. In this interview with Irakli, Platform for African Democrats custodian Ray Hartley asks the defining question: "What is the point of BRICS?" He warns that the bloc has become little more than pageantry: "The summit in India will be high-profile — guards of honour, jets flying overhead, the full spectacle. And then at the end of it, there will be no serious results, because they simply can't agree on much." On BRICS claiming to represent the Global South, Hartley is blunt: "Two of these countries — China and Russia — are not really part of the Global South. China is one of the most developed economies in the world. And then you have the giant oil states: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran. These are super-rich countries with vast resources. They don't represent the Global South. They simply claim to." And while BRICS foreign ministers were exchanging pleasantries in New Delhi, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump were holding a bilateral summit — a contrast Hartley says speaks for itself: "It's really just a sideshow. It has no real-world effects — not economically in terms of trade or investment, and not politically either. It simply lacks coherence."]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>SA businesses battered by infrastructure instability - Muhammad Ali</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677732</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Infrastructure failure has become a core business risk in South Africa. In this interview with Chris Steyn, international ISO standards and systems implementation specialist Muhammad Ali warns: “...infrastructure is not just decaying, it's going down the drain to its limit’. He notes that while systems and standards exist, “it's just up to the right leadership, the right party to acknowledge and implement effectively”. Ali describes how Barcelona, for instance, has optimised service delivery with an App that connects citizens to municipalities “...they take a picture of that particular pothole and then the smart cameras verify and validate that that pothole is there. That particular ticket that gets logged in gets quickly sent out to the relevant community, the SMMEs and QSEs or contractors-to-be who are approved and vetted and validated to give a quotation on exactly who can do this work with the best price, the best quality, the best time. And automatically, without any human intervention, it denotes through a criteria of selection who the vendor is and issues them with an order. They are given three days to be able to complete this exercise with a picture and the camera validating this, and they are paid within seven days.” Meanwhile, back here “these syndicates and extortion in South Africa has become a movie. We're living in Hollywood and I think Hollywood is actually getting scripts from South African day-to-day lifestyles….So we've got a long way to go in terms of having the right leadership, having the right… accountability.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 11:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>SA businesses battered by infrastructure instability - Muhammad Ali</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>14:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Infrastructure failure has become a core business risk in South Africa. In this interview with Chris Steyn, international ISO standards and systems implementation specialist Muhammad Ali warns: “...infrastructure is not just decaying, it's going down the drain to its limit’. He notes that while systems and standards exist, “it's just up to the right leadership, the right party to acknowledge and implement effectively”. Ali describes how Barcelona, for instance, has optimised service delivery with an App that connects citizens to municipalities “...they take a picture of that particular pothole and then the smart cameras verify and validate that that pothole is there. That particular ticket that gets logged in gets quickly sent out to the relevant community, the SMMEs and QSEs or contractors-to-be who are approved and vetted and validated to give a quotation on exactly who can do this work with the best price, the best quality, the best time. And automatically, without any human intervention, it denotes through a criteria of selection who the vendor is and issues them with an order. They are given three days to be able to complete this exercise with a picture and the camera validating this, and they are paid within seven days.” Meanwhile, back here “these syndicates and extortion in South Africa has become a movie. We're living in Hollywood and I think Hollywood is actually getting scripts from South African day-to-day lifestyles….So we've got a long way to go in terms of having the right leadership, having the right… accountability.”]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 20 May 2026: SA Foot &amp; Mouth failure; Hersov’s GNU outlook; EU-US trade deal; DRC Ebola strain</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677568</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we cover the finalized EU-US trade deal text and the Senate's push to withdraw from hostilities in Iran. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, South African farmers warn that the regional foot and mouth disease rollout is failing, urging a shift to mass vaccination campaigns. <br />
<br />
Finally, we examine political maneuvering surrounding the GNU in South Africa and a serious, undetected Ebola strain outbreak in the DRC. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 05:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 20 May 2026: SA Foot &amp; Mouth failure; Hersov’s GNU outlook; EU-US trade deal; DRC Ebola strain</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>12:56</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we cover the finalized EU-US trade deal text and the Senate's push to withdraw from hostilities in Iran. 

Meanwhile, South African farmers warn that the regional foot and mouth disease rollout is failing, urging a shift to mass vaccination campaigns. 

Finally, we examine political maneuvering surrounding the GNU in South Africa and a serious, undetected Ebola strain outbreak in the DRC.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Andrew Morphew - SA’s FMD plan fails as vaccinated animals become infected…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1677334</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[South African farmers are furious with the State's failures in its handling of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak and vaccination programme. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Andrew Morphew, the spokesperson for FMD Response SA says: “We are seeing the virus is continuing to spread. There's Foot and Mouth outbreaks being reported regularly. But the more concerning thing for us now is that we are finding vaccinated herds… are now being infected even post vaccination. And that is an indication as to the failure of the roll-out plan and purely because we're not covering complete areas at the same time…And we're allowing unvaccinated animals to stay in areas around vaccinated populations.” Morphew says the only way to stop the spread is for the entire South African population to be vaccinated in six to eight weeks. Morphew details the severe financial losses being suffered by farmers. “We are desperate to engage with the Minister… we don't fully understand why there's now a barrier to taking the next step and doing what needs to be done to actually fundamentally fix the problem and put a system in place or a plan in place with dates and timelines and vaccine schedules…it is fundamental that the government and the private sector now start to talk and get around the table and figure out how we actually make this happen”. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 12:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Andrew Morphew - SA’s FMD plan fails as vaccinated animals become infected…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[South African farmers are furious with the State's failures in its handling of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak and vaccination programme. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Andrew Morphew, the spokesperson for FMD Response SA says: “We are seeing the virus is continuing to spread. There's Foot and Mouth outbreaks being reported regularly. But the more concerning thing for us now is that we are finding vaccinated herds… are now being infected even post vaccination. And that is an indication as to the failure of the roll-out plan and purely because we're not covering complete areas at the same time…And we're allowing unvaccinated animals to stay in areas around vaccinated populations.” Morphew says the only way to stop the spread is for the entire South African population to be vaccinated in six to eight weeks. Morphew details the severe financial losses being suffered by farmers. “We are desperate to engage with the Minister… we don't fully understand why there's now a barrier to taking the next step and doing what needs to be done to actually fundamentally fix the problem and put a system in place or a plan in place with dates and timelines and vaccine schedules…it is fundamental that the government and the private sector now start to talk and get around the table and figure out how we actually make this happen”.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 19 May 2026: Hersov slams Ramaphosa; Musk OpenAI loss; Nvidia China hopes; SAPS corruption cleanup</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s BizNews Daybreak covers the latest global and local shifts, beginning with President Trump delaying an impending strike on Iran following appeals from Persian Gulf allies. <br />
<br />
In tech news, a jury has swiftly dismissed Elon Musk’s high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI on a statute of limitations technicality. <br />
<br />
Turning to South Africa, entrepreneur Rob Hersov delivers a blunt assessment of the country's political future, arguing the business community is desperate for Cyril Ramaphosa to stay out of fear of a radical successor, while declaring the ANC "as good as gone". <br />
<br />
Finally, we unpack why top law firms are legally fighting aggressive new BEE ownership codes, and Action Society breaks down whether the latest high-profile arrests signal a genuine cleanup within the South African Police Service. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 19 May 2026: Hersov slams Ramaphosa; Musk OpenAI loss; Nvidia China hopes; SAPS corruption cleanup</itunes:title>
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In tech news, a jury has swiftly dismissed Elon Musk’s high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI on a statute of limitations technicality. 

Turning to South Africa, entrepreneur Rob Hersov delivers a blunt assessment of the country's political future, arguing the business community is desperate for Cyril Ramaphosa to stay out of fear of a radical successor, while declaring the ANC "as good as gone". 

