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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
1600 – 1620

CAREER’S CORNER – Broken promises, workplace edition

GUEST – Kagiso Lebethe - Senior Employee Relations Specialist Financial constraints not an excuse for failing to promote employees already recommended for promotion Employees have different reasons for wishing to be promoted. They want the increased remuneration that goes with it, they want the status, the feeling of success and…
4 Mar 2024 3PM 16 min

WEALTH CREATION – Getting the right type of funding for your business

GUEST – Andiswa Bata, SME Segment Head at FNB Accessing the right funding and financing, at the right time, can mean the difference between starting up, staying open, or shutting down. “The economy is facing a challenging business environment, with slow global growth, economic volatility, and ongoing power supply issues…
4 Mar 2024 3PM 11 min

National Financial Ombud Scheme – A one-stop ombud scheme

GUEST – Reana Steyn - Lead Ombud for the Banking Division The newly-formed National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) today announced the commencement of operations as a single, one-stop, all-inone dispute resolution service made up of the four (4) former existing services -the Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS); the Credit Ombud…
4 Mar 2024 3PM 9 min

COMPANY RESULTS – RCL Foods to unbundle Rainbow Chicken

GUEST – Paul Cruickshank. Chief Executive Officer of RCL Foods RCL will unbundle its Rainbow Chicken business and list it on the Johannesburg stock exchange as part of a strategic review, the food producer said on Monday as it reported half-year earnings growth of 52.6%. RCL, which owns brands such…
4 Mar 2024 3PM 12 min

National Budget delivers temporary reprieve, but danger still looms

GUEST - Dondo Mogajane -- CEO of Moti Group A challenging economic environment and severe fiscal pressure meant that the duty of delivering the 2024 National Budget Speech in a critical election year was guaranteed to be a sweat-inducing task. With debt warning bells already ringing in the background, managing…
29 Feb 2024 3PM 23 min

INSIDE YOUR POCKET: Take-home pay positive, but storm clouds gathering for tax payers

GUEST - Shergeran Naidoo, BankservAfrica’s head of stakeholder engagements. Take-home pay showed a year-on-year increase, continuing its upward movement in January as the high rate of inflation moderated, providing relief to salary earners. However, stormy clouds are on the horizon, particularly for tax-paying South Africans. According to the BankservAfrica Take-home…
29 Feb 2024 3PM 13 min

FOLLOW UP – Has Transaction Capital’s WeBuyCars run out of growth?

GUEST – Rikus Blomerus - Webuycars CMO WeBuyCars sold 53,144 vehicles in the four months through January 2024 as the company recovers from a challenging 2023. WeBuyCars’ parent company, Transaction Capital, said it delivered on key performance metrics in 2023, including increased volumes and growth in market share, despite lower…
29 Feb 2024 3PM 10 min

GUEST:TSUNGAI MASENDEKE, FINANCIAL PLANNER

As February, regarded as the ‘'Month of Love“is about to come to an end, it’s the perfect time to look at our relationship with money as it is just as personal and valuable as any other relationship in our life. Finances and money elicit so many emotions. Unfortunately for many…
28 Feb 2024 3PM 16 min

INTERVIEW:Food basket increased by 11.5%

The National Agricultural Marketing Council’s (Namc) 28-item urban food basket increased by 11.5% year-on-year. The cost of the urban food basket increased by 11.5% in January from a year ago to reach R1 261.29, an increase of nearly 22 cents from the prior month, according to the Food Basket Price…
28 Feb 2024 3PM 15 min

WOOLWORTHS PROFIT FALLS

GUEST: ROY BAGATTINI, WOOLWORTHS CEO Woolworths has seen its earnings and profits drop as consumers in South Africa and Australia battle to find extra cash. Although the group’s financials for the first half of the 2024 financial year (H1 2024) are not comparable to the prior period (H1 2023) –…
28 Feb 2024 3PM 16 min

INTERVIEW: Will Mango take to the skies again?

GUEST: Guy Leitch, Aviation analyst Few weeks ago, Mango's business rescue practitioner said the airline can proceed with the sale to an unknown investor. Mango has been in business rescue since July 2021.However, there is still a dispute with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on the planned sale. Mango BRP…
27 Feb 2024 2PM 9 min

INTERVIEW: How to wind up the deceased estate of my spouse?

GUEST: GAVIN MKHABELA, PROPERTY INVESTMENT STRATEGIST In most cases surviving spouse simply has no idea what to do regarding the deceased estate of their husband or wife. For example, when the wife goes to the bank where her deceased husband used to bank and enquires regarding funds due to her…
27 Feb 2024 2PM 22 min

INTERVIEW: HOW TO FINACIALLY PREPARE FOR RETRENCHMENTS

GUEST: OSBORNE MOLATUDI - MANAGING DIRECTORMOLATUDI ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR LAW EXPERT CONTACT Recently we saw on the news that The platinum arm of Anglo American is to cut 3,700 jobs in South Africa as the British mining company attempts to improve performance in the troubled division. Anglo American Platinum…
26 Feb 2024 3PM 24 min

INTEVRIEW: TAX DEADLINES HITTING THIS WEEK

GUEST: NICOLAS BOTHA, TAX TEAM COMPLIENCE &PROCESSING MANAGER TAX CONSULTING Provisional taxpayers in South Africa will have until midnight on Thursday, 29 February, to make their second payment for the 2024 tax year – while RAs, tax-free investments and donations are also being tallied. A provisional taxpayer is any person…
26 Feb 2024 2PM 6 min

British High Commission reflects on SA’s 2024 budget speech.

GUEST – Mike Foster - Economic Counsellor, British High Commission. ABSIP in partnership with the British High Commission held a Budget Review Breakfast to reflect on the outcomes of the budget speech and its impact on members of the investment committee. Special guest and Deputy Minister of Finance - David…
23 Feb 2024 8AM 7 min

Family businesses are the ‘unsung heroes’ of global economy – PwC

GUEST - Esiri Agbeyi, PwC Africa Family Business Leader, says: “Family businesses must stay nimble to leverage evolving tax and trade frameworks. With sound guidance, family enterprises can adapt to policy shifts while sustaining growth and job creation. Coordination between African governments is also essential for harmonising tax policies and…
22 Feb 2024 3PM 12 min

South Africans are sticking to Hybrid Work – BrandMapp

GUEST - Brandon de Kock, BrandMapp’s Director of Storytelling says, “It turns out that hybrid work is surprisingly sticky amongst South African mid- to top-end earners. Traditionally, work from home has mostly been the preserve of those who are self-employed. There are, of course, jobs that are strictly bound to…
22 Feb 2024 3PM 12 min

INSIDE YOUR POCKET: Has SARS improved? The Minister seems to think so

GUEST - Louis Botha from the Tax Exchange & Control at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) The 2024 Budget Address, Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, outlined South Africa's long-term tax policy strategy, emphasising the objectives of broadening the tax base, enhancing tax compliance, and improving administrative efficiency. He said significant strides…
22 Feb 2024 3PM 13 min
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