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Sasfin Securities' David Shapiroas whinges his way through the wreckage is

Another week down, a whole lot more to go - roll on those public holidays already. Giulietta Talevi, and her co-host Simon Brown is joined by Sasfin Securities' David Shapiroas as they whinge their way through the wreckage is.

16 Mar 2018 12PM 24 min

Bell Equipment delivers FY earnings surge

Bell Equipment's reported a 463% surge in annual headline earnings per share. Gary Bell, CEO of Bell Equipment, joined Business Day TV’s Stephen Gunnion for a closer look at the numbers.

16 Mar 2018 12PM 8 min

Mediclinic weighs on Remgro’s Interim earnings

Remgro reported a 10.4% drop in its headline earnings per share to 777.5 cents. Speaking to Business Day TV on the line from Cape Town, Jannie Durand the CEO of Remgro gave more detail on their latest numbers.

16 Mar 2018 3AM 19 min

Grand Parade Investments sees surge in Burger King profit

Hassan Adams, Chair of Grand Parade Investments spoke to Business Day TV about their latest results presentation and their surge in profits brought on by Burger King

15 Mar 2018 12PM 8 min

Old Mutual profits rises as it prepares to split

Old Mutual released its full-year results on Thursday boasting a 22% increase in pre-tax profit as it prepares to split its business units. Bruce Hemphill, Group CEO of Old Mutual joined us for a closer look at the numbers

15 Mar 2018 12PM 8 min

Nene on investor roadshow to woo international community

Jabu Mabuza, BUSA President who was part of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nenes delegation in London spoke to Business Day TV to discuss what is being communicated to investors and how it has been received

14 Mar 2018 12PM 7 min

Business confidence has hit a three year high.

Ettienne le Roux, Chief Economist at RMB spoke to Business Day TV to take a closer look at what the RMB/BER Business Confidence Index rising by 11 points really means for the economy

14 Mar 2018 12PM 7 min

SAA optimistic about its future

SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana says that he believes that SAA can make use of a 5-year plan to turn the airline around and gain stability

14 Mar 2018 12PM 7 min

ARC lifts intrinsic net asset value by 3.9% to over R9bn

Johan van Zyl, Co-Chief Executive Officer of African Rainbow Capital Investments spoke to Alishia Seckam on Business Day TV to discuss the companies latest results presentation

13 Mar 2018 12PM 7 min

Factory output surges in January

SA’s manufacturing output rising 2.5% year on year. Alex Thiel CEO of Sappit SA joined Business Day TV to discuss the sector from a manufacturer’s perspective

13 Mar 2018 12PM 7 min

Eskom to use power interruptions to force municipal payments

Power utility, Eskom plans on using power interruptions at various defaulting municipalities in a bid to recover around R13 billion owed to the state owned entity. The South African Local Government Association however says that it will take the matter to court. Mohammed Lorgat - National Finance Director of Salga…

12 Mar 2018 12PM 8 min

SARB places VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship

VBS Mutual Bank which granted former president Jacob Zuma a R7.8 million bond to pay for security upgrades at his Nkandla residence has been placed under curatorship by the South African Reserve Bank following reports that VBS is facing a liquidity crisis after Treasury instructed municipalities to stop investing in…

12 Mar 2018 12PM 8 min

When debts fall due and leaders watch their backs

The Ides of March are fast upon us - when debts fall due and leaders watch their backs….but for now, join Simon Brown, co host is Giulietta Talevi and joining them as they scamper through the debris is Sasfin Securities' David Shapiro.

9 Mar 2018 11AM 24 min

2017 GDP surprises to the upside

South Africa's economic growth in Q4 surprised to the upside - coming in at 3.1%. We spoke to Dawie Roodt, Chief Economist at Efficient Group about the direction the economy is taking and forecast of 2018's performance.

9 Mar 2018 11AM 7 min

SA major banks post solid results in economic uncertainty - PwC

The recent earnings season has seen South Africa's big four banks produce robust earnings, rising above the political uncertainty of last year. But their earnings were helped along by lower impairment provisions which boosted the moderate growth in earnings. We caught up with Costa Nastas, head of Banking and Capital…

9 Mar 2018 11AM 7 min

MTN swings to R3.3 Billion profit

MTN is back in the black, the mobile phone operator has reported annual headline earnings of 3.3 billion rand. MTN CEO Rob Shuter spoke to Business Day TV for more on their FY results

8 Mar 2018 11AM 8 min

Sanlam pursues $1BN African deal

Sanlam is looking to Africa for growth. The company plans to purchase the remaining 53% shareholding in Saham Finance for 1 billion dollars. Business Day TV’s Stephen Gunnion caught up with Ian Kirk, CEO of Sanlam for more.

8 Mar 2018 11AM 7 min

Standard Bank outpaces big four in earnings growth

Currency movements have weighed on Standard Bank's earnings but the bank has still come out on top when compared to its peers. Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala spoke to Business Day TV their results for the year that was.

8 Mar 2018 11AM 8 min

2017 Most challenging for Mpact

Alishia Seckam caught up with Mpact CEO Bruce Strong on their latest results and how the low demand is impacting their profits

7 Mar 2018 11AM 7 min

ANC plans to fully nationalise the SARB

Professor Jannie Rossouw, Head of the School of Economics and Business Sciences at Wits joined Business Day TV to discuss the SARB’s independence

7 Mar 2018 11AM 6 min