Finally, we unpack why top law firms are legally fighting aggressive new BEE ownership codes, and Action Society breaks down whether the latest high-profile arrests signal a genuine cleanup within the South African Police Service.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Tim Cohen: Doubling down on transformation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fight over transformation policy in South Africa is intensifying as four of the biggest law firms legally challenge the new legal sector codes. Currency News Senior Editor Tim Cohen joins Irakli to discuss the deeper fault lines exposed by this clash, questioning whether the push for 50% black ownership and 25% black women ownership in five years is a realistic goal or a miscalculation. Cohen highlights the absurdity of a sector-wide transformation policy that exempts 95.07% of legal practices, leaving the burden on a tiny fraction of the industry. He further explains why the unique structure of equity partnerships - rooted in long-term professional development, client confidence, and risk - cannot be transformed overnight like a standard corporation. Cohen likens the government's approach to an extreme guru-prescribed diet, arguing that applying a failing policy with even more vigor will only lead to disastrous unintended consequences. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Tim Cohen: Doubling down on transformation</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>9:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The fight over transformation policy in South Africa is intensifying as four of the biggest law firms legally challenge the new legal sector codes. Currency News Senior Editor Tim Cohen joins Irakli to discuss the deeper fault lines exposed by this clash, questioning whether the push for 50% black ownership and 25% black women ownership in five years is a realistic goal or a miscalculation. Cohen highlights the absurdity of a sector-wide transformation policy that exempts 95.07% of legal practices, leaving the burden on a tiny fraction of the industry. He further explains why the unique structure of equity partnerships - rooted in long-term professional development, client confidence, and risk - cannot be transformed overnight like a standard corporation. Cohen likens the government's approach to an extreme guru-prescribed diet, arguing that applying a failing policy with even more vigor will only lead to disastrous unintended consequences.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Rob Hersov: Cyril must have his day in court; updates on Mashele, Gayton; and MK's threat to KZN</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Five years after his explosive Voetsek ANC speech, global entrepreneur Rob Hersov returns to BizNews with a wide-ranging update on South Africa’s political and investment landscape. Speaking to BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Hersov weighs in on Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala troubles, the ANC’s decline, the GNU’s coming reckoning, Prince Mashele’s political ambitions, Gayton McKenzie’s rise, the 2026 municipal elections, and the global impact of the Ukraine and Middle East wars. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Rob Hersov: Cyril must have his day in court; updates on Mashele, Gayton; and MK's threat to KZN</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>27:46</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Five years after his explosive Voetsek ANC speech, global entrepreneur Rob Hersov returns to BizNews with a wide-ranging update on South Africa’s political and investment landscape. Speaking to BizNews editor Alec Hogg, Hersov weighs in on Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala troubles, the ANC’s decline, the GNU’s coming reckoning, Prince Mashele’s political ambitions, Gayton McKenzie’s rise, the 2026 municipal elections, and the global impact of the Ukraine and Middle East wars.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Juanita du Preez: The police generals are falling like dominoes…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1676958</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[The deepening crisis in the South African police force has seen generals toppled either through suspension or arrest. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Action Society's Juanita du Preez comments on the suspensions of the National Commissioner, the Mpumalanga Provincial Commissioner, and the Head of Supply Chain Management, as well as the arrests of the Gauteng Head of the Hawks and a Crime Intelligence boss - all following the Minister of Police being placed on special leave, and a deputy national commissioner being suspended. Other arrests include an MP and member of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police as well as a former African National Congress fixer. Du Preez also details the battle to get child rapists held to account as Action Society launched a national campaign for the release of the Sex Offenders Register as well as a PAIA application into failed prosecutions of cases involving very young children. Speaking from court today, Du Preez describes the despicable court rooom behaviour of accused Stephan Pretorius who is on trial for setting alight his estranged wife, Charlene, in front of their teenage daughter, causing her death. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Juanita du Preez: The police generals are falling like dominoes…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>16:26</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The deepening crisis in the South African police force has seen generals toppled either through suspension or arrest. In this interview with Chris Steyn, Action Society's Juanita du Preez comments on the suspensions of the National Commissioner, the Mpumalanga Provincial Commissioner, and the Head of Supply Chain Management, as well as the arrests of the Gauteng Head of the Hawks and a Crime Intelligence boss - all following the Minister of Police being placed on special leave, and a deputy national commissioner being suspended. Other arrests include an MP and member of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Police as well as a former African National Congress fixer. Du Preez also details the battle to get child rapists held to account as Action Society launched a national campaign for the release of the Sex Offenders Register as well as a PAIA application into failed prosecutions of cases involving very young children. Speaking from court today, Du Preez describes the despicable court rooom behaviour of accused Stephan Pretorius who is on trial for setting alight his estranged wife, Charlene, in front of their teenage daughter, causing her death.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 18 May 2026: China trade; Joburg debt; BEE growth costs; and Soweto youth squash</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, the US and Iran's clash over the Strait of Hormuz continues, while the White House details a massive $17 billion agricultural trade agreement with China. <br />
<br />
Locally, Johannesburg faces a severe financial and governance crisis, risking a major Moody's credit downgrade over unfiled audited statements and billions owed to creditors. <br />
<br />
Additionally, Solidarity advocates for an end date to race-based BEE policies due to high GDP growth costs, and a Soweto youth empowerment initiative successfully expands its reach far beyond squash. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 05:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 18 May 2026: China trade; Joburg debt; BEE growth costs; and Soweto youth squash</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>14:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, the US and Iran's clash over the Strait of Hormuz continues, while the White House details a massive $17 billion agricultural trade agreement with China. 

Locally, Johannesburg faces a severe financial and governance crisis, risking a major Moody's credit downgrade over unfiled audited statements and billions owed to creditors. 

Additionally, Solidarity advocates for an end date to race-based BEE policies due to high GDP growth costs, and a Soweto youth empowerment initiative successfully expands its reach far beyond squash.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>How solidarity plans to force out BEE by 2030: Connie Mulder | The NdB Sunday Show</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, Connie Mulder, the head of Solidarity's Research Institute (SRI) shares its comprehensive roadmap to gradually transition South Africa from race-based legislation to real empowerment, based on need, economic growth and job creation by 2030. It includes practical suggestions on BEE, employee share ownership programmes, foreign investment and a more realistic approach to employment equity. “... our history has shown the only way the ANC does the right thing is if we force them in that direction. So it's not just a plan on paper. We've got levers, court action, public pressure, international pressure that we apply on each of these points.” He is confident that the implementation of the roadmap would also close the corruption opportunities created by empowerment and procurement regulations. “I suspect you would find that the breathing room for your tenderpreneurs who have successfully transformed tax money into Maseratis in South Africa is going to dramatically decrease.” Meanwhile, Solidarity has lodged a formal complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of the United Nations against the South African government over its breach of an agreement reached with Solidarity that racial laws should be temporary in nature, that no one may be dismissed based on race, that race may not be the sole criterion for appointment to a position, and that skills must be considered. Solidarity is also pursuing legal action in South Africa over the contempt of court order. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>How solidarity plans to force out BEE by 2030: Connie Mulder | The NdB Sunday Show</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>30:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show with Chris Steyn, Connie Mulder, the head of Solidarity's Research Institute (SRI) shares its comprehensive roadmap to gradually transition South Africa from race-based legislation to real empowerment, based on need, economic growth and job creation by 2030. It includes practical suggestions on BEE, employee share ownership programmes, foreign investment and a more realistic approach to employment equity. “... our history has shown the only way the ANC does the right thing is if we force them in that direction. So it's not just a plan on paper. We've got levers, court action, public pressure, international pressure that we apply on each of these points.” He is confident that the implementation of the roadmap would also close the corruption opportunities created by empowerment and procurement regulations. “I suspect you would find that the breathing room for your tenderpreneurs who have successfully transformed tax money into Maseratis in South Africa is going to dramatically decrease.” Meanwhile, Solidarity has lodged a formal complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) of the United Nations against the South African government over its breach of an agreement reached with Solidarity that racial laws should be temporary in nature, that no one may be dismissed based on race, that race may not be the sole criterion for appointment to a position, and that skills must be considered. Solidarity is also pursuing legal action in South Africa over the contempt of court order.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>How Egoli Youth Empowerment turned squash into a pathway to opportunity for Joburg's youth</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1676408</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egoli Youth Empowerment started with squash courts in Soweto and grew into a holistic youth development programme spanning sport, academic support, life skills, leadership, entrepreneurship and urban farming. Director Glenn Lazarus and Programme Director Sharon Sibanda tell BizNews how EYE is creating safe spaces, developing young talent, and helping vulnerable youth in Soweto and Johannesburg’s inner city build confidence, resilience and opportunity. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 15:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>How Egoli Youth Empowerment turned squash into a pathway to opportunity for Joburg's youth</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>19:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Egoli Youth Empowerment started with squash courts in Soweto and grew into a holistic youth development programme spanning sport, academic support, life skills, leadership, entrepreneurship and urban farming. Director Glenn Lazarus and Programme Director Sharon Sibanda tell BizNews how EYE is creating safe spaces, developing young talent, and helping vulnerable youth in Soweto and Johannesburg’s inner city build confidence, resilience and opportunity.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Joburg's debt reckoning: The city is &quot;technically bankrupt&quot; - and the moral hazard is mounting… — Giulietta Talevi</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1676387</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview with Irakli of BizNews, Currency co-founder Giulietta Talevi unpacks the April 23 letter from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to Joburg Mayor Dada Morero, which laid bare the city's "shocking" financial picture: just R3.9bn in cash against R25bn owed to creditors. "Technically, you would say that it's bankrupt now, and cannot afford an excessively expensive wage deal," Talevi says of the R10.3bn SAMWU agreement at the heart of the dispute. She explains why Moody's downgrade watch is really about governance — not just numbers — pointing out that the city's failure to produce its audited financial statements "indicates serious deterioration in governance, and not just Joburg's financial health." Two deadlines loom: audited financials owed to the JSE by May 31, and a R1.4bn bond repayment due June 22. Talevi explains that because the debt is unsecured, all creditors "are treated equally" — meaning a single default event could trigger every lender to call in their loans simultaneously. She also raises the spectre of moral hazard, citing Chartis Asset Management's Ian Scott on what he calls a "treasury-funded put" — the idea that bailing out Joburg signals to leadership that they "can mess up, you can collapse the financial situation of the country's biggest Metro… and we'll bail you out because you're too big to fail." When Irakli draws a parallel to the e-toll saga, Talevi agrees taxpayers are "on the hook again" — paying their taxes only to face additional costs for the basic services those taxes were meant to fund. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
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						<itunes:title>Joburg's debt reckoning: The city is &quot;technically bankrupt&quot; - and the moral hazard is mounting… — Giulietta Talevi</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>13:06</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this interview with Irakli of BizNews, Currency co-founder Giulietta Talevi unpacks the April 23 letter from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to Joburg Mayor Dada Morero, which laid bare the city's "shocking" financial picture: just R3.9bn in cash against R25bn owed to creditors. "Technically, you would say that it's bankrupt now, and cannot afford an excessively expensive wage deal," Talevi says of the R10.3bn SAMWU agreement at the heart of the dispute. She explains why Moody's downgrade watch is really about governance — not just numbers — pointing out that the city's failure to produce its audited financial statements "indicates serious deterioration in governance, and not just Joburg's financial health." Two deadlines loom: audited financials owed to the JSE by May 31, and a R1.4bn bond repayment due June 22. Talevi explains that because the debt is unsecured, all creditors "are treated equally" — meaning a single default event could trigger every lender to call in their loans simultaneously. She also raises the spectre of moral hazard, citing Chartis Asset Management's Ian Scott on what he calls a "treasury-funded put" — the idea that bailing out Joburg signals to leadership that they "can mess up, you can collapse the financial situation of the country's biggest Metro… and we'll bail you out because you're too big to fail." When Irakli draws a parallel to the e-toll saga, Talevi agrees taxpayers are "on the hook again" — paying their taxes only to face additional costs for the basic services those taxes were meant to fund.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 15 May 2026: Trump-Xi summit; Apple vs OpenAI; SA elections; institutional ethics</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1676167</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, President Trump discusses China’s role in Iran negotiations and a major Boeing deal, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses Taiwan tensions. <br />
<br />
The S&P 500 hits record highs fueled by Cerebras Systems’ massive IPO and Nvidia’s growth, contrasting with a strained partnership between Apple and OpenAI. <br />
<br />
Locally, Wayne Sussman examines the complexity of South Africa’s upcoming municipal elections and Gary Power urges the need for personal accountability to combat institutional corruption. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 15 May 2026: Trump-Xi summit; Apple vs OpenAI; SA elections; institutional ethics</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, President Trump discusses China’s role in Iran negotiations and a major Boeing deal, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses Taiwan tensions. 

