Bernard Swanepoel

Bernard Swanepoel is an experienced mining executive. A non-executive director of various companies and the former CEO of Harmony Gold, he chairs the Joburg Indaba and the Junior Indaba. He calls himself a mining optimist, outspoken industry leader and pragmatic idealist.

Society despair

What survival really reveals about us

Character is easy in comfort. The real test comes when survival, poverty and pressure force impossible choices…

by Bernard Swanepoel

June 30, 2026

News·Opinion

Prosus: not just Tencent in a trench coat

June 30, 2026

Shares in Prosus and Naspers bounced 5% on Monday, thanks…

JOHANNESBURG – Marchers during the protest against illegal immigration during a march to Mary Fitzgerald Square on April 29, 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa. March and March is demanding tighter immigration controls, including stricter visa regulations, a review of asylum policies and action against businesses employing undocumented foreign nationals. (Photo by Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)

The machine behind the anti-immigrant movement in South Africa

June 30, 2026

South Africa’s anti-immigrant protests are about more than borders; they…

Society despair

What survival really reveals about us

June 30, 2026

Character is easy in comfort. The real test comes when…

Fifa vampire squid

Fifa is the new vampire squid

June 30, 2026

Football’s greatest show has become Fifa’s greatest cash machine –…