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War on the economy – Sacci warns of global fallout. New broadband rollout policy raises alarm. And Ramaphosa’s R155bn property plan targets idle state assets.

The redeveloped Golden Acre will welcome its first tenants as early as October, a key project stakeholders said this week.

Steenhuisen’s dip and the battle for the DA’s soul. Beyond the interest rate pause, 2026 marks a turning point for SA property. And alarm over hate speech legislation overreach.

Franchising could be SA’s fastest route to recovery, says new Fasa CEO. Global money is chasing AI health tech. Will SA catch up in 2026? And the world wants SA creatives. 100 AI-era jobs made available to local talent.

There’s righteous indignation about the impact of the Expropriation Act’s enfeeblement of property rights in SA, but far more damaging is the Prevention of Illegal Eviction Act from and Unlawful Occupation of Land (Pie) Act, initially introduced in 1998 to prevent the kind of eviction abuses so prevalent under apartheid.

The Black Business Council raises load shedding concerns for small businesses. Why a thought leader says land expropriation without compensation could have unintended negative consequences on the very communities it sets out to assist. And communications lessons for businesses from the recent budget speech postponement.

Locally-prepared water business swimming in success

Guests on today’s show

Professor Raymond Durrheim: School of Geosciences, Wits
Marthinus Visser: MD, Akademia
Dr Kimberleigh Tommy: CEO, Paleontological Scientific Trust
Jeremy Sampson: MD, Brand Finance Africa