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Week in review: Zondo Commission, SA scientist wins international prize, and Google sued
Koko cries foul at the Zondo Commission, SA epidemiologist wins international prize and Google gets sued by ten US states Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NYIT's Dr Otazu on his research BCG may provide shield; How SA medics protect themselves #BestofBizNews
In episode 12 of our Inside Covid-19 podcast, much needed hope for South Africa’s fight against the virus as research from a top US university suggests the BCG vaccination against TB, administered in the country for the past 80 years, provides protection against Covid-19. More on that coming up, including…
Flash Briefing: SA's vaccine misstep, PIC eyes pensions and Guardrisk Covid-19 appeal rejected
SA has missed a Covax payment deadline, with plans to put young taxpayers last in the vaccine queue. The PIC wants to use pensions to rescue Eskom and Guardrisk loses its Covid-19 claims appeal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flash briefing: Govt court victory against public servants who want higher salaries; emerging markets; euro; rand
* In a major step towards reducing the country’s high state sector wage bill, the South African government has won a court case over public-sector wage increases that it has refused to pay. * South Africa is among a number of emerging markets with an eyewatering debt mountain. Bloomberg reports…
Inside Covid-19: What SA will look like in 2021; Govt vaccine plan latest; masks - why they work
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced tighter restrictions aimed at halting the rising rate of Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. This includes the possibility of stiff fines and even time in jail for employers who do not insist that employees wear masks at all times. In…
BizNews Global Portfolio - Celebrating six growth years
The BizNews Share portfolio, launched in December 2014, has delivered spectacular returns for South African investors. Every month, BizNews founder Alec Hogg updates the latest developments at the companies whose stocks are held in the portfolio. Although the strategy has been to buy and hold, the portfolio has seen some…
Flash Briefing: Biden is president-elect, ANC must enact August resolution and Sarb releases Q3 FDI
Joe Biden will be inaugurated as US president on 20 January. The ANC’s Integrity Commission says the party must implement an August resolution to oust Ace Magashule and Sarb's FDI update for Q3. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jail time for up to 6 months, stiff fines for employers who flout Covid-19 mask rules; update on restrictions - CR
Employers have been asked to make a concerted effort to ensure compliance with rules aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 as SA gets close to hitting 1m Covid-19 positive cases. This was said by President Cyril Ramaphosa who has highlighted that the second wave will be worse than the…
Eskom predicts more losses, eSwatini mourns PM, J&J applies for SA vaccine approval and KZN gets 5G
Eskom is headed for more losses, eSwatini mourns Prime Minister Dlamini, Johnson& Johnson applies for SA vaccine approval and KwaZulu Natal gets Vodacom 5G network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Alec Hogg Show Ep 14: Comeback Kid Adrian Gardiner - from bankruptcy to luxury hotel mogul
The focus of this episode is one of South Africa's most successful entrepreneurs, Port Elizabeth's Adrian Gardiner. The inspirational story of this low profile family man exposes the ingredients needed by all successful entrepreneurs: curiosity, tenacity, humility, grit and, most of all, the self-belief to dust yourself off and start…
Flash Briefing: Multinationals repay money for state capture; Eskom; Phumelela; Rand
* ABB will repay R1,56 billion to Eskom. This is the latest international company to return money after being ensnared in corruption probes in the country. * As Eskom power cuts continue even though demand for electricity is down, the DA has slammed efforts to fix the troubled power utility…
Building wealth for the long-term
Building wealth for the long-term. Independent financial advisor Dawn Ridler, of Kerenga Wealth Ecology in Johannesburg, and investment specialists Albert Coetzee and Marc Lindley of Ninety One Investment Platform answer your money questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your money after the year of Covid-19
Independent advisors Dawn Ridler of Kerenga Wealth Ecology and Candice Paine of PR Financial Services joined us at this week's BizNews Finance Friday. We took a look back at the big money questions this year and how to plan for 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Queen of the rink: Champion ice skater’s 2022 Winter Olympics dream
With our sunny climate, South Africa is not really associated with winter sports like skiing, luge, bobsleigh or ice skating. The last time a South African qualified for the Winter Olympics was as far back as 1988. It was the same year that Jamaica - also an unlikely country for…
Inside Covid-19: Pay-as-you go private medical care; Why SA is at back of Covid-19 vaccine queue - and what's next
A week ago, Bloomberg reported that SA was only likely to get Covid-19 vaccines rolled out in earnest by mid-2021 and even then only for a select few. That created an outcry from the medical fraternity. In this episode of Inside Covid-19, we speak to Professor Francois Venter, a professor…
Week in review: McKinsey concedes, AG discovers more Covid-19 swindling, Gordhan vindicated, vaccine rolled out in UK
Transnet says McKinsey owes double what it wants to pay. The Auditor General reports more Covid-19 corruption. High court sets aside Mkhwebane's rogue unit ruling and UK rolls out Covid-19 vaccines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Be kind: It's essential for your business - Faith Popcorn, Jon Foster-Pedley
Listen in on the conversation with legendary trend futurist Faith Popcorn - described as the Nostradamus of marketing - and Henley Business School Africa director and Dean, Jonathan Foster-Pedley, who discuss whether the pandemic has made the world more accepting of the need for kindness. The author of The Popcorn…
Flash Briefing: Transnet disputes McKinsey's R650mn pay figure and Discovery Bank appoints a new CEO
Transnet says it won't settle for McKinsey's offer to pay back R650m as it says it is owed twice as much. Discovery announces a new CEO for its bank. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hylton Kallner, Discovery Bank's CEO, on his new role, SA banking
Discovery Bank's new CEO, Hylton Kallner, speaks to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about changes at the helm - and what they mean for stakeholders. South Africa's biggest health insurer Discovery said on Thursday Barry Hore would step down as chief executive officer of Discovery Bank and would be replaced by…
Déjà vu? McKinsey SA's mea culpa this week for corruption bombs - like it did in 2018. #BizNewsFlashback. LISTEN!
Will SA forgive McKinsey for its role at the centre of state capture? This week, McKinsey’s R650m offer to pay back Transnet, SAA has been rejected by Transnet - which says it owes far more. In 2018, its mea culpa bombed as it claimed “no corruption”, but critics rejected its…