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SAA Phoenix, now "run on data", is like a start-up with huge secret assets like Voyager - CCO Simon Newton-Smith
Airline veteran Simon Newton-Smith opens up to BizNews editor Alec Hogg in this fascinating interview on why newly relaunched South African Airways is unlikely to even need taxpayer funding again. The airline's new Chief Commercial Officer returned to SAA in August after a successful career at global majors including a…
Kokkie Kooyman ranks SA banks - and two stocks are standouts for value investors
South Africa's globally rated financial services analyst Kokkie Kooyman runs through the relative value offered by the country's top six banks. He explains to Alec Hogg how, at the current share prices, two of them are outstanding buying opportunities for investors following the long-overdue trend of switching from Growth to…
BizNews Power Hour - 12 Oct. Market insights with Nathan; Janus partners with Denker; Tobacco's murky past
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by Steven Nathan paying tribute to Allan Grenblo; Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman unpacks it's new partnership with Janus Henderson; global editor at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism James Ball on Smoke Screen and the murky world of the…
"Plausible deniability" for BAT execs as investigation into the murky world of SA's tobacco industry digs deeper
For the past year and a half a team at UK-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism has looking into activity in the South African tobacco industry. The result of those efforts is a cracking eight series Podcast called Smoke Screen (on auddy.co). In this interview, the Bureau's international editor James Ball…
Allan Greenblo's heart was in the right place - Steven Nathan
In this podcast, the founder of 10X Investments Steven Nathan pays tribute to the late Allan Greenblo, a rare independent voice in South Africa's retirement industry. He also explains the other side to SA Treasury's intervention which will require construction companies may only use (more expensive) domestically produced cement on…
Flash Briefing: SAA disaster; MEC Msibi to step aside after murder charges; Treasury bans imported cement
News headlines: *Less than three weeks after taking to the skies again, South African Airways is already facing a backlash from staff, cancelled flights, and support problems. *President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for Mandla Msibi to immediately step aside, after the MEC of agriculture in Mpumalanga appeared in the Nelspruit…
'There's no reason why they can't scrap e-tolls' - OUTA's Wayne Duvenage
As the municipal elections in South Africa draw closer, e-tolls are back on the agenda. OUTA CEO and founder Wayne Duvenage has been the chief protagonist against e-tolls since before their inception. He joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg to discuss the issue of scrapping e-tolls for good. According to Duvenage,…
RIP Allan Greenblo - A journalistic giant who never lost his moral compass
One of the doyens of South African journalism, Allan Greenblo, passed away at 3:45am this morning after falling critically ill on Sunday. Greenblo co-founded Finance Week in 1978, edited it from 1982 to 1995 and then become managing director of BDFM, then a joint venture between the Financial Times of…
BizNews Power Hour - 11 Oct. Market insights with Shapiro; OUTA continues e-toll battle; Allen Greenblo; currency focus
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by David Shapiro with investment insights; OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage on Gauteng e-toll discrepancies; TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers unpacks local and international currency movements; we pay tribute to Allen Greenblo and the BizNews Team. Learn more about your ad…
Only way to avoid stagflation is to increase our interest rates - TreasuryONE's Andre Cilliers
In the latest episode of the Currency Focus podcast, Bronwyn Nielsen and currency expert Andre Cilliers of TreasuryONE discuss the local unit’s movements. Cilliers says that the central bank's continuous reluctance to increase interest rates in the name of growth is misinformed. He also mentions possible risks to the rand,…
Flash Briefing: SA business sentiment at 1-year low; Hawks circle in on 'corporate looters'; ANC/DA in campaign mode
News headlines: *South African business sentiment dropped to a one-year low in September as economic activity continued to be hamstrung by restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic and unease persisted following deadly riots in July. *Both the Hawks and SARS are circling in on companies that scored millions from dodgy…
There's very little Leila Fourie can do - David Shapiro as JSE delisting trend continues unabated
Sasfin Securities David Shapiro leads the week's investment insights talking on a number of topical market related issues. Shapiro states that predicting the volatility in the rand dollar price is notoriously difficult which he does not factor into his investment thesis. He also talks about the different risks being faced…
Walter Aylett shares his views on Johann Rupert's Reinet
Walter Aylett, founding fund manager of Aylett & Co fund managers, explains why Reinet is one their top house picks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BizNews Power Hour - 7 Oct. market insights with Peche; Cofesa warns ANC; disastrous manufacturing industry; BNIC#2
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Nadya Swart is joined by Sean Peche with investment insights; Dr. Lawrence McCrystal - the Chairman of Cofesa - on their proposed solution unemployment submitted to President Cyril Ramaphosa; Magnus Heystek's Q&A session at the BNIC #2; Economist Mike Schussler unpacking his…
Flash Briefing: World Bank suggests SA job-seeker grant; Equiano cable to drastically improve SA internet; SA sugar
News headlines: *The World Bank said South Africa, which ranks among the world’s top 10 spenders on social assistance, could consider a range of reforms to its R156bn annual welfare program to make it more cost-effective while expanding support for the unemployed. *The new subsea Equiano cable linking Africa and…
Wake up and smell the coffee or you might have a revolution on your hands! - Cofesa’s Dr McCrystal to Government
A report this week by Cofesa, the Confederation of Employers in South Africa, has warned that South Africa is flashing red for an Arab Spring phenomenon, similar to the uprising or revolution that led to regime changes across Northern Africa and the Middle East and led to the end of…
'It's about internationalising yourself' - Brent Morris on what IE Abroad in partnership with Sable offers
Studying abroad is something that many young South Africans have dreamed of. The myriad reasons for this dream are not hard to come by, of course. Unfortunately, neither are the obstacles. Brent Morris, the Managing Director of IE Abroad, studied in the UK - an experience which completely opened up…
BizNews Power Hour - 6 Oct. Magnus Heystek on Netflix; The Corion Report; offshore studies; Equites CEO; Facebook files
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Stuart Lowman is joined by Magnus Heystek with investment insights; Corion Capital's David Bacher unpacks the Corion report; Equites chief executive Andrea Taverna-Turisan on the real-estate investment trusts half-year results; Brent Morris of IE Abroad on studying offshore and the BizNews Team…
Netflix is a phenomenal story - Magnus Heystek
Brenthurst Wealth Management founder Magnus Heystek leads Wednesday's market insights with the investment strategist explaining his inability to promote cryptocurrencies as an asset class due to it being an unregulated market. Netflix reaching new all time highs, as a result of the popularity of Squid Game, popular, Korean show was…
We're cheap compared to international like-for-like peers - Equites CEO Andrea Taverna-Turisan
Warehousing and logistics focused property fund Equites has been a standout performer within the South African listed property universe since listing in 2014. Equites chief executive Andrea Taverna-Turisan unpacked the real-estate investment trusts half-year results, with most important financial line items improving on the prior period. Andrea says that although…