BizNews Radio
Welcome to BizNews Radio where we interview top thought leaders and business people from South Africa and across the globe.
Some black eyes along the way - but no more than the big banks
This “alternative exchange” got its start at the back end of the financial crisis in Australia when its owners were trying to identify where the opportunities were in financial services. “We uncovered that there was a big and growing market for people, both straight out borrowers and property developers, who…
Jordan Peterson assesses the civil war in the West – Russia vs Ukraine
Jordan Peterson, a Canadian clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, author, and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, has become a voice of authority on a host of issues – both psychological and otherwise. In an hour-long presentation, Peterson dissected the history of events which led to the current conflict between…
Sean Peche: Potential for negative shocks from Tesla, Netflix this week - and a French business worth buying into
Value investor Sean Peche's outperformance has attracted a legion of new fans - and he's got another 'goodie' for those who like to acquire co-ownership at discount. His recommendation, a French group with a significant Southern African interest, comes towards the end of this fascinating interview with BizNews's Alec Hogg…
BBB Ep 15 - Tempered Fed helps shares; Tongaat shareholder revolt; Prof Jansen hits ANC jugular; Remote work changing USA
Highlights of two powerful interviews featured in this morning's BizNews Breakfast Briefing as the usually urbane chartered accountant-turned-shareholder-activist Dave Woollam loses patience with the board and management at Tongaat - and now wants them out; and SA academic and author Prof Jonathan Jansen urges his countrymen to hit the eject…
‘Vote these buggers out of power’ - Prof Jonathan Jansen
South Africa is quite literally “falling apart” at the helm of the governing ANC, filled to the brim with ministers unfit for office, arrogantly believing the rural vote will save them in perpetuity. In a broad-ranging, no-holds-barred interview about the state of the nation, internationally-distinguished academic and author Prof Jonathan…
SA Politics 2.0: 'Impossible' being achieved by DA Mayor of uMngeni who is facing down ANC thugs, balancing the books, fixing infrastructure.
Last November, Chris Pappas was elected executive mayor of the KZN Midlands municipal district which covers Howick, Hilton and Nottingham Road. His eight months in office have thrown up challenges ranging from potential bankruptcy to dealing with politically-instigated violence. But the 30 year old DA Young Lion is proving more…
Tongaat shareholder revolt - activist Woollam demands board resign; management be replaced; shares to keep trading
Chartered accountant and former banker turned shareholder activist David Woollam has stopped 'playing nice' with Tongaat after years of polite and deaf rebuffs. He reckons 'enough is enough' after today's announcement by the company admitting it cannot satisfiy auditors that is a going concern - and as a result cannot…
Perfect partnership linking hiking trails in Cape Winelands is saving lives – Trails SA's Reghard Goussard
What started as an initiative by Trails SA, a non-profit organisation connecting mountain biking trails in the Cape Winelands, has developed into a project that not only benefits cyclists but all the communities in the area, especially the school children who have to brave dangerous roads to get to school…
BBB Ep14 - More pain for Rand; SA 'Failed State' getting closer; US bank quarterlies disappoint, hits US market
Exchange rates and the first set of US quarterly results in the global focus this morning - while in SA the smashing of resources stocks continues and analysts fret about the country's slide towards becoming a Failed State. Those topics dominate this morning's episode of the BizNews Breakfast Briefing, where…
A-Plus Show - Ep 11 - Cyril must go, state-proofing communities, solving loadshedding, rand collapses
BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 11 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: AfriForum working to "state-proof communities"; ANC veteran Mavuso Msimang says Ramaphosa must step down; mass small-scale power…
SA on slippery slope towards failed state, barring urgent action - report
South Africa’s future hangs in the balance because of a vacuum of ethical and courageous leadership, coupled with stunted GDP growth, political uncertainty and fragile social cohesion. The Institute for Risk Management South Africa’s 2022 Risk Report highlights several pitfalls bedevilling the country and informing three possible scenarios likely to…
BBB Ep 13 - US inflation hits 9.1%, markets shudder then recover; Msimang on why Cyril must go; Afriforum crime-fighting force
This episode of the BizNews Breakfast Briefing is dominated by the news that US inflation hit a 30 year record in June - but after an immediate shock, investment markets are already looking ahead to better days. There's an excerpt from Mavuso Msimang, ANC veteran and 10-year long chair of…
In conversation with Mavuso Msimang - Ramaphosa's unlikely internal critic who thinks losing power may fix the ANC
Mavuso Msimang (80) is among a thinning group of ANC veterans who left SA in their youth to self-exile during Apartheid. In his case, working in Tanzania for the armed wing Mkonto we Sizwe after a year's training in Moscow studying how to create home-made bombs. The career public servant,…
BBB Ep 12 - Markets nervy on US inflation numbers; How to fix Loadshedding - Connie Mulder and Geordin Hill-Lewis; Biden enters lion's den
In this episode of the BizNews Breakfast Briefing, highlights of interviews by the team with two well-researched thinkers promoting practical plans to fix loadshedding. Both conclude that with the ANC lacking political will to address archaic rules and policies over procurement and supply of electricity, it's up to society to…
AfriForum working to "state-proof communities" as government crumbles
Civil society organisation AfriForum is working together - albeit on an ad hoc basis - with law enforcement authorities and even the SANDF, on several initiatives aimed at creating robust civilian safety structures. The organisation has 155 neighbourhood and farm watch structures around South Africa encompassing 10,000 trained volunteers. It…
Rand at weakest level in two years - Arno von Helden of Shyft provides a prognosis
The Rand has taken a sharp fall and broken the R17 mark to the US Dollar, seeing it hovering at its lowest levels in two years. In this interview Arno von Helden of Shyft explains the likely local and global factors that have affected the tumble, and what educated information…
CT set to buy electricity from businesses, households - CT's energetic mayor using Level 6 crisis to achieve energy independence
The City of Cape Town is poised to use SA's electricity crisis to abrogate power over electricity supply long centralised in Pretoria - and intends to soon be buying solar panel-generated electricity from businesses and households. Its 35-year-old mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, who campaigned ahead of last year's local elections on…
Scaling investments in renewable energy...at the right price – Nedbank CIB's Amith Singh
As the expansion of renewable energy generation requires large investments, a sound understanding of the costs and benefits of RE technologies is necessary to effectively decarbonise the power sector on an efficient path. Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Amith Singh, Head of Energy Finance at Nedbank CIB, about scaling investments in…
Magnus Heystek - Rand's collapse rewarding smart money that listened, punishing amateurs who didn't - and may not be over
Independent financial advisor Magnus Heystek, a long-time advocate of offshore investing, is back in top form after his clients' portfolios have rocketed over the past few weeks as the South African Rand fell sharply. In this podcasted interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com, the founder of Brenthurst Wealth unpacks reasons…
BBB Ep 11 - Markets hit hard; Rand above R17/$; Eskom; Mandatory vaccine madness; UK PM frontrunners
With June's inflation data set for release tomorrow, nerves jangled in US stock markets overnight. Sharp declines were recorded as investors fretted about the Fed's ability to engineer a soft landing for the economy while taming inflation with higher interest rates. Bad news, too, out of China this morning. No…