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PODCAST: ‘Sharp Sharp’ – The Taco, the GNU and the ANC rebels

Rob Rose and Zukile Majova tackle Trump and Iran, manoeuvring on the political scene, and what Natie Kirsh’s R500bn sale says about the entrepreneurship in South Africa.
April 10, 2026
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US President Trump threatened to wipe out an entire civilisation, then chickened out an hour before his own deadline – in typical Trump Always Chickens Out (Taco) style. Rob Rose and Zukile Majova unpack the Taco moment heard around the world and what it means for South Africa’s foreign policy in an era of creeping authoritarianism. 

They also get into the rebel faction inside the ANC that wants to collapse the government of national unity and replace the DA with the EFF and MK, and why that would be catastrophic for the rand and investment. And they look at whether South Africa’s environment actually allows entrepreneurs to thrive, after South Africa-born Natie Kirsh sold his US company for R500bn. 

Sharp Sharp is a weekly podcast on South African politics, money and power from Currency News and Scrolla.Africa

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ALSO READ:
Real Politics: The ANC rebels out to kill the GNU
Real Politics: GNU faces test on empowerment reform
Real Politics: What Iran reveals about South Africa’s GNU problem

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Rob Rose

With more than two decades in business journalism and as an author of Steinheist and The Grand Scam, Rob knows his way around a balance sheet. While editor of the Financial Mail for eight years, the title bucked the trend of falling circulation, producing award-winning news.

Zukile Majova

Zukile Majova is the political editor at Scrolla.Africa. He also does political commentary on some of South Africa’s leading radio stations.

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