The S&P 500 hits record highs fueled by Cerebras Systems’ massive IPO and Nvidia’s growth, contrasting with a strained partnership between Apple and OpenAI. 

Locally, Wayne Sussman examines the complexity of South Africa’s upcoming municipal elections and Gary Power urges the need for personal accountability to combat institutional corruption.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>The PA makes history, but the ANC shows it can’t be written off — yet: The Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of the Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Wayne Sussman dissects this week’s by-election results: The Patriotic Alliance (PA) makes history by winning its first ever ward in the Upington area. It took the ward off the Democratic Alliance, and grew its support from a paltry 1% to an “astonishing” 37% of the vote, while the DA fell from 47% to 29%. The African National Congress (ANC) did not have a bad night either: it won a ward off a local party in the Siyathemba Municipality with its support growing from 39% to 51%. The ANC also had a big night in another by-election, this one in North West. “There are people who write off the ANC. There are people who say that the ANC is done. But here in a key township… in a gold mining town in the Northwest, the ANC's vote share is climbing from 72% to 81%.” Sussman notes that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were not able to capitalise on their Phala Phala victory over President Cyril Ramaphosa. He also 9comments on the engagement of the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) with former President Jacob Zuma’s MKP in Nkandla as part of its preparations for the Local Government Elections in November. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>The PA makes history, but the ANC shows it can’t be written off — yet: The Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>20:05</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest edition of the Electoral Road Show with Chris Steyn, Elections Analyst Wayne Sussman dissects this week’s by-election results: The Patriotic Alliance (PA) makes history by winning its first ever ward in the Upington area. It took the ward off the Democratic Alliance, and grew its support from a paltry 1% to an “astonishing” 37% of the vote, while the DA fell from 47% to 29%. The African National Congress (ANC) did not have a bad night either: it won a ward off a local party in the Siyathemba Municipality with its support growing from 39% to 51%. The ANC also had a big night in another by-election, this one in North West. “There are people who write off the ANC. There are people who say that the ANC is done. But here in a key township… in a gold mining town in the Northwest, the ANC's vote share is climbing from 72% to 81%.” Sussman notes that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) were not able to capitalise on their Phala Phala victory over President Cyril Ramaphosa. He also 9comments on the engagement of the Independent Electoral Commission’s (IEC) with former President Jacob Zuma’s MKP in Nkandla as part of its preparations for the Local Government Elections in November.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>‘It looked completely real’: Another victim speaks out on alleged FXSI deepfake scam</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1675981</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another victim has come forward to share her experience of allegedly being scammed by FXSI, a company accused of using sophisticated online tactics and deepfake-style advertising to lure victims into fraudulent investments. In this follow-up interview with BizNews, the victim explains how she first encountered the scheme through social media adverts that appeared credible and professionally produced, creating the impression of a legitimate investment opportunity.<br />
<br />
The victim shares details how scammers built trust over time through persistent communication and promises of significant returns, before allegedly pressuring them into depositing more money. The interview also explores the emotional toll of the ordeal, the difficulties victims face after realising they have been deceived, and the steps she has taken to report the matter to authorities, including the South African Police Service.<br />
<br />
As AI-generated scams and impersonation fraud become increasingly sophisticated, this interview highlights the growing risks facing ordinary South Africans online. The victim’s decision to speak publicly adds to mounting concerns around deepfake financial scams exploiting trusted public figures, media brands, and the credibility of online investment advertising. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>‘It looked completely real’: Another victim speaks out on alleged FXSI deepfake scam</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>19:42</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Another victim has come forward to share her experience of allegedly being scammed by FXSI, a company accused of using sophisticated online tactics and deepfake-style advertising to lure victims into fraudulent investments. In this follow-up interview with BizNews, the victim explains how she first encountered the scheme through social media adverts that appeared credible and professionally produced, creating the impression of a legitimate investment opportunity.

The victim shares details how scammers built trust over time through persistent communication and promises of significant returns, before allegedly pressuring them into depositing more money. The interview also explores the emotional toll of the ordeal, the difficulties victims face after realising they have been deceived, and the steps she has taken to report the matter to authorities, including the South African Police Service.

As AI-generated scams and impersonation fraud become increasingly sophisticated, this interview highlights the growing risks facing ordinary South Africans online. The victim’s decision to speak publicly adds to mounting concerns around deepfake financial scams exploiting trusted public figures, media brands, and the credibility of online investment advertising.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Fighting to save South Africa’s moral compass: Unashamedly Ethical's Gary Power</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gary Power lifts the lid on corruption, ethical collapse, and the fight to rebuild South Africa from the ground up. In this powerful conversation, the CEO of Unashamedly Ethical shares how his father transformed a major construction business, why integrity is a survival strategy, and how collective action, faith, and courageous leadership can change communities, businesses, and nations. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Fighting to save South Africa’s moral compass: Unashamedly Ethical's Gary Power</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>28:22</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gary Power lifts the lid on corruption, ethical collapse, and the fight to rebuild South Africa from the ground up. In this powerful conversation, the CEO of Unashamedly Ethical shares how his father transformed a major construction business, why integrity is a survival strategy, and how collective action, faith, and courageous leadership can change communities, businesses, and nations.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 14 May 2026: Trump’s China summit; Viljoen vs. Heystek investment challenge; FXSI scam continues</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we feature President Trump’s high-stakes Beijing summit alongside tech titans Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. We show also analyses a sharp spike in US wholesale inflation and Cisco's major AI-driven restructuring. <br />
<br />
Piet Viljoen and Magnus Heystek discusses their million-rand investment challenge and South Africa's surprising market outperformance. <br />
<br />
Finally, another pensioner shares a sobering cautionary tale about falling victim to FXSI's sophisticated AI deepfake scam. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 06:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 14 May 2026: Trump’s China summit; Viljoen vs. Heystek investment challenge; FXSI scam continues</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:44</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we feature President Trump’s high-stakes Beijing summit alongside tech titans Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. We show also analyses a sharp spike in US wholesale inflation and Cisco's major AI-driven restructuring. 

Piet Viljoen and Magnus Heystek discusses their million-rand investment challenge and South Africa's surprising market outperformance. 

Finally, another pensioner shares a sobering cautionary tale about falling victim to FXSI's sophisticated AI deepfake scam.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>R1m investment battle: Heystek and Viljoen’s offshore vs JSE showdown after four-and-a-half years</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1675456</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Offshore versus local investing goes head-to-head in this gripping real-money showdown between Magnus Heystek and Piet Viljoen. Four and a half years after the challenge began, the results are sparking fierce debate about political risk, market timing, diversification and South Africa’s undervalued stocks. With millions at stake and emotions running high, both investment heavyweights reveal the hard lessons learned, why sentiment drives markets, and whether South African equities still offer the best long-term returns despite the country’s economic and political turmoil. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 12:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>R1m investment battle: Heystek and Viljoen’s offshore vs JSE showdown after four-and-a-half years</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>33:52</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Offshore versus local investing goes head-to-head in this gripping real-money showdown between Magnus Heystek and Piet Viljoen. Four and a half years after the challenge began, the results are sparking fierce debate about political risk, market timing, diversification and South Africa’s undervalued stocks. With millions at stake and emotions running high, both investment heavyweights reveal the hard lessons learned, why sentiment drives markets, and whether South African equities still offer the best long-term returns despite the country’s economic and political turmoil.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 13 May 2026: Trump’s China trip; Warsh Fed nod; AI bubble?; Anthropic; Boxer; and Job trends</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1675235</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today’s BizNews Daybreak, President Trump heads to Beijing for a trade summit alongside Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Elon Musk. <br />
<br />
The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Fed’s Board of Governors, while analysts debate an "AI bubble" amid Anthropic’s $30 billion funding talks. <br />
<br />
Plus, South African retailer Boxer discusses its expansion against Walmart, and we take a look at the impact of AI on global labor productivity. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 06:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 13 May 2026: Trump’s China trip; Warsh Fed nod; AI bubble?; Anthropic; Boxer; and Job trends</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>13:09</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today’s BizNews Daybreak, President Trump heads to Beijing for a trade summit alongside Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Elon Musk. 

The Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh to the Fed’s Board of Governors, while analysts debate an "AI bubble" amid Anthropic’s $30 billion funding talks. 

