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SA banks kowtowed to ANC on Gupta bank account closures
Dr Lumkile Mondi from the Wits School of Economics and Finance says it remains "shocking and very disappointing" that three of the four CEOs of major banks bowed to political pressure and went to meetings at the ANC's Luthuli House. This after being summoned to explain their Gupta bank account…
BizNews Bulletin Ep 2 - Wed 29 June: US market worst in 52 years; Piet Viljoen; Mike Appel; Trump's troubles
In this morning's episode of the BizNews Briefing, we hear about why US stock markets dropped sharply last night taking the S&P500 Index towards its worst first half of any year since 1970; Piet Viljoen explains why the Naspers rally will fizzle out; Mike Appel provides an explainer on the…
Arvana Singh of Nedbank CIB on spearheading sustainable growth
Bronwyn Nielsen spoke to Arvana Singh, Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions at Nedbank CIB, about Nedbank's move towards the prioritisation of climate and sustainability. These are key on its agenda and recognising the need to move forward with sustainability through main stream finance is where the bank is setting its…
SA's top money manager Piet Viljoen explains why JSE will keep outperforming Wall Street
The man whose money management prowess has put him at the top of SA's three- and five- year performance tables, reckons JSE-listed shares will continue to outperform those on Wall Street for some time to come. In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com, he explains the reasons why in…
How a Gupta company with R16 in its bank account scored R280m
An IT guy with no dairy farming experience was the face of a Gupta company - Estina - that had less than R20 in its account when it got its first prepayment of R30m from Free State coffers. Estina - through its frontman Kamal Vasram - a guy who worked retail for the Guptas’…
Cemair now SA’s #3 airline, adds staff, expands flights to fill Comair/SAA vacuum
For Cemair founder Miles van der Molen, today’s reality was unthinkable when the independent airline launched 15 years ago. In addition to numerous other routes, the company now has five flights daily from Johannesburg to Cape Town - and is the country’s third largest airline, moving more passengers than (slimmed…
BizNews Bulletin Ep 1 - 28 June 2022: Markets, FT, Hersov, Naspers/Prosus
The first episode of the new morning briefing for you from BizNews. In this episode you'll get an update on overnight moves in the investment markets; receive all the news you need to prepare for today from the team at the Financial Times of London; hear an excerpt of Alec…
Value investor Sean Peche celebrates turning of the investment trend (and belated awakening by Prosus)
Ranmore Fund Management founder Sean Peche has enjoyed a purple patch, correctly forecasting the meltdown in growth stocks and the rebound of the value counters where his portfolios is focused. In this interview with Alec Hogg of BizNews.com he praises the Prosus management for eventually listening to logic, but shakes…
St Francis Links Villas – Interview with Adrian Gardiner and Jeff Clause
In this episode, BizNews founder Alec Hogg sits with Adrian Gardiner, founder of the Mantis Group, and Jeff Clause, CEO of St Francis Links. With the Mantis philosophy of Man And Nature Together Is Sustainable, matched with a beautiful setting, the St Francis Links Villas will cater for a discerning client looking for comfort, views, luxury,…
Rob Hersov: Battered but unbowed after ‘that’ BNC speech which Zondo et al proves was on the money
In September last year, global entrepreneur Rob Hersov rocked South Africa with a hard hitting speech at the BizNews Conference – accusing Corporate SA of being complicit in ANC criminality and incompetence. In this follow up, Hersov says despite the flack he has taken, he stands by every word in…
Prosus unlocks the $140bn Tencent treasure chest - better late than never
After years of attempting a range of alternatives, Naspers/Prosus has found the key to unlocking the massive discount at which it shares trade. At a telecon today, CEO Bob van Dijk unpacked a fresh strategy that unlocks the group’s previously frozen asset, its 31% holding in Chinese group TenCent. The…
SA hero rewarded for saving a drowning woman in London
It takes guts to jump into a river to save a drowning woman, especially in the exact spot where somebody had drowned in a similar situation just a few weeks before. But Stellenbosch university alumnus, Brandon Visser, didn’t hesitate when on a training run near London Bridge, in the UK,…
Paul O'Sullivan: The Zondo Commission missed the mark
Ace forensic investigator and founder of Forensics for Justice Paul O'Sullivan spoke to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about the Zondo Commission's investigation officially coming to an end. As is custom, O'Sullivan didn't mince his words and expressed sadness that the Zondo Commission had been given the opportunity to expose the…
CrypTalk ep 2 - The creation of Bitcoin, Bitcoin's use cases and previous crypto slumps
In this episode of CrypTalk, BizNews' Ross Sinclair speaks with Gaurav Nair of Jaltech, an alternative investment fund, about the creation of Bitcoin, how Bitcoin can be used, and details about this slump in the crypto market related to crashes that have happened before and how the markets rebounded in…
A-Plus Show Ep 8 - Zondo's final report, a bumpy bear market, Cyril's cash couch
BizNews A-Plus Show duo Alec Hogg and Michael Appel are back with episode 8 of their weekly round-up of business, investments, news and politics banter you need to know. In focus this episode: Alec unpacks the prevailing bear market, SA's inflation jumps to a five-year high of 6.5%, a sit-down…
Keep calm, carry on, but get your international ducks in a row - Sable International
There is a lot of anxiety in South African at the moment about the future with challenging infrastructure and serious questions are hanging over the man who was supposed to be the corruption-buster, President Cyril Ramaphosa. He has a whole lot of explaining to do about the burglary at his game…
Editorial: It’s into the closet with you, Ramaphosa
It’s been an unusually tumultuous time in South Africa - even by our standards - after former spyboss Arthur Fraser spilled the beans on Cyril’s couch. That sort of red tomatoey mess doesn’t easily come out of upholstery - but if Fraser’s affidavit to police is to be believed -…
Christo Wiese lifts the bar with Virgin Active
Victoria Ashwin talks to Peter Hayward-Butt, CEO of Ethos Capital, about Brait’s latest reported earnings results. Ethos is contracted by Brait as an investment advisor over a 4-year period that started in March 2020. Its advisory fee is approximately R100m per annum and also has a shareholding in Brait of…
The Noakes Foundation's Dr Georgina on how SA is propagating the wrong diet for rural households
BizNews spoke to Dr Georgina Pujol-Busquets Guillén, who did her PHD in the effect of a low-carbohydrate nutrition education program on dietary choices and metabolic health in women from low-income South African communities. Dr Pujol-Busquets succinctly explained the findings of her study and the deteriorating metabolic health of SA's rural…
The world's biggest 4 day week trial kicks off and could domino to SA - Campaign director, Joe Ryle
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way that people work overnight with many workers keen to continue with working from home. It has also prompted a new look at the five-day work week and whether we can be as productive in a four-day week. In the world’s biggest trial, 70…