Donald MacKay – SA’s China trade pivot makes no sense

In today's BizNews Daybreak: Global markets are reacting violently to the escalating US military offensive against Iran, sending shockwaves through energy and commodity sectors. Locally, a major legal victory has upended the South African government's healthcare plans. Key highlights from this episode: Markets & Commodities: Brent crude oil has spiked…

Tonight’s BizNews Briefing opens with Dr Iraj Abedian’s view of what could come next in Iran, as he lays out three possible paths ranging from a managed transition to violent instability. We then move to a market update led by MTN’s earnings rebound, Exxaro’s major manganese deal, the JSE’s stronger…

Use "State proofing or maximum appropriate non-cooperation where the State seeks to co-opt ... any non-State actor." That is the advice from Sakeliga CEO Piet le Roux following the latest milestone victory in its fight against the implementation of the NHI Act. "Where the State seeks to co-opt you into…

In today’s Editor’s Desk, BizNews founder Alec Hogg unpacks the extraordinary escalation in Iran, what it says about Donald Trump’s strategy, and why South Africa’s closeness to Tehran deserves far more scrutiny. He also points to two sharp pieces — from Gideon Rachman and The Economist — that ask the…

Iran-born economist Iraj Abedian tells BizNews the Iranian regime’s confrontation with the West was inevitable, arguing Pretoria has badly misjudged events by aligning itself with a dictatorship accused of massacring its own people. He says the next three to five weeks will be critical for Iran, the Middle East and…