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Herman Mashaba, the former Johannesburg mayor, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss some of his plans for the coming elections. Mashaba is the leader of Action SA, a political party he launched in 2020. – Jarryd Neves Herman Mashaba on his candidate election system: One of the issues I put forward to South Africans…

A number of South Africa’s top asset managers recently teamed together against the complex shareholding structure and lack of management alignment in South Africa’s two largest businesses – Naspers and Prosus. The Naspers executive team, led by chief executive Bob van Dijk, has been under scrutiny by market participants for a number of years. The discount…

*This content is brought to you by OrbVest Specialist medical office building investor acquires 4 buildings in 4 months. OrbVest, the global investment firm with strong South African roots, has just closed its fourth building acquisition since the beginning of 2021. Fleming Island, a 76,771-square-foot office property located in Jacksonville, Florida, was bought for $14.45…

By Roxanne Henderson (Bloomberg) —Alexander Forbes is on the hunt for businesses to acquire to build out its employee-benefits offering after finalising plans to exit its insurance arm. The South African retirement and investment adviser is boosting its surplus capital and selling its risk and retail business operations – which had insurance premium income of R1bn…

The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town is considered the most visited tourist attraction in South Africa. 12Cape is well positioned to take advantage of the visitors who travel to the Mother City. Join BizNews founder Alec Hogg as he quizzed Jaap du Toit, Chris Derksen and Hugo Venter on 12Cape and the latest…

A deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee Sunday after it attacked a woman in Oregon, according to authorities. Deputies were called to a residence in Pendleton around 8 a.m. after the chimpanzee’s owner, Tamara Brogoitti, said the ape was out of its cage and had bitten her daughter in the torso, arms, and legs, according…

In her "Ingraham Angle" on Monday, host Laura Ingraham pointed out that there are increasingly more about-faces on the part of the government in recent weeks when it comes to retraction of coronavirus-induced socioeconomic lockdowns and the like.Ingraham said that although President Joe Biden announced that a 4th of July celebration will be held at…

Michelle Pfeiffer is giving fans a glimpse at her family.The 63-year-old actress doesn't often share photos of her children on social media – though her husband, writer David E. Kelley, pops up from time to time – but broke protocol for a special post on Friday.In the photo, the Oscar-nominated actress posed for a selfie…

Nearly 4,000 fully vaccinated people in Massachusetts have tested positive for COVID-19, according to recent data from the state Department of Public Health.The number of breakthrough cases in the state has been infrequent so far -- accounting for approximately one in 1,000 vaccinated people.As of June 12, there were 3,791 coronavirus cases among the more…