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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
1500 – 1520

ACSA is looking to grow connectivity to the continent and other international regions.

GUEST - Mpho Rambau Acting Group Manager Traffic Development at Airports Company South Africa Global geopolitical developments and South Africa’s sluggish economy will likely play a major role in reshaping Airport Company South Africa’s (ACSA) traffic development strategy over the next decade, as the domestic market is expected to continue…
9 Apr 2024 4PM 22 min

Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency, the ZiG starts trading.

GUEST – Dr. Prosper Chitambara, Independent Economist The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday introduced a new currency to be known as the ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold. RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured and set at a market-determined exchange rate. It replaces the…
9 Apr 2024 4PM 14 min

OPINION – Diffculty in accessing influencer credibity in SA

GUEST – Dashni Vilakazi, MD of The MediaShop JHB Influencers have emerged as pivotal players, bridging the gap between brands and the country's diverse consumer base. With the digital terrain more fragmented than ever, the pressing question for marketers is: How do you measure the true impact of influencer partnerships,…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 7 min

What happens to all the top executives who get retrenched?

GUEST - Wendy Spalding, managing director at Tuesday Consulting On the one hand we’re constantly hearing about the talent and skills shortage in South Africa; on the other, a number of high performers and top-executives are being retrenched or exiting the very careers where they have been developed and fast-tracked,…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 11 min

Best mobile network in South Africa in 2024

Guest - Mybroadband editor, Jan Vermuelen MyBroadband Insights has published the Q1 2024 Mobile Network Quality Report, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa. The report is based on 285,839 speed tests performed by 7,197 mobile data users across South Africa between 1 January 2024…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 20 min

FlySaFair to ditch on board cash purchase

GUEST - Maryke Pienaar, a marketing manager at FlySafair Leading low-cost airline FlySafair has issued a cautionary note to its customers that it will stop taking cash for all on board purchases as of 17 April 2024. The airline says this is not only to increase speed and efficiency of…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 9 min

Chocolate prices continue to rise – But why?

GUEST - Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial The latest news on the cocoa market is that prices surged to a record high of US$9,733/ ton late in March 2024 and recently topped US10,051/ ton as inclement weather decimates yields in major production areas. Consequently, the price of chocolate…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 11 min

Insurance Association highlights the impact of climate-related catastrophes

GUEST – Themba Palagangwe, SA Insurance Associations's General Manager: Governance and Transformation Climate-related catastrophes such as floods and storms continue to exert a significant toll on both consumers and society at large, greatly affecting South Africa’s socio-economic landscape. The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) has observed a notable surge in…
8 Apr 2024 4PM 13 min

80% of CEOs believe that the ANC’s support will fall below 50% - Survey

GUEST – Myles Waldeck, Head of M&A Buy Side at Merchantec Capital In this quarter’s Merchantec CEO Confidence Index, CEOs were asked about their predictions on political developments: "Will the ANC’s support fall below 50% in the upcoming elections?" An overwhelming 79.7% of CEOs indicated that they believe it will…
4 Apr 2024 4PM 7 min

Challenges faced by small accounting/ auditing firms

GUEST- Ncumisa Mkunqwana - Chief Executive Officer at Chapu Chartered Accountants Accounting firms face a host of challenges in just about every aspect of their practices that require changes in their business models and their everyday workflows, what services they offer clients, their approaches to recruiting and retention, how they…
4 Apr 2024 4PM 15 min

JHB residents spent 47% more than the average South African

GUEST - Hylton Kallner - Discovery Bank CEO Key insights from the report: Groceries, retail, travel, and fuel make up nearly two thirds of South African spend. The study found that South Africans are increasingly using their mobile phones to pay instead of physical wallets. Average spending on eating out…
4 Apr 2024 4PM 10 min

OPINION: How important are soft skills for a C-Suites?

GUEST - Nontokozo Madonsela, Chief Marketing Officer at Momentum Metropolitan What are the top soft skills for future leaders if you want to be successful in your career? Technical skills will only get you so far in your career. This, unfortunately, is a critical message that new leaders are not…
3 Apr 2024 4PM 13 min

JHB, Tshwane, and CPT collectively account for 71% of corruption incidents – CW

GUEST - Motlatsi Komote, Legal Researcher at Corruption Watch The provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, and the Western Cape have been identified as major hotspots for these corrupt activities. This is outlined in Corruption Watch’s (CW) 2023 annual report, titled “Changing the landscape,” which takes stock of the…
3 Apr 2024 4PM 17 min

SA’s policy uncertainty weighing down on investors & markets

GUEST - Prof Raymond Parsons - Economist and professor at the NWU School of Business The uncertainty around South Africa’s 2024 elections has started to weigh down on investors and markets, with the North West University’s Business School Policy Uncertainty Index (PUI) for South Africa edging further into negative territory…
3 Apr 2024 4PM 9 min

How is the price of fuel determined in South Africa?

GUEST – Reggie Sibiya, the chief executive at Fuel Retailers' Association The petrol retail price is regulated by government and changed on the first Wednesday of the month. The calculation of the new price is done by the Central Energy Fund (CEF) on behalf of the Department of Energy (DOE)…
3 Apr 2024 4PM 27 min

Communities urged to help tackle the student funding crisis.

GUEST – Lea Schafer - Head of Fundraising and Communications at student crowdfunding platform Feenix South Africa’s sluggish economy and high unemployment rate is still a cause for concern for many South Africans. It impacts the tertiary sector with many young people who qualify to pursue tertiary education in our…
2 Apr 2024 6PM 9 min

How do board of directors determine executive pay?

GUEST – Andrew Woodburn, MD of Amrop Woodburn Mann. Remuneration of directors is among the most hotly debated topics in corporate governance, with shareholders wanting information and directors wanting privacy. Some policy on this does exist in the King Report on Corporate Governance
2 Apr 2024 4PM 18 min

Easter spending up compared to last year

Consumers spent enthusiastically this Easter according to the latest data from Standard Bank. KAYABiz host, Gugulethu Mfuphi is joined by Head of Credit at Standard bank South Africa, Tumelo Ramugondo to unpack the 2024 Easter weekend spending trends.
2 Apr 2024 4PM 9 min
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