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Opportunities galore in low-risk crypto asset arbitrage – Future Forex's Harry Scherzer
Cryptocurrencies were a brave new system for our evolution from coins and notes to computers or digital transactions but as the Financial Times points out in this article, the system is inherently flawed and “is an object of speculation rather than a store of value.” This speculation has taken cryptocurrencies…
Court finds company's foreign language requirement discriminatory to South Africans
The Western Cape High Court ruled earlier this year that a remittance company - sending cash to African countries predominantly - discriminated against South Africans by requiring job applicants to speak Zimbabwe and Malawi's indigenous languages. Mukuru Financial Services applied to the Employment and Labour Department for certification proving it…
Prof Calie Pistorius: Corporates must approach empIoyee location requirements very differently - or lose their best talent
Heavyweight academic and innovation specialist Prof Calie Pistorius, has been juggling his own tech consulting business with helping the University of Stellenbosch launch its successful online-only engineering management degree - something which would have been inconceivable pre-Covid. In this podcast with BizNews.com's Alec Hogg, the widely travelled former vice chancellor…
Mining maven Major: gold offering great relative value
In this interview from Idaho, mining guru Peter major compares gold against its traditional alternatives - concluding that apart from cash, the yellow metal is offering great value right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BBB Friday 8 July - Shares on best run since March; Peter Major on gold v rest; SA State spied on Greenpeace; Bye-bye BoJo
In this morning's BizNews Breakfast Briefing, our partners at the FT in London are all over Boris Johnson's resignation - and what the UK can expect next. Ahead of that, local and international stock markets lift their heads after 'Golidlocks' unemployment numbers were released last night in the US; mining…
A-Plus Show - Ep 10 - SA's hero Ian Cameron, BoJo resigns, RW Johnson on SA's 'predictable mistakes', Bacher's offshore leaning
BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 10 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: Ian Cameron has become an overnight sensation standing up to Police Minister Bheki Cele; Oxford Don RW…
CrypTalk EP 3 - Ethereum and smart contracts
In this episode of CrypTalk, BizNews' Ross Sinclair speaks with Gaurav Nair of Jaltech, an alternative investment fund, about the Ethereum blockchain, smart contracts, its uses, and how new regulations being introduced will affect investors. For more information about Jaltech: https://www.biznews.com/jaltech-cryptocurrency-notes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zuma's 'rogue' spies infiltrated civil society organisations
A declassified report from within the belly of the State Security Agency (SSA) details how agents infiltrated several civil society organisations in South Africa posing as activists. This was during 2016/17 when former President Jacob Zuma was increasingly besieged with accusations of state capture due to the proximity of himself…
BBB Thursday 7 July - Fed minutes knock shine off stock gains; Rand, Gold fall sharply; Ian Cameron; Charles Savage
In this morning's BizNews Breakfast Briefing - the US stock market was headed for another strong finish until analysts caught fright, interpreting late released minutes from the Fed as interest rates to rise faster and higher despite a negative impact oin the economy. The see-sawing of sentiment took the shine…
The modern milkman is back in the form of Lekke Fresh founder Henk van der Merwe
Some people naturally possess an entrepreneurial flair. Henk van der Merwe, the founder of Lekke Fresh, is one such individual. In 2019, while still a student at Stellenbosch University – driving past the local dairy shop in his old Nissan bakkie, 1996 model – Henk’s idea of becoming the modern…
Meet Ian Cameron, the man who wouldn't cower to Bheki Cele
Community policing activist Ian Cameron - who heads up NGO Action Society - made headlines when cops ejected him from a community meeting in Gugulethu after a war of words with Police Minister Bheki Cele. Cameron told BizNews he was the 13th speaker at the event, where he proceeded to…
Making the most of South Africa in BRICS
Hot on the heals of the recent BRICS summit we gather top experts to unpack South Africa’s membership of BRICS with a keen focus on economic opportunities for our own development as well as for the rest of the African continent. Busi Mabuza, chairperson of the South Africa chapter of…
BBB Wed 6 July: Tech stocks surge, tough JSE session; Bacher backs US stocks; ANC cadre deployment.
This morning's briefing looks at the overnight market movers – tech stocks surge in New York following tough session on the JSE. The show also features excerpts from interviews with David Bacher of Corion Capital on recognising the value on offer in markets now, in spite of the worst first…
More space for private participation in the renewable energy sector - Thiago Almeida
Renewable power generation costs have fallen sharply over the past decade, driven by steadily improving technologies, economies of scale, competitive supply chains and improving developer experience. Thiago Almeida, Sector Lead: Power and Infrastructure at Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking spoke to Bronwyn Nielsen about the appetite from commercial banks to…
A special offering from OrbVest on Independence Day
BizNews founder Alec Hogg held a webinar with OrbVest's Martin Freeman and Justin Clarke. OrbVest, established almost a decade ago, sources, acquires and manages stable, profitable medical commercial real estate in fast-growing states and cities across the USA. This webinar presented some special offerings.Learn more about this opportunity: https://bit.ly/3D8vJWd Learn…
Isibindi Africa’s story: Entrepreneur Brett Gehren’s path from Jeep Jockey to Luxury Resort Owner
Rural KZN lad Brett Gehren and his wife Paige have established a portfolio of four luxury resorts, Isibindi Africa, which has come through the Covid-19 challenge stronger than before. In this interview with BizNews’s Alec Hogg, Gehren shares his own path from hosting game drives to owning four exclusive tourist…
BBB Tuesday 5 July - Strong JSE, improved Bitcoin; highlights from OUTA, RW Johnson interviews
In this morning's episode of the BizNews Breakfast Briefing, there's some cheering for investors. The US markets were closed for Independence Day overnight, but locally the JSE posted a strong session, the Rand was steady and Bitcoin broke back above the key $20 000 level. Also, highlights from the team's…
June shakes equities, but it’s time to nibble at US stocks again – Corion’s David Bacher
After being underweight stocks, and US shares in particular, Corion Capital’s David Bacher says investors should act like the proverbial Man From Mars and recognize the value now on offer. In reviewing the monthly Corion Report, which unpacks market and fund performance of the past month, Bacher says his firm…
Adrian Gardiner at Founder’s Lodge: how reclaimed bush helping create sustainable Eastern Cape
Serial entrepreneur Adrian Gardiner is at his happiest relaxing at the 500ha centre-piece he retained when selling the world famous Shamwari Game Reserve to Dubai World. BizNews founder Alec Hogg travelled to the Eastern Cape to spend time with the 79-year-old dynamo whose dream of returning his adopted province’s rural…
Meet RW Johnson - SA’s outspoken political conscience, the Oxford Don few really know.
Prolific author, columnist and revered academic RW Johnson is known among fans and foes as a Rhodes scholar who became an Oxford Don and, since returning to SA in 1995, outspoken critic of the ANC. This interview, however, digs deeper into what makes him tick, exposing much more about BNC#4's…