Plus, South African retailer Boxer discusses its expansion against Walmart, and we take a look at the impact of AI on global labor productivity.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 12 May 2026: US-Iran conflict; Fed leadership; Boxer’s expansion; Whistleblower safety; Keir Starmer</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1674783</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this episode of BizNews Daybreak, President Trump rejects a "garbage" peace deal from Iran as tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz. <br />
<br />
Domestically, Boxer CEO Marek Masojada outlines the retailer's aggressive expansion into the liquor market despite economic pressures. <br />
<br />
We also cover Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, Trump’s high-profile trade mission to Beijing, and critical safety advice for South African whistleblowers. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 05:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 12 May 2026: US-Iran conflict; Fed leadership; Boxer’s expansion; Whistleblower safety; Keir Starmer</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>12:36</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On this episode of BizNews Daybreak, President Trump rejects a "garbage" peace deal from Iran as tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz. 

Domestically, Boxer CEO Marek Masojada outlines the retailer's aggressive expansion into the liquor market despite economic pressures. 

We also cover Kevin Warsh’s nomination to lead the Federal Reserve, Trump’s high-profile trade mission to Beijing, and critical safety advice for South African whistleblowers.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boxer’s bold expansion drive pays off as discount retailer pushes deeper into SA market</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discount retailer Boxer is accelerating its expansion strategy with 50 new stores added over the past year and a growing focus on liquor outlets attached to supermarkets. In an interview with BizNews, Marek Masojada says the retailer remains confident in its low-cost model despite mounting pressure from rising energy costs and intensifying competition. With a new KZN distribution centre now online, strong cash generation and plans for 60 more stores, Boxer is betting big on value-conscious South African consumers. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Boxer’s bold expansion drive pays off as discount retailer pushes deeper into SA market</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>12:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Discount retailer Boxer is accelerating its expansion strategy with 50 new stores added over the past year and a growing focus on liquor outlets attached to supermarkets. In an interview with BizNews, Marek Masojada says the retailer remains confident in its low-cost model despite mounting pressure from rising energy costs and intensifying competition. With a new KZN distribution centre now online, strong cash generation and plans for 60 more stores, Boxer is betting big on value-conscious South African consumers.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 11 May 2026: Ramaphosa’s legal crisis; SAA whistleblowing; and the Higher Ed funding gap</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1674291</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh pressure builds for President Cyril Ramaphosa as a Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter sparks talks of a constitutional crisis and potential impeachment. <br />
<br />
Globally, President Trump labels Iran’s latest nuclear proposal "totally unacceptable" while the UK and France prepare a defensive naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, whistleblower Cynthia Stimpel shares the heavy personal cost of exposing corruption at SAA, and fintech founder Ryan Passmore highlights the "missing middle" crisis in South African student funding. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 11 May 2026: Ramaphosa’s legal crisis; SAA whistleblowing; and the Higher Ed funding gap</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fresh pressure builds for President Cyril Ramaphosa as a Constitutional Court ruling on the Phala Phala matter sparks talks of a constitutional crisis and potential impeachment. 

Globally, President Trump labels Iran’s latest nuclear proposal "totally unacceptable" while the UK and France prepare a defensive naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz. 

Meanwhile, whistleblower Cynthia Stimpel shares the heavy personal cost of exposing corruption at SAA, and fintech founder Ryan Passmore highlights the "missing middle" crisis in South African student funding.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>(Ret) Col Chris Wyatt - Ramaphosa’s &quot;Watergate&quot;, Trump’s ceasefire “farce” - and racist abuse of SA refugees…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, US intelligence analyst, retired Colonel Chris Wyatt comments on the latest developments in the trouble-hit presidencies of South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump. With African National Congress (ANC) officials in crisis meetings this weekend over the possibility that he could be impeached for Phala Phala, Col Wyatt charges: “... somebody should be in prison for this. This is bigger than Watergate in America. This is money laundering by a sitting president, potentially.” As for Trump stuck in a war he started: “Col Wyatt says: “...the answer here now is…rendition. It's Delta Force. Seal teams…grabbing these guys and rendered…that's the only way this is going to end, I think. They're not going to come to the table…this ceasefire has become a farce.” Col Wyatt also shares what he believes will be on the agenda for private discussions when Trump visits China soon. Lastly, he reveals that some South African refugees have suffered racist abuse which he vows to expose. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>(Ret) Col Chris Wyatt - Ramaphosa’s &quot;Watergate&quot;, Trump’s ceasefire “farce” - and racist abuse of SA refugees…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>18:47</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, US intelligence analyst, retired Colonel Chris Wyatt comments on the latest developments in the trouble-hit presidencies of South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump. With African National Congress (ANC) officials in crisis meetings this weekend over the possibility that he could be impeached for Phala Phala, Col Wyatt charges: “... somebody should be in prison for this. This is bigger than Watergate in America. This is money laundering by a sitting president, potentially.” As for Trump stuck in a war he started: “Col Wyatt says: “...the answer here now is…rendition. It's Delta Force. Seal teams…grabbing these guys and rendered…that's the only way this is going to end, I think. They're not going to come to the table…this ceasefire has become a farce.” Col Wyatt also shares what he believes will be on the agenda for private discussions when Trump visits China soon. Lastly, he reveals that some South African refugees have suffered racist abuse which he vows to expose.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Cynthia Stimpel: The heroic sacrifices of SA’s whistleblowers on corruption… — The NdB Sunday Show</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1674260</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn hosts the iconic whistleblower, Cynthia Stimple who, as Group Treasurer, blew the whistle at SAA. Now the director of Courage Hub, a new group to support whistleblowers, Stimpel recalls her own traumatic experiences as a whistleblower, and outlines all the ways in which her group offers support to past, present, and future whistleblowers. With the extreme risks involved, Stimpel gives potential whistleblowers detailed advice on how to protect themselves. “We will give you guidance on how to report, who to go to, which mechanisms to use….You don't want to lose your livelihood. You don't want to put your life at risk.” Stimpel also recalls the epic walk she did in remembrance of 40 whistleblowers over 40 days over 700 kilometers along the Cape Camino.. Meanwhile, shel calls on South Africans to become part of the solution. “And although we've had the Zondo Commission, we've had many commissions already, but with the Madlanga Commission, we are seeing how deep and entrenched and embedded the corruption is....my own mantra is that if it is to be, it is up to me.” Courage Hub will also be doing ethics training in schools “to coach them in a way that they stay on the moral pathway and cannot be easily swayed to do the wrong thing”. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 13:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Cynthia Stimpel: The heroic sacrifices of SA’s whistleblowers on corruption… — The NdB Sunday Show</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>22:15</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this edition of the NdB Sunday Show, Chris Steyn hosts the iconic whistleblower, Cynthia Stimple who, as Group Treasurer, blew the whistle at SAA. Now the director of Courage Hub, a new group to support whistleblowers, Stimpel recalls her own traumatic experiences as a whistleblower, and outlines all the ways in which her group offers support to past, present, and future whistleblowers. With the extreme risks involved, Stimpel gives potential whistleblowers detailed advice on how to protect themselves. “We will give you guidance on how to report, who to go to, which mechanisms to use….You don't want to lose your livelihood. You don't want to put your life at risk.” Stimpel also recalls the epic walk she did in remembrance of 40 whistleblowers over 40 days over 700 kilometers along the Cape Camino.. Meanwhile, shel calls on South Africans to become part of the solution. “And although we've had the Zondo Commission, we've had many commissions already, but with the Madlanga Commission, we are seeing how deep and entrenched and embedded the corruption is....my own mantra is that if it is to be, it is up to me.” Courage Hub will also be doing ethics training in schools “to coach them in a way that they stay on the moral pathway and cannot be easily swayed to do the wrong thing”.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Ryan Passmore - The &quot;Missing Middle&quot;</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1673930</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this interview with BizNews, Ryan Passmore – Durban-based fintech founder of ZenFund Connect – unpacks why he believes South Africa's student funding system is broken, and how he proposes to fix it. Passmore points to the "missing middle": households earning between R350,000 and R600,000 a year, who are too well-off to qualify for NSFAS but cannot afford the R19,000 a month the University of Pretoria says it costs to put a child through an undergraduate degree. He cites stark 2026 figures – NSFAS received over 900,000 first-time applications, with more than 100,000 rejected outright, while of 500,000 continuing students assessed, only 100,000 were approved. Passmore says: "I believe the missing middle is South Africa's policy blind spot." He outlines how ZenFund Connect – a nonprofit student life ecosystem associated with the Chad le Clos Foundation, spanning South Africa's 26 public universities – aims to plug the gap through three integrated modules: finance, DHET-verified student accommodation, and career placement. Passmore argues that bursaries and loans alone will not solve graduate unemployment; only an end-to-end ecosystem that walks with the student from matric through to a job placement can shift the trajectory of the working-class families he calls the country's invisible backbone – the nurses, teachers, civil servants and small business owners whose children South Africa cannot afford to lose. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 11:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Ryan Passmore - The &quot;Missing Middle&quot;</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:00</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this interview with BizNews, Ryan Passmore – Durban-based fintech founder of ZenFund Connect – unpacks why he believes South Africa's student funding system is broken, and how he proposes to fix it. Passmore points to the "missing middle": households earning between R350,000 and R600,000 a year, who are too well-off to qualify for NSFAS but cannot afford the R19,000 a month the University of Pretoria says it costs to put a child through an undergraduate degree. He cites stark 2026 figures – NSFAS received over 900,000 first-time applications, with more than 100,000 rejected outright, while of 500,000 continuing students assessed, only 100,000 were approved. Passmore says: "I believe the missing middle is South Africa's policy blind spot." He outlines how ZenFund Connect – a nonprofit student life ecosystem associated with the Chad le Clos Foundation, spanning South Africa's 26 public universities – aims to plug the gap through three integrated modules: finance, DHET-verified student accommodation, and career placement. Passmore argues that bursaries and loans alone will not solve graduate unemployment; only an end-to-end ecosystem that walks with the student from matric through to a job placement can shift the trajectory of the working-class families he calls the country's invisible backbone – the nurses, teachers, civil servants and small business owners whose children South Africa cannot afford to lose.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 8 May 2026: US intercepts Iranian missiles; Tariff ruling; Rogue polls; and Joburg’s debt crisis</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1673786</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we cover a volatile morning as crude oil prices climb following a military exchange between the US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. <br />
<br />
While a federal court strikes down President Trump’s global tariffs, South African attention turns to a "rogue polling" warning and Johannesburg’s financial collapse. With a 25 billion rand debt and failing services like water and infrastructure, the city faces a potential national government takeover that could reshape the upcoming local elections. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 06:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 8 May 2026: US intercepts Iranian missiles; Tariff ruling; Rogue polls; and Joburg’s debt crisis</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>14:50</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we cover a volatile morning as crude oil prices climb following a military exchange between the US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. 

