Thys du Toit has made an impassioned appeal to President Ramaphosa to urgently open the economy to avoid an economic and social catastrophe. Thys du Toit, one of the founders of Coronation Fund Managers and the chairman of Rootstock Asset Management, has made an impassioned appeal to President Cyril
In this podcast, Paul O’Sullivan, David Shapiro and GG Alcock share many reasons why SAA should be kept going in the interests of the country. South African Airways (SAA) was at the centre of the state capture scandal, sucking up billions of rands of taxpayers’ funds under former President Jacob Zum
Chris Yelland sat down with Minister Gwede Mantashe with a view to getting a deeper understanding of what the government is doing to fix Eskom problems.Chris Yelland, an energy analyst, consultant, electrical engineer, public speaker, writer and managing director at EE Business Intelligence (Pty) Lt
Ace forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan applies his mind to the question that many South Africans keep asking – why are so many well exposed crooks not being put behind bars? In his inimitable style, O’Sullivan gets to the nub of the issue and refuses to pull any punches in unpacking the root caus
Absa, one of South Africa’s biggest banks, turned a blind eye to money laundering. That’s abundantly clear from the evidence Forensics for Justice founder Paul O’Sullivan has pieced together. Absa is hiding behind technicalities to avoid explaining its role in state capture and corruption at Eskom,
In this edition of Nutshell, Jared Watson tells Biznews about the files he released on Bosasa. While we are all wondering when we are going to see people in handcuffs for corruption, Forensics for Justice’s Paul O’Sullivan leads the way and tells us why he is like a terrier who does not let go. We e
It’s impossible to over-emphasise the value Paul O’Sullivan has brought to his adopted country. The Irish-born founder of Forensics for Justice strides boldly into areas where most fear to tread, his notches ranging from murderers, gangsters and fraudsters through to a couple of former chiefs of SA
In a week where South Africans have been told they can’t smack their children and we all rejoiced in the success of the Ndlovu Youth Choir, South Africans have been debating the government’s plans to introduce prescribed assets which got Andrew Canter from Futuregrowth hot under the collar. There is
The Naspers spin-off, Prosus arrived with a bang in Amsterdam with its share price soaring and we have CFO Basil Sgourdos explaining what will happen next. The interim CEO of Absa, Rene van Wyk looks at where the banking group plans to expand in the future. As South Africa struggles to overcome its
Lord Peter Hain provided a largely under-appreciated service to South Africa by exposing the criminality of the Guptas and their political puppets to the world. There were many highlights during my recent three years in London establishing Biznews’s global foothold. Among them was getting to know Lo
This week on BizNews Radio, we tap into the issue of psychopaths with Prof Heidi Maibom and business and get a preview of the annual Apple reveal.Xenophobia and femicide protests dampened President Cyril Ramaphosa investment drive at the World Economic Forum in Africa which is taking place in Cape T
The mystery surrounding Bosasa CEO, Gavin Watson’s death deepens with Judge Zondo revealing that he had asked Watson for an affidavit, as his nephew Jared speaks to Alec Hogg about his role in helping Gavin. Bernard Mostert talks about the decision of his CEO Braam van Huyssteen to forgive Markus Jo
For some time, chartered accountant Jared Watson had been working with his uncle, the late Gavin Watson of Bosasa fame, on a submission for a confidential SARS tax inquiry. They were together on Sunday evening and were to meet the next morning to drive together to put the final touches onto the 400
The best of BizNews Radio takes a critical worldview of Eskom’s finances with Nick Smith-Saville from Debtwire. David Shapiro invokes Warren Buffett’s analogy of a cockroach as he examines companies in trouble. And more...In this week’s Nutshell, there is a critical worldview of Eskom’s finances fro
The SA office of global law firm Hogan Lovells is fragmenting after a sustained assault on them by forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan and British peer Peter Hain. The firm, accused by the activist duo of facilitating State Capture, is to shrink to a quarter of its former size, with 71 lawyers spi
On Rational Radio this week, founder of Accountability Now Paul Hoffman revisits his nuclear attack on South Africa’s embattled Public Protector. After launching an application at the Legal Practice Council to have the PP disbarred, Hoffman explains that this could take some months – so he has opene
When you’re in form, the results of even routine actions tend to surprise on the upside. And right now, Forensics for Justice’s founder Paul O’Sullivan is in hot form. His boxing with embattled Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is rapidly turning into a “no contest” and this week an investigation
One of my scariest moments as a crime reporter in the 1990s was being shot at by a gangster in the Cape Flats. I was driving alone in a gang-infested suburb when a young boy, who couldn’t have been 13 years old, suddenly stepped out of a group and pointed a gun at me as I drew to a stop at an inters
South African-raised British peer Lord Peter Hain is applying pressure on the Westminster Government to stop doing business with global consultancy firm Bain & Co over its misbehaviour in South Africa. The commission of inquiry into the near collapse of SA Revenue Services concluded that there was a
In an interview with Alec Hogg, Paul O'Sullivan reveals that South Africa's electricity woes are directly linked to corruption.Paul O’Sullivan is a forensic investigator who has played a leading role in pursuing the corrupt and captured who were allowed to flourish under former president Jacob Zuma.
South Africa’s ace forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan has re-entered the fray after the country’s Public Protector issued a report accusing president Cyril Ramaphosa of misleading parliament. O’Sullivan takes us through the steps he took when called in to investigate whether the president, and hi
Retired hedge fund manager Clive Nates is not your average celebrity. But in the soccer-mad English city of Lincoln there's nobody more loved right now.LONDON — Clive Nates is not your average celebrity. But in the soccer-mad English city of Lincoln there’s nobody more loved right now than the intro
Alec Hogg invested an hour in a Google Hangout with ZACP co-founder Kanthan Pillay to ask the questions our community wanted answered, live and unrehearsed.LONDON — With South Africa’s 2019 national and provincial elections now less than a month away, it’s not surprising that politics is dominating
After another strong year, this time of 43% growth, I tapped insurance company BrightRock's CEO Schalk Malan for an update.LONDON — In a world where salaried executives and their spin doctors boast when they post growth in single digits, it’s refreshing to find those for whom those numbers don’t cut