I don't agree at all with Magda' view about Helen Zille. It's not the same as the 1990s. The DA are not the Nats. Helen is a fearless, brilliant negotiator and we really need her experience and wisdom.

Haibo. Helen Zilles contribution to SA is immeasurable. She's a canny, moral and decent human. Her wisdom and experience is still much required for ALL the people of SA

Helen Zille is an anchor for principles of good and discipline for that which is right in parliament, and this is why Helen MUST stay.

If it wasn't for Helen Zille we would not have the deal with the GNU that we have. She is a master negotiate.

Magda talks a lot and says nothing I found insightful. Just another opinion in a sea of undifferentiated opinions. She says no one expected any of the political outcomes, yet it was widely discussed by many prominent pollsters

Dear Magda , in the words of the esteemed philosopher Jagger "You cant always get what you want" . Zille should stay .

Please stay in UK

Magda, Ive never heard your name before! Hellen Zille YES. If you can do better than her DO so by all means! Audacity of it all!!!!!!🤬

Helen Zille is sn Iron Woman and very intelligent.

You are wrong, Magda. Zille is tough and brilliant. Im not interested in your seeming populist concern for race and perception. Im interested in what the DA has achieved and if you think Zille controls the DA, then by your reasoning, you can thank her for this singular success.

You literally lost credibility by platforming this woman. She is a con artist of note and she builds her success upon the scandals and tragedy of others. She was nowhere until she realized that jumping on others with her fake outrage and fake morality was an excellent marketing stunt. By the way, her own colleagues within Sygnia condemned her and her tactics. You really should distance yourself from her.

Magda who thinks that overseas companies do not invest in SA due to its stance against the killing of the children of Gaza. So what is better Magda, killing of the children of Gaza to continue and no one in the world to raise a voice? This woman seems unbelievably materialistic. Very interesting just before the pandemic, she knew somewhat to invest in Astra-Seneca. And why must Zille go? Should we replace her with Malema? Magda leave politics to Zille, she is very good at what she does.

Zille must stay

Who is this woman to say a national asset like Helen Zilla should go? It took superb skills to deal with the devious ways of the ANC. This lady has so little credibility in comparison. South Africa needs Helen Zilla and she never runs from the fight no matter how devious the opponent because she loves South Africa. She should be careful who she disparages... the comparison is not to her advantage. With all Helen Zilla has done..... you DO need to apologize.

Helen Zille stays...she is valued,a South African asset

I like Magda, but no, Zille shouldn't go.

And yes I was right ... The fourth industrial revolution is upon us 16 Oct 2016 ... On her SITE ! Another DAVOS WEF Drone.

This woman is picking on small things.....Helen Zilla did not have to say South Africa.....I think she knows that her country is a part of Brics. Why give this woman airtime? We have real, experienced and successful financial experts in our country.

Zille stays.....you go !!!! Hamba kaya wena !!!!

HELLEN ZILLER IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST!!!! ......WE NEED HER WISDOM AND HIGHLY INTELLIGENCE DESPERATLY!!!!

Zille is the freaken rockstar of South Africa!!

Zille must stay. It is not her fault that she is perceived as difficult and a racist, She is not. It just shows to her effectiveness that the ANC and EFF have to label her as such. If you can't justify your stance, cry racism.

She is not in touch with reality!!!

Helen Zille is leading the most representative party in South Africa. Long may she be in charge of reformation of South Africa and its people. Signia is definitely not on my radar. For sure

As Helen said in an interview, you may not like her or John Steenhuis, but at least where they govern in the Western Cape, things work!! And isn't that what the ratepayers needs, their money used wisely.

Wierzycka is completely crazy. She needs help.

Does this woman not know what the ANC has done to South Africa in the last 30 years... maybe she should stick to financial and leave political alone.😅😊

What a thoughtless egghead.If wee do survive as a democracy it is truly due.pretty much singlehandedly to our indefatigable Iron Lady, Helen Zille .I thank God every day that He graces us with her presence.

Careful of the wolf in sheep's clothing. Of course it's all about the money...

I agree that DA is going no where without transformation not window dressing

What's your evidence for 'climate change' other than 'knowing'...?

Your perception 💯 - needless to say she is the IronLady and her whole being is to uplift SA for all its citizens and she's committed and did not tollow the chicken run

Is this women even South African? She talks about we. I don’t think she is one of us

Im sorry but I'm sick of hearing that DA is a White Party, evidently Magda Wierzycka you admit that the DA has done a lot for South Africa and they're not in Power with Helen Zille so I'm afraid your analysis is wrong on this one so I don't know how being White makes any difference when what they do benefits the whole country. I'm absolutely 💯% sure you wouldn't say that if South Africa was minority Black So let's be fair!

She doesn't mention the strings attached to Western investments! Narrow minded.

madga is out of touch from reality

Magda is all about the money.

Thankfully magda doesn't get to make that call.

... I heard Climate Change, Covid Vax , Renewable Energy ... WEF Davos playbook ...

KeeP your contrOversial opInion to yourself!!