While a federal court strikes down President Trump’s global tariffs, South African attention turns to a "rogue polling" warning and Johannesburg’s financial collapse. With a 25 billion rand debt and failing services like water and infrastructure, the city faces a potential national government takeover that could reshape the upcoming local elections.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>“Rogue” polling, by-election shocks, murder - and “big name” mayoral candidates… — Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1673520</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the latest edition of The Electoral Roadshow with Chris Steyn and analyst Wayne Sussman, he warns of “rogue” polling that could give voters false indicators. He takes viewers through some of the recent by-election result shocks. He further analyses the mayoral contests in the big Metros, including the bankrupt Jo’burg. Sussman gives an overview of the prospects of the major parties in the November 4 Local Goverment Elections. He also comments on the execution-style murder of an African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape, as well as the poor state of infrastructure at polling stations in that province. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 11:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>“Rogue” polling, by-election shocks, murder - and “big name” mayoral candidates… — Electoral Roadshow with Wayne Sussman</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>27:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the latest edition of The Electoral Roadshow with Chris Steyn and analyst Wayne Sussman, he warns of “rogue” polling that could give voters false indicators. He takes viewers through some of the recent by-election result shocks. He further analyses the mayoral contests in the big Metros, including the bankrupt Jo’burg. Sussman gives an overview of the prospects of the major parties in the November 4 Local Goverment Elections. He also comments on the execution-style murder of an African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape, as well as the poor state of infrastructure at polling stations in that province.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 7 May 2026: US-Iran peace progress; SA ports miss refuel gain; Firearm reform fears</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1673333</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets soared to record highs as the US and Iran move closer to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.<br />
<br />
Domestically, South African industry experts warn that a shift to modular firearm training could quintuple costs and leave security personnel "supply prohibitive" due to increased classroom hours. <br />
<br />
Financial Mail Editor-in-Chief Rob Rose unpacks the "total arrogance" behind PepsiCo's ProNutro rebranding, which sparked a massive consumer backlash after the company admitted their new machinery simply cannot produce the original formula. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, local SA ports struggle to capture rerouted shipping traffic amid ongoing operational and weather-related constraints. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 06:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 7 May 2026: US-Iran peace progress; SA ports miss refuel gain; Firearm reform fears</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>15:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets soared to record highs as the US and Iran move closer to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Domestically, South African industry experts warn that a shift to modular firearm training could quintuple costs and leave security personnel "supply prohibitive" due to increased classroom hours. 

Financial Mail Editor-in-Chief Rob Rose unpacks the "total arrogance" behind PepsiCo's ProNutro rebranding, which sparked a massive consumer backlash after the company admitted their new machinery simply cannot produce the original formula. 

Meanwhile, local SA ports struggle to capture rerouted shipping traffic amid ongoing operational and weather-related constraints.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>Nikkie Pretorius - Proposed new firearms training system could turn law-abiding citizens into criminals…</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1673100</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Civil rights group, Safe Citizen, has launched an urgent campaign to interrupt plans for drastic changes to South Africa’s firearms training system that could make obtaining a competency certificate so expensive and time-consuming that people are likely to resort to buying fake certificates. In this interview, Nikki Pretorius, the spokesperson for the Lead Service Provider Forum, says: “... previously… training would take place over a day, day and a half at maximum and would cost the person about 1800 to 2000 Rand… now…. for the purposes of competency…a five day minimum period in a classroom and on a shooting range…and you're looking at four thousand, six thousand rand... And over and above the expense, you're looking at five days away from work…And even worse for the security officers…before they could get their competencies done within three, four, five days, they're now looking at three weeks.” Pretorius warns that it could lead to otherwise law-abiding citizens turning to corruption: “... it's simply going to drive that need (for firearms licences) underground. And then we have a situation where the proliferation of illegal firearms expands, whereas proper law abiding citizen firearm usage and ownership declines.” ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Nikkie Pretorius - Proposed new firearms training system could turn law-abiding citizens into criminals…</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>12:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Civil rights group, Safe Citizen, has launched an urgent campaign to interrupt plans for drastic changes to South Africa’s firearms training system that could make obtaining a competency certificate so expensive and time-consuming that people are likely to resort to buying fake certificates. In this interview, Nikki Pretorius, the spokesperson for the Lead Service Provider Forum, says: “... previously… training would take place over a day, day and a half at maximum and would cost the person about 1800 to 2000 Rand… now…. for the purposes of competency…a five day minimum period in a classroom and on a shooting range…and you're looking at four thousand, six thousand rand... And over and above the expense, you're looking at five days away from work…And even worse for the security officers…before they could get their competencies done within three, four, five days, they're now looking at three weeks.” Pretorius warns that it could lead to otherwise law-abiding citizens turning to corruption: “... it's simply going to drive that need (for firearms licences) underground. And then we have a situation where the proliferation of illegal firearms expands, whereas proper law abiding citizen firearm usage and ownership declines.”]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 6 May 2026: Trump pauses Hormuz mission; Oil prices retreat; AI Scam defiance; SA fuel hikes</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672866</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Trump has paused "Project Freedom" in the Strait of Hormuz to evaluate a potential agreement with Iran, causing oil prices to retreat as US equities reach record highs. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, the SEC proposes shifting to semiannual earnings reports, and AMD reports surging revenue driven by AI demand. <br />
<br />
Locally, BizNews editor Alec Hogg defiantly rejects legal threats from a deepfake scam syndicate, and intelligence analyst Chris Wyatt discusses the "painful" reality of South African fuel price hikes. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 05:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 6 May 2026: Trump pauses Hormuz mission; Oil prices retreat; AI Scam defiance; SA fuel hikes</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>13:46</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[President Trump has paused "Project Freedom" in the Strait of Hormuz to evaluate a potential agreement with Iran, causing oil prices to retreat as US equities reach record highs. 

Meanwhile, the SEC proposes shifting to semiannual earnings reports, and AMD reports surging revenue driven by AI demand. 

Locally, BizNews editor Alec Hogg defiantly rejects legal threats from a deepfake scam syndicate, and intelligence analyst Chris Wyatt discusses the "painful" reality of South African fuel price hikes.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: Deepfakes, boiler rooms, and bully tactics – The truth about FXSI</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672527</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg exposes the AI-powered FXSI scam that used deepfake footage of him and President Cyril Ramaphosa on a fake Carte Blanche set to lure unsuspecting South Africans into a fraudulent trading scheme. After BizNews interviewed an anonymous victim who lost more than R24,000, lawyers claiming to act for FXSI demanded the article and podcast be removed. Hogg’s response: no. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: Deepfakes, boiler rooms, and bully tactics – The truth about FXSI</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:11</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg exposes the AI-powered FXSI scam that used deepfake footage of him and President Cyril Ramaphosa on a fake Carte Blanche set to lure unsuspecting South Africans into a fraudulent trading scheme. After BizNews interviewed an anonymous victim who lost more than R24,000, lawyers claiming to act for FXSI demanded the article and podcast be removed. Hogg’s response: no.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 5 May 2026: US-Iran clashes in the Strait; Rob Rose on brand arrogance; SA political predictions</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672410</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, US-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz, driving crude oil prices upward and sparking global supply chain concerns. <br />
<br />
Financial Mail Editor-in-Chief Rob Rose joins the program to discuss why South African brands are misreading their customers, citing a "degree of arrogance" and a failure to learn from the "New Coke" era. <br />
<br />
Additionally, intelligence analyst Chris Wyatt provides a provocative outlook for South Africa's upcoming local elections, predicting the ANC could suffer a major blow and potentially drop below 30% support. <br />
<br />
Plus, we explore the limits of US power in the Middle East and the White House's potential move to vet AI models before release. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 05:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 5 May 2026: US-Iran clashes in the Strait; Rob Rose on brand arrogance; SA political predictions</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>15:50</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, US-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz, driving crude oil prices upward and sparking global supply chain concerns. 

Financial Mail Editor-in-Chief Rob Rose joins the program to discuss why South African brands are misreading their customers, citing a "degree of arrogance" and a failure to learn from the "New Coke" era. 

Additionally, intelligence analyst Chris Wyatt provides a provocative outlook for South Africa's upcoming local elections, predicting the ANC could suffer a major blow and potentially drop below 30% support. 

