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Voormalige hoof van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch se besigheid skool gesels met Charl Botha oor reg en verkeerd
Professor Piet Naudê, die voormalige hoof van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch se besigheid skool, gesels oor verskillende maniere om die etiese waarde van politieke en besigheid praktyke te evalueer. Ons gesels oor China, oor “stake-holder versus shareholder capitalism”, en of die mens meer eties word. Learn more about your ad…
The Market Report - 1 June 2021
Local and offshore market recap for the day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BizNews Power Hour - 1 June. BrightRock founders 10 year milestone, Capitec remuneration explainer, Famous Brands
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan, BrightRock founders Schalk Malan, Suzanne Stevens and Sean Hanlon, and Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Gold heads for third weekly gain - Peter Major; David Shapiro and David Melville
“Gold is heading for its biggest monthly gain since July as inflation remains the key focus,” Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank A/S, said in a note. Mining veteran Peter Major and David Melville joined Alec Hogg on last night's BizNews Power Hour to share their expertise…
Failure to move to green energy could see SA mining products rejected globally, says Neal Froneman
Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, says a failure to move to greener energy could see South Africa’s mining products shunned globally. In this clip Froneman explains exactly what he means by this, he was on the BizNews Power Hour and said "soon, if platinum-group metals, iron ore or gold are…
Flash Briefing: Covid variants get name changes, SA's is now Beta - WHO; unemployment rises; S&P500 CEO pay hikes
* South Africa’s official unemployment rate rose to a new high in the first quarter as the construction and trade industries shed jobs, says Statistics SA. * The World Health Organisation has changed the way it names Covid-19 variants in an effort to de-stigmatise some countries. * South African miner…
Advice for entrepreneurs from titans of industry, Neal Froneman and Faan Van Der Walt
Top disruptors in their respective industries, Neal Froneman and Faan Van Der Walt joined the BizNews Power Hour to share on their entrepreneurial drive, passion for business and determination to succeed. Froneman, who is the CEO of mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater, started from the ground-up. " "I put myself through university…
Invest in prime Atlantic Seaboard real estate, cut your tax. Hear about 12Cape, a 12J opportunity
Cape Town properties that combine the space and privacy of apartments with the conveniences and luxuries associated with upmarket hotels are attracting a lot of interest from real estate investors and business and holiday travellers. In this podcast, Hugo Venter of 12Cape shares the details of a 12J investment opportunity…
Key Solar Exchange: A 12J opportunity that generates returns through solar energy
Jaco Gerber of Futureneers Capital, experts in 12J investment opportunities, shares the details of a fund that generates returns through income-generating solar power schemes. He says the first step is to choose your asset; step two is to identify the best funding method. Futureneers facilitates funding, including through offshore investments…
BizNews Power Hour - 31 May. Neal Froneman takes on Gwede, WeBuyCars founder, all things gold
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host David Shapiro, Sibanye Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman, We Buy Cars founder and CEO Faan Van Der Walt, and Peter Major and David Melville on the gold price and how to take advantage of it. Learn more…
Flash Briefing: SA won't recover from Covid for at least 4 years - OECD; SARB governor protests school racism
* South Africa has tightened up measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. * South Africa, forecast to have one of the slowest economic recoveries in the world, is unlikely to recover before 2025, according to the to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. * In markets from…
Covid-19 vaccines: Has science been ignored for political expediency? - Dr Nathi Mdladla
We are indeed living in unprecedented times. The abrupt advent of Covid-19 was, however, only the beginning. What followed was an anomalous sequence of events that have irrevocably changed the way we live. Dr Nathi Mdladla, does a deep dive into the relentless vaccine race – despite the numerous setbacks…
Strong rand hammered Standard Bank. Why is it blaming currency effects for revenue hit? Expert insights
Standard Bank, a South African headquartered multinational, said this week that a stronger rand drove its revenue down in the first four months of this year. Why is it blaming 'currency effects' for its four-month revenue hit? Joining Jackie Cameron, for BizNews, to discuss a question that shareholders should be…
Asking the right questions: An e-toll victory for OUTA with Wayne Duvenage
The MEC of transport in Gauteng announced that e-tolls are a thing of the past last week. Wayne Llewellen Duvenage is the CEO of the South African corruption-fighting civil action organisation,(OUTA ), which has been very outspoken on the corruption surrounding e-tolls. He joined the festive Friday episode of the…
BizNews Power Hour - Friday 28th May 2021. Covid-19 vaccines, Gauteng e-tolls, wine and food
Festive Friday BizNews Power Hour features a review of the big stories of the week - Covid-19 vaccines, Gauteng e-tolls with OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage - and in Carrie's Corner the inimitable Carrie Adams talks to Michael Fridjhon and Nicky van der Walt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
A new economy for Zimbabwe with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube
Minister Ncube was appointed Finance Minister of Zimbabwe on Friday 7 September 2018 under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. With his expertise and guidance - there is renewed hope for a new economy for Zimbabwe. Minister Ncube joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his new role and plans for the…
'Resist authoritarianism in all its forms - that's the lesson of history' - Nick Hudson of PANDA
This week, Facebook ended its ban on posts asserting that Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured. The stunning policy reversal came as evidence is rapidly surfacing that the origin of Covid-19 may, in fact, be the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Facebook’s ban is one of the many examples of censorship that…
Flash Briefing: SA fund investors miss stock market gains; Germany pays Namibia for genocide; Bitcoin smacked again
* The total assets invested in South African collective investment schemes (CIS) ended the first quarter of 2021 at a record R2.9tn, but most of this money went into fixed interest funds - which means investors lost out on stock market gains. * Germany is paying Namibia for colonial era…
BizNews Power Hour - Thursday 27th May 2021. Zimbabwe FinMin, censorship twists, contact sport
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen, Zimbabwe Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and PANDA's Nick Hudson on Facebook's u-turn on the birthplace of Covid and contact sports in schools being banned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
South Africans are losing their citizenship - and don't even know it. DA fights little-known rule
Many South Africans who move elsewhere to work lose their South African citizenship without even knowing it. This is because there is an obscure law that requires you to report in to the Department of Home Affairs very early in the process of obtaining another passport. Dr Rory Jubber, leader…