I must say- ive always held Magda in high regard- however her views on helen are both disgusting snd dead wrong! The fact that she believes in skin color over merit makes me question about my investments with sygnia

And who should replace her for interest sake?

Zille moet bly sy n yster hou nie haar mond nie want in SA moet jy jou bek mos hou of jy het probleme kom Zille

If it wasn’t for Helen Zilla there would be no DA party, this dear lady has no insight in dealing with the ANC. We need tough leaders, who have integrity,honesty and the skin to ignore stupid people, The USA doesn’t have a tough leader, Britain, France etc they are all weak, if anyone can pull this country right it would be Hellen Zilla, we should have had more respect for her and given her more encouragement than we did.We are dealing with arrogant liars thieving crooks etc that run this country. Lady sitting in your ivory tower you are not in touch with reality.

Ceo of Sygnia Magda has this habit of discussing politics in her interviews, this is going to bite her in the butt .

Zille is the Best.

I have admired Magda for a long time, and she has proved her effective business intellect, MAYBE? I differ with her inclination, though, to appease black people [or to try and sound relevant/woke/dei sensitive] by calling for the retirement of "the MOST Effective & the most hard working" political party leader in SA. What we need as black people is a good grade level education which includes 'civics' or citizenship studies, and a good dose of realism and patience to learn from those who know.

How about just removing all individuals who have dual+ citizenship or a right of return from strategic positions like denying them access to positions which influence policy, deny them positions in Government and Administration, get rid of ngo's and foreign funding of such institutions etc.

Magda, Rob Hersov and a couple of others should push for a huge foreign investment proposal in a labour intensive industry in SA. But potential investors must spell out what is stopping them e.g. BEE, EWC, minimum wage etc. Present this to government and publish the response

Zille does not have to go. She is quite strategic. She just needs to embrace transformation with merit.

Who is this woman?.

On climate change: Climate will always change - to try and regulate how much Co2 or other greenhouse gasses is near impossible. To little CO2 and no essential component for plant growth and releasing of O2. Personally I thin we should be focusing on climate change resiliency. Low lying areas are and have always been 'climate change' catastrophe areas. I'm not saying we should be willynilly about our output, but also be mindful that curbing it to severely, may have another/other unintended consequence 🤷

Magda in all fairness did you approach DA with your wise words of wisdom..since you are a global figure

Call it accent prejudice, but Magda sounds like a Putin puppet.

Can Magda tell us which party is more diverse than the DA?

Disagree with your opinion about Zille. How come the polarising ideas of race are still being used in RSA in 2024? Humans are supposed to be gaining consciousness now and not be bound by archaic divisions. We are the HUMAN RACE. I find your opinion that the winter storms that have hit Cape Town being proof of 'climate change' quite rediculous and unscientific. You cannot use numbers of displaced people (due to winter storms )without actual context. The Cape of good Hope has been called the Cape of Storms since the 1600s! Please! How about realising that our environment is so toxic that it causes so much disease that humanity needs to awaken to the Truth of why we are suffering so much? Let Truth be part of what we think, do and say.

Magda and Rob Hersov seem to be very nice people, but nice people are not always right and can be very gullible. Helen must stay and both Magda and Rob bring Europe mindset and philosophy that does not always align to Africa's principles/ways and logic. They can easily be manipulated in any area they are not in control.

Biz news thinks scoring own goals are goals too. Always ready to bring on any critic of SA, whether they read extensively, or read one news paper every 5 years, as long as you can pull in their predetermined direction, that will do.

Innovation however will fund itself as the ANC decline and MK/EFF hatred and racism fails. Anti Semitic values in the world is on the increase. If SA just became neutral on those issues we would see increased investment favoring SA.

Magda touched a DA nerve. The host had to pivot out of politics, quickly...

Who are you to tel us what to do

A successful woman breaking down another successful woman. How predictable...I wish woman would actually support each other

She must focus on her underperforming funds. She is the cathy wood of South Africa.

Magda seems to losing her marbles

Carbon Dioxide is not the problem Magda,how does photosynthesis occur?without C02.

HZ is the democratically elected leader of a non-racial DA membership. A DA that garnered support from nearly 7m South Africans of all colours. People who support the values the DA espouses - no matter how inconvenient the colour of the skin HZ may wear. The self-serving and misguided opinion of the woman paraded here is actually irrelevant.

ESG = suicidal virtue signaling

South Africa should go full Brics. We need to diversify ourselves away from the US and the West. Brics can provide us with most of the things we will miss from the West. To hell with the West's dominion and hegemony we are tired of it. Anything will do as long as it is not the West. To hell with the biased institutions of the West that alwsys favour the West. The likes of IMF, ICC, etc.

The future of the DA or South Africa does NOT depend on skin colour but on principles and commentency. If this doesn't appeal to the broader voter, then so be it. Fundamental Principles should not be negotiable. Voters deserve the politicians they vote for.

When people can grow up perhaps the landscape would look greener for all 61 million South African's, most of whom are in poverty with the highest unemployment percentage globally, we are becoming nothing more than consistent to the rest of the African continent, we are living the consequences to the poor quick fix ideas and policies, what we pretend not to see or actually don't see, is that these consequences will hurt the majority even further in the long run with not focusing on real meaningful future sustainability. Further why should it matter what the colour of our governance is, all is what is important is that we have proper, ethical, clean competent governance from wherever and whomever can and/or is able to offer this, that will deliver the real and actual difference to all South African's lives, who really thinks or believes that a black, brown or white person cares who made that water come out of the tap, what is important is that the water does come out of the tap when required. Our focus, attention and effort should be on creating and ensuring real sustainable futures for all South African's, this starts with the youth coming up through the ranks with high quality schooling, 30 years down the line we should have been well on our way, sadly not, too busy playing silly games

Helen is a Great Politician 💎🩵 this lady is controversial..it's jealousy..unnatural looking woman pwew..( look at South Africa..it's a mess..without an anti corruption gov well then yes..Helen Zille for President 💎

Without Zille there will be no DA.

its not about her not being a brilliant politician, master strategist, and negotiator, Its about the fact that, if she had the wisdom and insight, she would have made sure that the DA had nurtured and promoted promising young black leadership into the top echelons of the DA over the last decades.

I do not agree, Helen Zille is the Margaret Thatcher that helps the DA to stand strong and make the right decisions. She works extremely hard and has many years of experience to assist young DA members to grow.

Fully agree with Magda regarding her views on the DA and Zille. The DA has nothing to celebrate after the last general election as the only gains they made were winning back some of the White vote which went to the VF+ in 2029. I am afraid the DA will stay a low 20% party until the day it markedly transforms

Thank you. I listened up to the point where Ms Wierzycka says Ms Zille must go. Her own replacement in her won business was a flop, and she had to return to stabilise the business. Ms Zille will step down when her party says so. What is more, how many whites were in the ANC delegation that met with the DA to negotiate? Works both ways.

Zille is formidable. This woman has a problem with colour. More woke you can't get.

Spot on Magda, 12:02 She(Helen ) is the one that's holding back the DA. I fear this GNU is not gonna last. If the DA moves out it will be because of her.

We need Helen Zille to stay in DA to point out corruption in this country she is a woman of integrity and a leader Magda should focus on investment n not politics

Listen a qauter and stopped cz its utter nonsense....Magda get your facts staighter than u think you hv

Magda the DA sent its best to negotiate, they don’t do window dressing, stop playing the race card.

Magda is 💯 % on point. One would not understand her sentiment if one js trapped in the same old me and ourselves. When you step out of that, you will realise that it is irrelevant in the current South Africa, to build a prosperous country that we all wish for. The spirits and principles of the apartheid are still lingering and there those who are terribly scared to let go. Although at the same time, they do not want to associate with them. It is a sad reality for change.

I found the interview with Magda really insightful as opposed to the majority below who got stuck at the comments about Helen. I am busy reading Magda's autobiography and it's an enjoyable read.

Helen was pivotal in setting up the GNU. If this was left to anyone else it would of been a 💩 show. Helen is principled and follows the rule of law and believes in accountability. This woman speaks about good governance from a business perspective but yet in the same breath will dismiss Helen who stands for good governance.

Magda was abysmal with covid. She seemed to have financial interests that were not in the interests of the people😢

She should go

Not Manuy positive comments Come on biz news ....

Keep in your lane Magda. Zille has more political savvy than you could ever dream of having.

Where is she from

I have great respect for Magda, but... She is an investment expert and yet she is unable to convince companies to invest in South Africa; but she has the gall to critique Helen Zille's contributions to the South African landscape. She also says that obesity drugs are shallow, but yet political appointments by race seems to be acceptable to her. She would not apply in her own company, the appopintment rules she expects the DA to apply. 😂

It's not whether a hardworking, honest and decent person should step down, but rather if another one can step up.

Magda Kaballah.

How is that wonderful Astra Seneca jab investment workin out for you Magda?

Finally, someone who is awake. Great interview refreshing.

We have to get over the race issue, it is now an outdated cheap shot, especially as more black South Africans voted for the DA in the last elections than white South Africans. What we need is a functional economy, and again, a good economy is not white, brown, yellow or black, its a basic competent pragmatic focused on all citizens, and based on economic law, not opinions or slanted favoritisms. We can remind those who wish for communism, it was a "white" creation with massive negative implications. I have a lot of respect for Sygnia's CEO. I invested a small amount with Sygnia, and at the same time, the same small sum with Alan Gray. My return is pretty close from both company's, which says a lot for Sygnia.

Bronwyn Nielsen and Magda Wierzycka is Biznews bordering on the tabloid front now? Click-bait and cheap populist yesterdays-Malema-type headline. We shall see in the future how much of this foreign oracle's 'wisdom' is relevant and holds truth. NS I have seen, read, and heard a lot about Helen Zille, I for one only learned about Magda today for the first and hopefully last time.

Zille brains >>>> Magda brains

NWO minion

Why must we not be associated with Rusia in order to be investible as a country? (point mentioned in 26:00 of the video.

What a lot of waffle 😳