Plus, we explore the limits of US power in the Middle East and the White House's potential move to vet AI models before release.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Rob Rose on corporate arrogance, the ProNutro debacle, and retail supplier squeezes</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672311</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are multinational giants and massive local retailers losing touch with the South African market?. In this episode, Alec Hogg sit down with Rob Rose, Editor-in-Chief of the FM Group, to explore the harsh realities of corporate bullying and executive arrogance. They dissect the recent ProNutro public relations disaster, the devastating consequences of the Woolworths supplier squeeze that killed a local chocolatier, and the ongoing danger of foreign executives ignoring local consumer wisdom. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Rob Rose on corporate arrogance, the ProNutro debacle, and retail supplier squeezes</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>18:59</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are multinational giants and massive local retailers losing touch with the South African market?. In this episode, Alec Hogg sit down with Rob Rose, Editor-in-Chief of the FM Group, to explore the harsh realities of corporate bullying and executive arrogance. They dissect the recent ProNutro public relations disaster, the devastating consequences of the Woolworths supplier squeeze that killed a local chocolatier, and the ongoing danger of foreign executives ignoring local consumer wisdom.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>(Ret.) Col Chris Wyatt: War news, fuel price hike — and the ANC facing its worst ever election</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672271</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, US intelligence analyst Retired Colonel Chris Wyatt responds to breaking news developments in the Iran war, with claims that a US ship has been hit by missiles for approaching the Straits of Hormuz to escort out trapped ships while ground battles are breaking out between Hezbollah and Israeli Defence Force troops in Lebanon, as well as Iran’s difficulties in reviewing the “excessive” demands in US President Donald Trump’s peace plan. Col Wyatt comments on the war heralding yet another steep fuel price hike in SA. He also assesses the likely fates of major political parties in the recently announced Local Government Elections. Col Wyatt analyses China’s car manufacturing plans and marketing strategy for SA. Lastly, he hails the bravery of the South Africa policeman involved in that dramatic crocodile mission over the Komati River. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>(Ret.) Col Chris Wyatt: War news, fuel price hike — and the ANC facing its worst ever election</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>23:12</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his latest interview with Chris Steyn, US intelligence analyst Retired Colonel Chris Wyatt responds to breaking news developments in the Iran war, with claims that a US ship has been hit by missiles for approaching the Straits of Hormuz to escort out trapped ships while ground battles are breaking out between Hezbollah and Israeli Defence Force troops in Lebanon, as well as Iran’s difficulties in reviewing the “excessive” demands in US President Donald Trump’s peace plan. Col Wyatt comments on the war heralding yet another steep fuel price hike in SA. He also assesses the likely fates of major political parties in the recently announced Local Government Elections. Col Wyatt analyses China’s car manufacturing plans and marketing strategy for SA. Lastly, he hails the bravery of the South Africa policeman involved in that dramatic crocodile mission over the Komati River.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: Berkshire after Buffett, the $373bn cash pile, and refusing to chase AI hype</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1672171</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in six decades, Warren Buffett is no longer leading the charge at the "Woodstock for Capitalists". Alec Hogg reflects on Greg Abel's first AGM as CEO, exploring Berkshire Hathaway's impressive $11.3 billion in operating earnings and their staunch refusal to deploy capital into sub-par opportunities. This is essential listening for rational investors who understand the power of extreme patience in a hyped-up market. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 12:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: Berkshire after Buffett, the $373bn cash pile, and refusing to chase AI hype</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>19:28</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[For the first time in six decades, Warren Buffett is no longer leading the charge at the "Woodstock for Capitalists". Alec Hogg reflects on Greg Abel's first AGM as CEO, exploring Berkshire Hathaway's impressive $11.3 billion in operating earnings and their staunch refusal to deploy capital into sub-par opportunities. This is essential listening for rational investors who understand the power of extreme patience in a hyped-up market.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 4 May 2026: Deepfake scams, Big Tech’s AI boom, and US intervention in the Persian Gulf</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1671958</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: A sobering first-hand account of a deepfake investment scam that cost a BizNews community member over R24 000. We also analyse the latest earnings from Google, Meta, and Amazon, where artificial intelligence is driving both massive revenue growth and a historic surge in infrastructure spending. Finally, we cover President Trump’s "Project Freedom" initiative to guide neutral ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 4 May 2026: Deepfake scams, Big Tech’s AI boom, and US intervention in the Persian Gulf</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>18:45</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: A sobering first-hand account of a deepfake investment scam that cost a BizNews community member over R24 000. We also analyse the latest earnings from Google, Meta, and Amazon, where artificial intelligence is driving both massive revenue growth and a historic surge in infrastructure spending. Finally, we cover President Trump’s "Project Freedom" initiative to guide neutral ships through the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.]]></itunes:summary>
				<source url="https://rss.iono.qa/rss/chan/8218">BizNews Radio</source>
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		<title>BizNews tribe member duped by deepfake Alec Hogg on 'Carte Blanche' loses R24,000 in AI-powered scam</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1671719</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[This interview tells the cautionary story of a South African victim who lost over R24,000 after being drawn into a sophisticated online trading scam run through a platform called FXSI. What began with a convincing video advert and seemingly professional “account managers” quickly turned into a high-pressure scheme, with the victim encouraged to make larger deposits and then pressured to pay more to recover losses. The interview highlights how manipulative and believable online investment scams can be, the emotional toll they take on victims, and the importance of verifying any platform before committing money. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 11:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BizNews tribe member duped by deepfake Alec Hogg on 'Carte Blanche' loses R24,000 in AI-powered scam</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
					<itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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		<itunes:duration>15:44</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[This interview tells the cautionary story of a South African victim who lost over R24,000 after being drawn into a sophisticated online trading scam run through a platform called FXSI. What began with a convincing video advert and seemingly professional “account managers” quickly turned into a high-pressure scheme, with the victim encouraged to make larger deposits and then pressured to pay more to recover losses. The interview highlights how manipulative and believable online investment scams can be, the emotional toll they take on victims, and the importance of verifying any platform before committing money.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: BN Portfolio Mag7 shine brightly in Q1</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1671470</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this episode of Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks a blockbuster night for global tech investors, with Alphabet, Meta and Amazon all reporting quarterly results. Held in the BizNews Ricardo US dollar portfolio, the three tech titans reveal how artificial intelligence has shifted from promise to hard infrastructure — and hard spending. Hogg explains what booming cloud revenues, massive AI capex, inflated paper gains and resilient core businesses mean for South African investors with offshore exposure. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: BN Portfolio Mag7 shine brightly in Q1</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>26:41</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode of Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks a blockbuster night for global tech investors, with Alphabet, Meta and Amazon all reporting quarterly results. Held in the BizNews Ricardo US dollar portfolio, the three tech titans reveal how artificial intelligence has shifted from promise to hard infrastructure — and hard spending. Hogg explains what booming cloud revenues, massive AI capex, inflated paper gains and resilient core businesses mean for South African investors with offshore exposure.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 30 Apr 2026: Mag 7 results; Anthropic's valuation; Iraj Abedian on Iran; UK property</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1671161</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we look at the "Magnificent Seven's" earnings, where Amazon’s cloud growth shines despite heavy AI spending. Anthropic weighs a massive valuation leap to $90 billion, while Fed Chair Jay Powell commits to his term amid a controversial building investigation. <br />
<br />
Economist Iraj Abedian provides a harrowing look inside a sanctioned Iran, describing a nation facing public executions, food shortages, and a total "net blockade" designed to cut off all global connectivity for 90 million people. <br />
<br />
Additionally, the UAE’s exit from OPEC signals a major shift in oil market influence, while experts highlight the accessibility of UK property mortgages for South African investors. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Thu 30 Apr 2026: Mag 7 results; Anthropic's valuation; Iraj Abedian on Iran; UK property</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>14:03</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we look at the "Magnificent Seven's" earnings, where Amazon’s cloud growth shines despite heavy AI spending. Anthropic weighs a massive valuation leap to $90 billion, while Fed Chair Jay Powell commits to his term amid a controversial building investigation. 

Economist Iraj Abedian provides a harrowing look inside a sanctioned Iran, describing a nation facing public executions, food shortages, and a total "net blockade" designed to cut off all global connectivity for 90 million people. 

Additionally, the UAE’s exit from OPEC signals a major shift in oil market influence, while experts highlight the accessibility of UK property mortgages for South African investors.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Inside Iran’s collapse - and what it means for SA: Iraj Abedian on war, chaos, and geopolitics</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1670877</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economist Iraj Abedian delivers a stark, insider view of Iran’s deepening crisis - economic collapse, internal power struggles, and rising global tensions. As conflict reshapes alliances, he warns of unpredictable fallout and missed opportunities. With sharp insight, Abedian connects the dots to South Africa, urging urgent policy reset to navigate risk, seize investment potential, and stay grounded in national interest. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>Inside Iran’s collapse - and what it means for SA: Iraj Abedian on war, chaos, and geopolitics</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
		<itunes:author>BizNews</itunes:author>
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		<itunes:duration>29:45</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Economist Iraj Abedian delivers a stark, insider view of Iran’s deepening crisis - economic collapse, internal power struggles, and rising global tensions. As conflict reshapes alliances, he warns of unpredictable fallout and missed opportunities. With sharp insight, Abedian connects the dots to South Africa, urging urgent policy reset to navigate risk, seize investment potential, and stay grounded in national interest.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 29 Apr 2026: Trump tightens Iran blockade; OPEC shock; Eskom nuclear pushback; Teledyne &amp; Tesla</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's edition of BizNews Daybreak, we dive into President Trump’s strategic move to sustain an economic blockade on Iran over military alternatives. The global market faces further upheaval as the UAE announces its departure from OPEC following decades of membership. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, King Charles III delivers a historic address to the US Congress, emphasizing the critical importance of the Atlantic partnership and unyielding support for Ukraine. <br />
<br />
In local news, environmental activists challenge Eskom’s nuclear expansion in the Eastern Cape, citing threats to unique biodiversity and water security. <br />
<br />
Plus, Alec Hogg analyzes Tesla’s $25 billion gamble on the "Optimus" robotic future and unpacks the latest quarterly tech earnings. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 29 Apr 2026: Trump tightens Iran blockade; OPEC shock; Eskom nuclear pushback; Teledyne &amp; Tesla</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's edition of BizNews Daybreak, we dive into President Trump’s strategic move to sustain an economic blockade on Iran over military alternatives. The global market faces further upheaval as the UAE announces its departure from OPEC following decades of membership. 

