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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
5,604 Episodes
2460 – 2480

Post Pandemic Supply Challenges Drive Shift in Vehicle Purchasing Behaviour

GUEST: Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion Africa Vehicle sales in South Africa dropped sharply in the first quarter of 2023 in the face of ongoing vehicle price inflation, declining consumer disposable income and negative consumer and business sentiment. TransUnion Africa figures show the number of financial agreements in the passenger…
16 May 2023 5PM 12 min

OPINION PIECE: Our beloved SA is once again at risk from politics

GUEST – Mamokgethi Molopyane - Founder of Creative Voodoo Consulting Daily, the country moves towards an unknowable future defined by despair and frustrations resulting from the exigencies of poisonous political careerism. The incompetence, greed, corruption and tendency to turn politics into a lifelong career has seen government work reduced to…
16 May 2023 5PM 12 min

ANALYSIS – Growing calls for restoration of positive relations between SA and the USA

GUEST – Busi Mavuso - Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO South Africa needs to undertake concerted efforts to restore positive relations with the US, business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso writes in her weekly newsletter. “Our economy is already damaged by so much, from loadshedding…
16 May 2023 5PM 14 min

Unemployment rate rises to 32.9% in first quarter

GUEST - Risenga Maluleke – Statistician-General, Stats SA. The official unemployment rate increased by 0.2 of a percentage point to 32.9% in the first quarter of 2023, from the fourth quarter of last year, Statistics SA reported on Tuesday. However, this was due to a large number of people who…
16 May 2023 5PM 9 min

Competition Commission approves Clicks’ R105 million Sorbet takeover

South Africa’s Competition Commission has approved Clicks Investments’ proposal to acquire Sorbet from Old Mutual Private Equity – with conditions. In November 2022, retailer Clicks announced it is set to acquire beauty salon franchise chain Sorbet for a cash consideration of R105 million. The deal will result in Clicks holding…
15 May 2023 5PM 12 min

COMPANY RESULTS – Vodacom reports 6.4% drop in full-year profit

GUEST – Shameel Joosub, the Vodacom Group CEO Vodacom has announced a 17.2% increase in Group service revenue (up 7.2% excluding Vodafone Egypt) and a net profit of 2.1% in its preliminary annual results for the financial year that ended on 31 March 2023, despite the economic impact of load…
15 May 2023 5AM 14 min

TOP STORY – Affirmative action, BEE has brought Eskom to its knees – IRR

GUEST – Mlondi Mdluli, IRR Campaign Manager & Gregory Mofokeng, CEO of the Black Business Council for the Built Environment The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) warned that load-shedding would continue to worsen if the government refuses to put value for money before race-based procurement. The IRR has written to…
10 May 2023 5PM 9 min

EKASINOMICS: Leratong Poly Clinic.

GUEST – Lerato Asnath Pato – Founder & CEO of Leratong Poly Clinic A dedicated nurse with 15 years’ worth of experience has been lauded on social media for starting her own clinic in the Soshanguve township. Lerato joins KAYABiz host, Gugulethu Mfuphi to talk all things Leratong Poly Clinic.
10 May 2023 8AM 10 min

CLARITY – Will SASRIA pay for claims related to grid failure?

GUEST – Mpumi Tyikwe – CEO Of South African Special Risks Insurance Association (Sasria) SA's special risk state-owned insurer has withdrawn circulars announcing that it will no longer provide cover for damage to property caused during riots and protests in the event the electricity grid collapses. At the end of…
9 May 2023 5PM 10 min

The rising costs of funerals in South Africa

GUEST - Tebogo Paul Tsholo- Metropolitan Branch manager Ongoing load shedding is affecting every sector of society and business including the funeral industry. Various economic factors and challenges like load shedding have meant the rising cost of doing business in the funeral industry. Aside from crime, load-shedding is also putting…
9 May 2023 4PM 11 min

SA has one of the lowest savings rates in the world

GUEST – Amilah Costandius, Senior Manager: Strategy and Business Design at Deloitte Africa South Africa’s savings rate is below that of its emerging market peers and is one of the lowest in the world at only 0.5%. This was revealed by Deloitte’s South African Investment Management Outlook 2023. The national…
9 May 2023 4PM 14 min

Study reveals how SA’s grant recpients use their grant money to generate more income.

GUEST: Leila Patel is professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg Although social grants are spent largely on food, there is growing evidence that they are also used for productive investments in livelihood activities. These are actions people undertake to meet their basic needs such food, shelter and clothing…
8 May 2023 5PM 5 min

Tips on how to win a disciplinary hearing.

GUEST - Osbourne Molatudi – Employment Law Specialist How to be successful at a disciplinary hearing A disciplinary hearing is likely to be a challenging experience for all concerned. It is common for individuals, who are the subject of the hearing, to feel as though there is nothing that they…
8 May 2023 5PM 21 min
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