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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
1640 – 1660

The Role of Corporate Forensics against Corruption

GUEST - Tendai Jangara, Director in the Corporate and White-Collar Investigation At the 2024 State of the Nation Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa outlined how government has “taken steps, including through new legislation, to strengthen our ability to prevent money laundering and fraud and secure our removal from the ‘grey list’…
12 Feb 2024 3PM 7 min

CAREERS CORNER - Intellectual Property within the workplace

GUEST – Kagiso Lebethe - Senior Employee Relations Specialist First things first, let's clarify what we're talking about. When we mention "inventions," we mean those brilliant, world-changing ideas and creations that may spring to life during your personal time if you are an employee. This could be anything from a…
12 Feb 2024 3PM 11 min

What criteria should be considered when appointing a Minister?

GUEST - Dr Sam Koma - Governance expert Should political appointees such as cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and members of provincial executive councils (MECs) be technocrats; should they have a qualification in the portfolio subject matter and demonstrable, well-rounded expertise in that portfolio?
12 Feb 2024 3PM 11 min

Urgent steps must be taken to address current energy crisis

GUEST - James Mackay – CEO of the Energy Council of South Africa Closing the door on load shedding is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s most urgent priorities. The load-shedding crisis has had a direct impact on lower economic growth, higher levels of unemployment and a deterioration of investor confidence…
12 Feb 2024 3PM 7 min

Consumers must be aware of the high risks of online trading, says FAIS ombud

GUEST – Advocate John Simpson – Ombud for Financial Services Providers Consumers who are considering embarking on forex trading and other forms of online day trading must ask themselves whether they have the expertise required and are prepared to accept the risk of losing all their money, the FAIS Ombud…
7 Feb 2024 3PM 10 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS [MUSIC EDITION] – Demystifying Royalties

GUEST – Karabo Senna - General Manager; Sales and Licensing at SAMRO Royalty is like a paycheck for creators — when others use or sell their creative work, they get paid a percentage. It’s a way artists, writers, and musicians earn money for their talent. So, when you hear your…
7 Feb 2024 3PM 9 min

Minimum wage by 8.5% to R27.58 per hour [± R4,412.80 monthly

GUEST - Maya Fisher-French is a financial journalist and author at Maya on Money The new national minimum wage determination, which includes workers categorised as vulnerable in the South African labour force, farm workers and domestic workers, is scheduled to come into effect on 1 March.
7 Feb 2024 3PM 14 min

Minerals Councils says it is cautiously optimistic about 2024

GUEST – Mzila Mthenjane – CEO of Minerals Council South Africa The Minerals Council SA, a lobby group for the mining industry, reported a fall in mining production in 2023 to R1.1-trillion from the high of R1.2-trillion a year earlier, as weaker commodity prices and logistics constraints curtailed exports.
7 Feb 2024 3PM 8 min

PIVOT POINT– In conversation with with Influential businessman, Sandile Zungu

GUEST – Sandile Zungu, Chairman of Zungu Investments Co. Sandile is the Chairman of Zico. He has a BSc Mechanical Engineering degree as well as a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from UCT. In 2000 he completed the Program for Global Leadership certificate at the Harvard Business School in Boston,…
6 Feb 2024 3PM 30 min

MINING INDABA COVERAGE

Guest Peter Major, director of mining at Modern Corporate Solutions “It’s fitting that the 30th Mining Indaba is taking place in the year that South Africa celebrates the 30th year of its democracy,” said Ramaphosa in outlining the significant transformation that South Africa’s mining industry has undergone in the last three decades, after being a pillar of South…
6 Feb 2024 3PM 5 min

Lesaka buys Touchsides from Heineken in taverns push

GUEST - Lincoln Mali – Lesaka SA CEO JSE-listed fintech Lesaka Technologies said on Tuesday that it has bought 100% of  Touchsides , a data analytics and merchant services company, from beverages giant Heineken International. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Lesaka said Touchsides and its own Kazang…
6 Feb 2024 3PM 7 min

MINING INDABA COVERAGE

Thungela Resources CEO – JULY NDLOVU South Africa’s mining industry now 39% black-owned, Mining Indaba hears This has now leapt nearly 20 times higher to approximately 39%, South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted in his well-attended, full-house opening address on day-one of the four-day Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town which is being attended by…
6 Feb 2024 3PM 6 min

How much South Africans are spending on streaming services

GUEST – Ashley Saffy, Business Development Head, FNB Card FNB has revealed that consumer spend on audio and video streaming services such as Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Deezer, Amazon Prime, ShowMax, Netflix and YouTube has increased by roughly 70% from the period before Covid-19 up to end of June…
5 Feb 2024 3PM 8 min

CAREEERS CORNER – Remuneration Predictions for 2024 and Beyond!

GUEST – Dr Mark Bussin is the Executive Chairperson at 21st Century Prediction 1: The World Will See its First Trillionaire As wealth accumulates in unprecedented ways, the prediction of the world's first trillionaire is expected to manifest. This raises questions about income inequality and the ethical distribution of resources…
5 Feb 2024 3PM 17 min

JSE plans to track down beneficiaries of R4.5 Billion unclaimed assets.

GUEST - Vuyo Lee, JSE Director: Marketing & Corporate Affairs The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) plans to launch a nationwide initiative to match claimants with unclaimed dividends. The bourse operator said in a statement on Thursday that the programme follows the issuance of the Financial Sector Conduct Authority's (FSCA) discussion…
5 Feb 2024 3PM 12 min

Vukile sees uptick in mall visits during festive season.

GUEST - Itumeleng Mothibeli, MD Southern Africa Vukile Property Fund Vukile Property Fund’s South African and Spanish retail property portfolios delivered impressive increases in performance in November and December 2023. Locally, all key operating metrics for the festive season were positive and in line with the REIT’s expectations with a…
5 Feb 2024 3PM 8 min
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