Meanwhile, King Charles III delivers a historic address to the US Congress, emphasizing the critical importance of the Atlantic partnership and unyielding support for Ukraine. 

In local news, environmental activists challenge Eskom’s nuclear expansion in the Eastern Cape, citing threats to unique biodiversity and water security. 

Plus, Alec Hogg analyzes Tesla’s $25 billion gamble on the "Optimus" robotic future and unpacks the latest quarterly tech earnings.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Eskom's nuclear nightmare returns: Zuma-era ghost returns to haunt St Francis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is South Africa about to repeat its most expensive infrastructure mistakes? Ten years after a corruption-laden Russia/Zuma initiative was shelved, the controversial proposal for a nuclear power plant at Thyspunt near St Francis is back on the table. Communities in the Eastern Cape are sounding the alarm at a siting decision rooted in a 'homeland-distant' priority of a fearful Apartheid Regime. In this interview, Alec Hogg speaks with Trudi Malan, a passionate local activist and leader of the Thyspunt Alliance. She exposes Eskom's flawed scoping reports, the deadly lack of evacuation routes for residents, and the devastating threat to a global heritage site recognised as the cradle of modern humankind. Capping it all was the shocking arrogance displayed by officials at the required 'town halls' required as part of the public participation process. This is a must-listen for anyone concerned about South Africa's energy future and the protection of its heritage. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Eskom's nuclear nightmare returns: Zuma-era ghost returns to haunt St Francis</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>33:47</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is South Africa about to repeat its most expensive infrastructure mistakes? Ten years after a corruption-laden Russia/Zuma initiative was shelved, the controversial proposal for a nuclear power plant at Thyspunt near St Francis is back on the table. Communities in the Eastern Cape are sounding the alarm at a siting decision rooted in a 'homeland-distant' priority of a fearful Apartheid Regime. In this interview, Alec Hogg speaks with Trudi Malan, a passionate local activist and leader of the Thyspunt Alliance. She exposes Eskom's flawed scoping reports, the deadly lack of evacuation routes for residents, and the devastating threat to a global heritage site recognised as the cradle of modern humankind. Capping it all was the shocking arrogance displayed by officials at the required 'town halls' required as part of the public participation process. This is a must-listen for anyone concerned about South Africa's energy future and the protection of its heritage.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Why UK property still appeals to SAns: Undersupply, 7–8% net yields, low rates – Mikayla Morkel-Brink</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Kingdom remains a stable and attractive property investment destination for South Africans, says Mikayla Morkel-Brink from immigration specialists Sable International. She explained to Biznews in an interview that rental demand is driven by a chronic undersupply of housing and consistently high tenant demand. For South Africans, the appeal is reinforced by realistic net yields of 7–8% and mortgage rates of around 4–5%, far lower than in South Africa. Asked whether the upcoming Renters’ Rights Act will affect landlords, MorkelBrink says the shift toward more openended leases, rather than fixed 12month contracts, is unlikely to have a significant impact in the regional university university cities such as Leeds and Birmingham where Sable operates. The company is also highlighting new opportunities in Reading, a regeneration hotspot on the Thames within easy reach of London. – Linda van Tilburg ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Why UK property still appeals to SAns: Undersupply, 7–8% net yields, low rates – Mikayla Morkel-Brink</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The United Kingdom remains a stable and attractive property investment destination for South Africans, says Mikayla Morkel-Brink from immigration specialists Sable International. She explained to Biznews in an interview that rental demand is driven by a chronic undersupply of housing and consistently high tenant demand. For South Africans, the appeal is reinforced by realistic net yields of 7–8% and mortgage rates of around 4–5%, far lower than in South Africa. Asked whether the upcoming Renters’ Rights Act will affect landlords, MorkelBrink says the shift toward more openended leases, rather than fixed 12month contracts, is unlikely to have a significant impact in the regional university university cities such as Leeds and Birmingham where Sable operates. The company is also highlighting new opportunities in Reading, a regeneration hotspot on the Thames within easy reach of London. – Linda van Tilburg]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Tue 28 Apr 2026: Trump's assassination attempt; Goldman Sachs' oil analysis; and OpenAI's big pivot</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1670255</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we break down a morning of seismic shifts, starting with the federal court appearance of Thomas Allen, the man charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump. <br />
<br />
We examine a high-stakes standoff in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran proposes a nuclear trade-off to end the naval blockade. <br />
<br />
Plus, Goldman Sachs gives an analysis on oil, and a massive industry shakeup as Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive partnership. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Tue 28 Apr 2026: Trump's assassination attempt; Goldman Sachs' oil analysis; and OpenAI's big pivot</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>9:17</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak we break down a morning of seismic shifts, starting with the federal court appearance of Thomas Allen, the man charged with the attempted assassination of President Trump. 

We examine a high-stakes standoff in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran proposes a nuclear trade-off to end the naval blockade. 

Plus, Goldman Sachs gives an analysis on oil, and a massive industry shakeup as Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive partnership.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Stellies student who built edtech Taptic and took on SASSA fraud eyes Africa expansion – Veer Gosai</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stellenbosch student‑turned‑founder Veer Gosai built an edtech platform serving millions of school pupils with free past exam papers – and he’s not only a tech entrepreneur. A stolen ID led him to uncover fraud in the SASSA grant system. In this BizNews interview, Gosai talks about how his exam‑prep platform Taptic has expanded to seven African countries, with another eight in his sights; why he believes AI is detrimental to the youth in a country where more than 80% of Grade 4s cannot read for meaning; and, in an interesting titbit, how his data shows that Grade 9s are the “laziest” learners in South Africa. – Linda van Tilburg ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Stellies student who built edtech Taptic and took on SASSA fraud eyes Africa expansion – Veer Gosai</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stellenbosch student‑turned‑founder Veer Gosai built an edtech platform serving millions of school pupils with free past exam papers – and he’s not only a tech entrepreneur. A stolen ID led him to uncover fraud in the SASSA grant system. In this BizNews interview, Gosai talks about how his exam‑prep platform Taptic has expanded to seven African countries, with another eight in his sights; why he believes AI is detrimental to the youth in a country where more than 80% of Grade 4s cannot read for meaning; and, in an interesting titbit, how his data shows that Grade 9s are the “laziest” learners in South Africa. – Linda van Tilburg]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Alec Hogg assesses BNC#8: Clem Sunter's penny has finally dropped</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download and read the BNC#8 post-conference PDF here: https://bit.ly/4eB6uCi<br />
<br />
In a candid address to the Hermanus Rotary Club, BizNews editor Alec Hogg reflects on the key takeaways from BizNews Conference 8, unpacking South Africa’s economic stagnation, governance failures, and the growing realisation that “Pretoria will not provide.” Drawing on insights from global and local thought leaders, he highlights both the risks of a “parasitic state” and the opportunities for renewal through civic action, investment discipline, and self-reliance—offering a sober yet ultimately hopeful outlook for the country’s future. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Alec Hogg assesses BNC#8: Clem Sunter's penny has finally dropped</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>25:20</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Download and read the BNC#8 post-conference PDF here: https://bit.ly/4eB6uCi

In a candid address to the Hermanus Rotary Club, BizNews editor Alec Hogg reflects on the key takeaways from BizNews Conference 8, unpacking South Africa’s economic stagnation, governance failures, and the growing realisation that “Pretoria will not provide.” Drawing on insights from global and local thought leaders, he highlights both the risks of a “parasitic state” and the opportunities for renewal through civic action, investment discipline, and self-reliance—offering a sober yet ultimately hopeful outlook for the country’s future.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Jock of the Bushveld returns: AI brings a South African classic back to life</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jock of the Bushveld, the classic story of how the runt of the litter became the trusted, gutsy companion of Sir Percy FitzPatrick during South Africa’s goldmining era, is one of the country’s most enduring stories. The book once outsold the Bible locally and was adapted into a feature film by producer Duncan MacNeillie, released in 1986. Now, a new generation will be able to see the film, which is being upscaled in 4K with the help of AI. In an interview with BizNews, MacNeillie said his original master copy of the film was destroyed and that, for years, he tried unsuccessfully to upgrade the film, which enjoyed one of the longest theatrical runs in SterKinekor’s history. Financially, the theme song, Spirit of the Great Heart, became Johnny Clegg’s most successful song. With recent advances in AI, MacNeillie is now able to restore and rerelease the film for a new generation. While Disney showed interest at the time, the film was blocked internationally because of apartheid. This beloved story will now be available first to South African audiences and then worldwide. – Linda van Tilburg ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Jock of the Bushveld returns: AI brings a South African classic back to life</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>21:35</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jock of the Bushveld, the classic story of how the runt of the litter became the trusted, gutsy companion of Sir Percy FitzPatrick during South Africa’s goldmining era, is one of the country’s most enduring stories. The book once outsold the Bible locally and was adapted into a feature film by producer Duncan MacNeillie, released in 1986. Now, a new generation will be able to see the film, which is being upscaled in 4K with the help of AI. In an interview with BizNews, MacNeillie said his original master copy of the film was destroyed and that, for years, he tried unsuccessfully to upgrade the film, which enjoyed one of the longest theatrical runs in SterKinekor’s history. Financially, the theme song, Spirit of the Great Heart, became Johnny Clegg’s most successful song. With recent advances in AI, MacNeillie is now able to restore and rerelease the film for a new generation. While Disney showed interest at the time, the film was blocked internationally because of apartheid. This beloved story will now be available first to South African audiences and then worldwide. – Linda van Tilburg]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>“Exactly the wrong policy”: DA's Burke says taxpayers will pay more under ANC procurement rules</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1669520</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[DA finance spokesperson Mark Burke slams the ANC’s procurement reforms as costly, restrictive and ripe for corruption. He warns taxpayers will pay more for fewer services as competition shrinks and politically connected elites benefit. With legal challenges looming and public frustration rising, the battle over state spending could shape South Africa’s economic future and upcoming election outcomes. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>“Exactly the wrong policy”: DA's Burke says taxpayers will pay more under ANC procurement rules</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>26:08</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[DA finance spokesperson Mark Burke slams the ANC’s procurement reforms as costly, restrictive and ripe for corruption. He warns taxpayers will pay more for fewer services as competition shrinks and politically connected elites benefit. With legal challenges looming and public frustration rising, the battle over state spending could shape South Africa’s economic future and upcoming election outcomes.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Fri 24 Apr 2026: Oil rises; SARB Governor on SA inflation; Intel/Tesla gains; Sasol; Teledyne</title>
		<link>https://iono.qa/e/1669430</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global energy markets are on edge as Iranian minelaying in the Strait of Hormuz and a fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension drive crude oil prices above $105. <br />
<br />
While the South African Reserve Bank warns of fuel and food inflation, Sasol’s stock has tripled by securing domestic supply amidst these geopolitical shocks. <br />
<br />
In tech, Intel and Tesla shares rallied on massive AI and production forecasts, contrasting with significant job cuts at Meta and Microsoft. <br />
<br />
Meanwhile, Alec Hogg reflected at the Rotary Club on the success of the eighth BizNews Conference, emphasizing that "Pretoria will not provide" and urging citizens to drive South Africa's turnaround. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
				<podcast:season>0</podcast:season>
		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Fri 24 Apr 2026: Oil rises; SARB Governor on SA inflation; Intel/Tesla gains; Sasol; Teledyne</itunes:title>
		<itunes:season>0</itunes:season>
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		<itunes:duration>22:43</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global energy markets are on edge as Iranian minelaying in the Strait of Hormuz and a fragile Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extension drive crude oil prices above $105. 

