Rational Radio - full show: Blocked racing threatens 100 000 jobs; Lockdown logic unpacked by B4SA's Martin Kingston

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In this episode of Rational Radio, SA's favourite stockbroker David Shapiro is peppered with questions about investment ideas (he comes up some fresh ones including Salesforce.com) and the two pic stories in focus are:
* The threat to 100 000 horseracing jobs is very real, with no guarantee a R100m Oppenheimer bailout will save the teetering sector from a Government that refuses to allow 65 people on course to conduct a race meeting; and
* Business for South Africa's Martin Kingston - who heads Rothschilds in SA - addresses the tough question about the stifling Level 4 lockdown; why B4SA is calling for a lifting to level 2; and why president Cyril Ramaphosa doesn't trust his fellow citizens to act responsibly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 May 2020 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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