BN Daybreak - Thu 23 Apr 2026: SA public service reforms; Hormuz tensions flare; Tesla; Capitec; Chubb; Remgro

Loading player...
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.

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.
23 Apr 12AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

BN Daybreak - Tue 2 June 2026: Trump Agri Tariffs; Nvidia chips; SA grid success; FMD vaccines

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.
1 Jun 11PM 15 min

Rob Hersov: The small municipality that fixed itself — a blueprint to rescue South Africa

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…
1 Jun 11AM 30 min

Andrew Morphew - Steenhuisen’s “stockpile of vaccines sitting” in State fridges

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…
1 Jun 3AM 11 min