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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
5,365 Episodes
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AARTO traffic system is expected to start rolling out across SA

GUEST – Barry Berman is the CEO of Fines SA On 1 July 2024, the new AARTO traffic system is expected to start rolling out across South Africa (it’s currently only active in Johannesburg & Tshwane). This means that there will be two traffic fine systems in. operation across the…
16 May 2024 1PM 12 min

IISA hopes to tackle skills shortage in local insurance industry

GUEST: Thokozile Mahlangu - CEO of Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) In a bid to bridge the skills shortage in the sector and prepare matriculants and graduates for employment in the insurance industry, the Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) recently launched its Youth Accelerator Programme. IISA CEO Thokozile…
15 May 2024 2PM 7 min

LEGALLY SPEAKING: Does your medical aid cover traditional healer consultations?

GUEST – Mbuso Mchunu – founder of Springforth Consulting and a medical aid advisor and Mkhulu Solly Nduku – Sector Leader – Traditional Health Practitioners In South Africa, the landscape of traditional medicine coverage within medical aid schemes exhibits a notable variance. While comprehensive cover for all Homeopathic treatment remains…
15 May 2024 1PM 20 min

Ekasinomics – The Business of ATMs

GUEST – Steven Kark, CEO Paycorp The average journey time for a South African to the closest ATM is 22 minutes. On Friday in peri-urban areas the waiting time for customers at an ATM can be as long as 60 minutes – and even longer in the bank branches. As…
15 May 2024 1PM 15 min

How Australia has been able to sustain their universal healthcare insurance

GUEST – Dr Nicole Higgins, President, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. For over 40 years, Australia's universal health insurance scheme Medicare has been the foundation of Australia's health care system. The universal insurance scheme means, at least in theory, guarantees all Australians (and some overseas visitors) access to a…
15 May 2024 1PM 13 min

NHI Explained – How will it work?

GUEST – Dr Katlego Mothudi, Managing Director at Board of Healthcare Funders President Cyril Ramaphosa has made good on his promise to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law before the 2024 national election, bringing the contentious healthcare system into South Africa’s reality. The president signed the NHI…
15 May 2024 1PM 16 min

TECH & INNOVATION – How undersea internet cables work

GUEST - Prenesh Padayachee, Chief Digital Officer at SEACOM Sending a message or an email takes just a few seconds. With a click of a button, it is possible to connect with any website. Even though the internet functionality looks so simple, it is actually quite complicated. The world is…
14 May 2024 2PM 11 min

Union believes signing NHI Bill into law will leave healthcare sector worse off

GUEST – KC Makhubele – Spokesperson for South African Health Professionals Collaboration (SAHPC) Doctors and medical professionals have taken aim at President Cyril Ramaphosa as he is expected to sign the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law this week, saying the legislation in its current form will limit…
14 May 2024 1PM 15 min

FOLLOW UP – Construction regulations crucial for professionalizing industry

GUEST – Lufuno Ratsiku - President of the The South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Profession Incompetence of professionals in construction is a matter of life or death. Following the unfortunate building collapse in George, we reflect on the regulatory role industry bodies like the South African…
14 May 2024 1PM 18 min

South Africa’s unemployment rate has increased to 32.9%.

GUEST - Risenga Maluleke - Statistician-General of South Africa According to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the number of employed persons jumped by 22,000 quarterly to 16.7 million in Q1 2024. However, the number of unemployed persons increased by 330,000 to 8.2 million over the same quarter. Moreover,…
14 May 2024 1PM 11 min

Anglo American to sell De Beers, Amplats in historic restructure.

GUEST – David van Wyk, mining analyst and lead researcher at the Bench Marks Foundation. Anglo American Plc will exit diamond, platinum and coal mining in a massive restructuring designed to fend off a takeover approach from rival BHP Group and turn the 107-year old miner into a copper giant…
14 May 2024 1PM 14 min

Survey finds that financial barriers are the primary reason people rent

GUEST - Waldo Marcus, Industry Principal at TPN Credit Bureau The majority of people who rent residential accommodation do so for financial reasons with nearly half admitting they can’t afford to buy a property, according to credit bureau TPN’s latest Tenant Survey. The annual Tenant Survey Report provides the property…
13 May 2024 2PM 16 min

Motorbike advertising unpacked:

GUEST - Jon Berkowitz, MotionAds co-founder As the South African on-demand delivery industry flourishes, the concept of motorbike advertising, pioneered by MotionAds, has seen over R10 million paid to drivers who embraced the concept of advertising on their delivery boxes in the past five years. Founded in 2019 by two…
13 May 2024 1PM 11 min

There was a 32% increase in the number of fraud incidents reported in 2023.

GUEST - Manie Van Schalkwyk, CEO at the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service The South African fraud landscape has steadily increased over the past five years, making this one of the top risks South Africans face daily. "This increase is alarming and indicative of how South Africans are becoming easy…
13 May 2024 1PM 24 min

WEALTH CREATION: A tough economy does not necessarily equal poor investment returns

GUEST - Mikhail Motala, Fund Manager at PSG Asset Management PSG Asset Management listed some of the often-overlooked factors that can potentially impact future returns that stock-pickers are well-positioned to exploit. PSG Asset Management fund manager Mikhail Motala said many investors conflate South Africa’s weak economic environment with stock market…
13 May 2024 1PM 14 min

Diesel Refunds: The Forgotten Primary Producer

GUEST – Kagiso Nonyane, senior indirect tax manager at BDO Government implemented the diesel refund scheme in an attempt to support primary production in certain primary activities such as agriculture, mining, forestry, and fishing. The diesel refund scheme did not extend to secondary activities such as the processing of goods…
13 May 2024 1PM 10 min

Vodacom Group posted revenue of R151 billion, up 26.4%, for the year.

GUEST – Shameel Joosub - Vodacom Group CEO SA’s largest mobile operator Vodacom revenue climbed about 26% to R150 billion in the year to end-March, Vodacom announced on Monday, helped by an acquisition in Egypt in its 2023 year - now its second-biggest market.
13 May 2024 1PM 9 min

How your business can partner with SASRIA

GUEST - Gcobani Tunyiswa - Chief Commercial Officer at Aon Sasria SOC Ltd is the only non-life insurer that provides special risk cover to all individuals and businesses that own assets in South Africa, as well as government entities. This is unique cover against risks such as civil commotion, public…
9 May 2024 2PM 14 min
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