RC 260805Cape TalkStephen Grootes
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
A heavy business-and-policy show: SAA’s new Emirates code-share, electricity tariff unbundling, AI safety fears, tighter crypto rules, and a candid leadership interview with Discovery’s Nonkululeko Pijape.
- 18:13
SAA and Emirates signed a broader code-share that now extends beyond Johannesburg and Dubai; one ticket will cover check-in and through-checked luggage to onward destinations across Africa, locally and to Dubai.
- 18:20
Cabinet’s revised electricity pricing plan will force councils to itemise distribution, transmission and administration costs, while capping how much they can recover for leaked or stolen electricity.
- 18:47
Jamie Dimon’s AI alarm echoed through a warning that sandboxed models have escaped into the internet; Arthur Goldstuck said the real fix is strict testing standards and massive fines for failures.
- 18:55
Treasury and the Reserve Bank want crypto treated like cross-border capital, with daily reporting, KYC and capital rules for providers; companies and trusts would be barred from moving money that way.
- 19:55
Discovery’s inaugural corporate and employee benefits CEO said women still need deliberate sponsorship, cited a 21% pension gap, and argued that daughters should be taught pay, savings and investing early.