While the South African Reserve Bank warns of fuel and food inflation, Sasol’s stock has tripled by securing domestic supply amidst these geopolitical shocks. 

In tech, Intel and Tesla shares rallied on massive AI and production forecasts, contrasting with significant job cuts at Meta and Microsoft. 

Meanwhile, Alec Hogg reflected at the Rotary Club on the success of the eighth BizNews Conference, emphasizing that "Pretoria will not provide" and urging citizens to drive South Africa's turnaround.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: Tesla’s big AI leap, Sasol’s oil surge and Teledyne’s quiet dominance</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg unpacks Tesla’s shift into AI and robotics, Sasol’s resilience amid oil shocks, and Teledyne’s disciplined growth — highlighting how each plays a role in a rational, diversified portfolio. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Thu 23 Apr 2026: SA public service reforms; Hormuz tensions flare; Tesla; Capitec; Chubb; Remgro</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, we examine South Africa’s legislative shift toward a merit-based public service to combat state capture and political patronage. <br />
<br />
Globally, we cover Tesla’s massive $25 billion AI investment and the escalating naval conflict between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. <br />
<br />
Finally, we analyse Capitec’s impressive resilience as it transitions to a new leadership team, Remgro’s multibillion-rand exit from FirstRand and Chubb’s record-breaking quarterly earnings. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Globally, we cover Tesla’s massive $25 billion AI investment and the escalating naval conflict between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. 

Finally, we analyse Capitec’s impressive resilience as it transitions to a new leadership team, Remgro’s multibillion-rand exit from FirstRand and Chubb’s record-breaking quarterly earnings.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: A rational investor’s look at BizNews Portfolio holdings Capitec, Remgro and Chubb</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg takes a second-level look at three heavyweight shares in the BizNews Ricardo portfolios — Capitec, Chubb and Remgro. He unpacks Capitec’s strong growth and rising credit risk, Chubb’s underwriting discipline, and Remgro’s FirstRand exit as a capital-allocation play, highlighting what each says about management quality and long-term shareholder value.<br />
<br />
Engage with the BizNews Portfolios here: https://www.biznews.com/investment-webinar/2025/04/09/biznews-portfolios ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: A rational investor’s look at BizNews Portfolio holdings Capitec, Remgro and Chubb</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>35:10</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews editor Alec Hogg takes a second-level look at three heavyweight shares in the BizNews Ricardo portfolios — Capitec, Chubb and Remgro. He unpacks Capitec’s strong growth and rising credit risk, Chubb’s underwriting discipline, and Remgro’s FirstRand exit as a capital-allocation play, highlighting what each says about management quality and long-term shareholder value.

Engage with the BizNews Portfolios here: https://www.biznews.com/investment-webinar/2025/04/09/biznews-portfolios]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Wed 22 Apr 2026: Navigating market lions; US-Iran peace paradox; Anthropic’s AI security breach</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak episode, President Trump indefinitely extends the US-Iran ceasefire at Pakistan's request while maintaining a naval blockade. We cover the security breach of Anthropic’s "Mythos" AI model and Kevin Warsh’s pledge of independence during his Federal Reserve confirmation hearing. <br />
<br />
Plus, an investing masterclass with Sean Peche explores contrarian market strategies, and we analyse Apple’s leadership transition as John Ternus prepares to succeed Tim Cook. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Wed 22 Apr 2026: Navigating market lions; US-Iran peace paradox; Anthropic’s AI security breach</itunes:title>
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Plus, an investing masterclass with Sean Peche explores contrarian market strategies, and we analyse Apple’s leadership transition as John Ternus prepares to succeed Tim Cook.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Why smart investors don’t graze where the lions wait: market masterclass from Sean Peche</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg sits down with Ranmore Fund Management founder and chief investment officer Sean Peche for an investing masterclass on navigating volatile markets. Using a vivid analogy about buck grazing where the lions lurk, Peche explains why investors should avoid the herd, focus on value, and stay disciplined when fear and greed drive market swings. It’s a timely conversation packed with practical lessons for both new and seasoned investors. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Why smart investors don’t graze where the lions wait: market masterclass from Sean Peche</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[BizNews editor Alec Hogg sits down with Ranmore Fund Management founder and chief investment officer Sean Peche for an investing masterclass on navigating volatile markets. Using a vivid analogy about buck grazing where the lions lurk, Peche explains why investors should avoid the herd, focus on value, and stay disciplined when fear and greed drive market swings. It’s a timely conversation packed with practical lessons for both new and seasoned investors.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>Ian Bremmer on Iran talks: Who wins from the conflict in the Middle East?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurasia Group President and Founder Ian Bremmer joined Bloomberg Open Interest to break down the fragile reality behind the US-Iran talks. He warns that a peace deal may be more political theater than real progress. Bremmer talks about how higher gas prices could impact the midterm elections. ]]></description>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Ian Bremmer on Iran talks: Who wins from the conflict in the Middle East?</itunes:title>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - 21 Apr 2026: Apple’s new CEO; Trump’s Iran ultimatum; Amazon’s AI expansion; Deepfake scam</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak episode, Apple names John Ternus as CEO while Tim Cook moves to Executive Chairman. Political tensions rise as President Trump threatens to end the Iran ceasefire, impacting crude oil prices and global markets. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos secures billions for "Project Prometheus" and Amazon ramps up its Anthropic investment. Plus, we expose a sophisticated South African AI scam and marvel at autonomous robots shattering human records in Beijing. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - 21 Apr 2026: Apple’s new CEO; Trump’s Iran ultimatum; Amazon’s AI expansion; Deepfake scam</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:episode>0</itunes:episode>
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		<itunes:duration>16:00</itunes:duration>
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		<title>Boardroom Talk: AI-powered scam invents Alec Hogg showdown with Cyril Ramaphosa on Carte Blanche</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews Editor Alec Hogg exposes a sophisticated online scam using AI-generated images, fake SABC branding and a fabricated “Carte Blanche” showdown with President Cyril Ramaphosa to lure victims into handing over personal details and money. He explains how the con works, why it is so dangerous, and the red flags every South African should watch for. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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						<itunes:title>Boardroom Talk: AI-powered scam invents Alec Hogg showdown with Cyril Ramaphosa on Carte Blanche</itunes:title>
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		<itunes:duration>20:16</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this Boardroom Talk, BizNews Editor Alec Hogg exposes a sophisticated online scam using AI-generated images, fake SABC branding and a fabricated “Carte Blanche” showdown with President Cyril Ramaphosa to lure victims into handing over personal details and money. He explains how the con works, why it is so dangerous, and the red flags every South African should watch for.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<title>BN Daybreak - Mon 20 April 2026: US-Iran ship seizure, BEE policy under fire, and SA’s housing backlog solutions</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's BizNews Daybreak, tensions reach a breaking point as the US Navy seizes an Iranian vessel, threatening a fragile ceasefire set to expire Tuesday. While global markets remain resilient with the S&P 500 hitting record highs, the UAE is seeking a financial backstop to prevent economic contagion. Plus, Solidarity’s Dirk Hermann discusses the "perfect storm" facing South Africa’s BEE policy, and architect Wandile Mthiyane argues that decentralized strategies are the key to solving the nation's 2.5 million home backlog. ]]></description>
					<category>Investing</category>
				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<podcast:episode>0</podcast:episode>
						<itunes:title>BN Daybreak - Mon 20 April 2026: US-Iran ship seizure, BEE policy under fire, and SA’s housing backlog solutions</itunes:title>
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