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Dr Jo Barnes: Why epidemiologists like me reject "just a bad flu" assessment of Covid-19 #BestofBizNews
Stellenbosch University's Dr Jo Barnes shares the forthright character trait required for epidemiologists - scientists who serve society by identifying threats of contagious diseases and deliver fact-based ways to prevent them causing havoc. In this frank podcast she explains why those under-estimating the impact of the coronavirus do so at…
Brutally honest Rob Hersov on the Ruperts, coming home - and unseating the ANC #BestofBizNews
Having just turned 60 and with the kind of wealth that brings total independence, globally successful entrepreneur Rob Hersov shares his obsession of helping weld together anti-ANC forces to unseat the ruling political party. Having swum against the tide when returning home three years ago, he has a vision for…
Editor's Desk: Ramaphosa after Zuma at Zondo commission - #StateCaptureinquiry
In this episode of the Editor's Desk, BizNews correspondent Bernice Maune sets out the highlights of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into state capture - a process that has cost taxpayers more than R800m and counting. Jacob Zuma, Dudu Myeni, Eskom and SAA officials are in the spotlight. Coming up…
Leon Louw unpacks Davis judgement which lays into NDZ's "irrational" lockdown regulations #BestofBizNews
The urgent application against SA's lockdown brought by Reyno de Beer and his Liberty Fighter's Network, was originally set down to be heard on May 19th. But after the defendant Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma twice failed to file answering affidavits, the Judge gave her a last chance and the case was duly…
How a health coach can help you lose weight, keep fit - for good!
Do you need a health coach to help you keep those resolutions to lose weight and get fit in 2021? In this sponsored interview, South African smart health coach Dr Kate explains how a health coach can help you overcome the obstacles that have prevented you from sticking to a…
Magnus Heystek: retirement annuities are decimating your savings #BestofBizNews
Magnus Heystek runs a successful and burgeoning investment boutique Brenthurst Wealth Management – which just won the Boutique Wealth Manager of the Year Award at the Intellidex Annual Wealth Manager Awards, the ‘Oscars of the investment world’. In this excerpt from the BizNews Finance Friday webinar, editor Jackie Cameron discusses…
SA covid-19 strain reaches UK, Eskom sells property and Telkom sues Icasa
The Covid-19 strain identified in SA has reached the UK. Eskom is selling property assets via the Treasury and Telkom is suing Icasa over digital migration of broadcasters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Britain imposes strict quarantine on South Africans, praises SA scientists as Covid-19 SA strain appears in UK
South African scientists were singled out for a special mention at the daily 10 Downing St coronavirus briefing for their superb work on genomic sequencing. British Health Secretary Matt Hancock also praised the SA government for its full co-operation in identifying the arrival of the Covid-19 SA variant to the…
Inside Covid-19: SA is 'not in control' of virus, is at early stage of pandemic, warns expert
In this episode, we examine changes to the Covid-19 virus that has altered the world over the past year. Dr Richard Lessells, infectious diseases specialist at Krisp, the KwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform, part of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, helps us make sense of the latest developments in the…
Pilots: Corrupt Dudu Myeni trashed SAA, now there's evidence to put her in jail #BestofBizNews
Dudu Myeni is a household name in South Africa for playing a conspicuously corrupt and instrumental role in damaging South African Airways’ (SAA) prospects of being a profitable entity. Her actions have cost South African taxpayers billions of rands in bail-outs over the past decade, with another R2bn scheduled to…
Flash Briefing: New Covid-19 strains cause panic around the world, Sasol sells key asset
New strains of Covid-19 are causing panic as second waves are far more aggressive. Sasol is selling a key asset in Mozambique to pay down debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tobacco insider: Manufacturer profit gorging on taxpayers, smokers via SA's cigarette ban #BestofBizNews
For SA's cigarette manufacturers, Covid-19 has been like all their Christmases arriving together. Industry insider and self-confessed smuggler Azeem Carim explains how the SA government's lockdown-enforced ban on cigarette sales has generated a massive payday at taxpayers' expense. It's engineered through "ghost exports" - cigarette makers supposedly producing for sale…
Magnus Heystek, Brett Duncan: Best investment ideas - #BestofBizNews
Award-winning financial advisor Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management and stock market trading expert Brett Duncan of the Standard Bank group answer personal finance questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flash Briefing: Money managers ranked, Krisp receives funding and Mediclinic struggles with Covid-19 patient load
Emerging market money managers have shuffled ranks in 2020, Mediclinic says its struggling with patient loads and Krisp receives Covid-19 research funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rational perspective on Covid-19: So far so good SA, says Prof Michael Levitt #BestofBizNews
Although he left the country as a 16-year old, Pretoria-born Nobel laureate, Stanford professor Michael Levitt, still describes himself as proudly South African. And as you'll hear from this podcast, the brilliant academic has some insightful perspectives on how his former homeland is handling the Covid-19 crisis. Mostly positive: He…
Flash Briefing: SA Govt. answers your Covid-19 questions, Tesla shares rocket and US green lights Moderna shot
A new strain of Covid-19 has been identified in SA, government answers questions, US approves Moderna vaccine and Tesla shares soar to record highs ahead of S&P 500 listing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
SA's Nobel prizewinning scientist Prof Michael Levitt: Lockdowns are 'a huge mistake' #BestofBizNews
Prof Michael Levitt, a product of Pretoria Boys High whose family left for England when he was 15, is a recipient of science’s greatest honour – the Nobel Prize. As you’ll hear in the highlights of this interview with Freddie Sayers of UnHerd.com, the 72- year old professor of computer…
FirstRand founders: on business, entrepreneurship, friendship and life - #BestofBizNews
Hosted by BizNews founder Alec Hogg, this episode started a short series of discussions with South African business icons. We kick off with the founders of the FirstRand Group - Laurie Dippenaar, Paul Harris and GT Ferreira. The discussion also features surprise guest Johann Rupert, and inserts from Michael Jordaan,…
Clem Sunter on lifting lockdown: Diving into depression vs fresh Covid-19 spike #BestofBizNews
Clem Sunter is one of South Africa's most respected strategists, making an indelible mark on the birth of the new South Africa which followed his High Road scenario of negotiated settlement rather than the Low Road of political turmoil. In this in-depth interview with BizNews editor-in-chief Alec Hogg, Sunter -…
Fractional property ownership and long-term investing
Fractional property and long-term investments were on the agenda at this week’s BizNews Finance Friday webinar. Guests included Easy properties Rupert Finnemore, independent financial adviser Dawn Ridler and SAIFAA's Derek Smorenburg. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices