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Farm fresh: How one SA farmer is creating jobs and smashing gender norms
For the past 10 years, young African entrepreneurs have been recognised by the Anzisha Prize, which provides a cash prize, mentoring and training for the winner. This year – out of more than 1,200 applications – a 22-year woman who farms vegetables in Limpopo, Mahlatse Matlakane, has been elected as…
Global portfolio - Strong Rand impact
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…
SA authorities back-pedal on easing exchange controls for ETFs - independent advisor unpicks the details, implications
Candice Paine, of PR Financial Services, unpacks the latest developments on exchange control regulations. Inward-listed Exchange Traded Funds and the controversial Regulation 28 are at the centre of this debate. A new circular allowed investors to diversify 100% offshore through ETFs - but this has been suspended. At stake are:…
BizBriefing: Regulating ETFs, Coronation outperforms, Tito muses over SAA, Sarb warning
Regulations surrounding the reclassification of inward listed instruments have been suspended. Coronation out performs, Mboweni mulls over SAA and Sarb worries about debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Property Talk: SA house prices; time to buy or rent?
In this BizNews Property Talk, property journalist Denise Mhlanga takes a look at what the latest property market research is telling us about property prices and the state of the property market - with snapshots of performance in the Western Cape, Gauteng and Free State. Denise also shares what the…
The Great Covid Debate
A special episode of the noontime webinar which features a debate on Covid-19 between PANDA co-founder, actuary Nick Hudson; and SA and UK academic and HIV/AIDS activist Prof Alan Whiteside. In a recent interview - Whiteside referred to the drafters of the Great Barrington Declaration as misguided idiots. Hudson, whose…
BizBriefing: Prosus prospers, ANC angers unions, High court slams gavel on dodgy oil sale
Prosus prospers during the pandemic, ANC angers unions and High court bangs the gavel on SA's infamous 2015 oil sale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Electronic voting in SA: the outcry, what's next - experts
As the chaos in the US continues, amendments to South Africa’s electoral laws to allow for electronic voting have been under consideration at a portfolio committee in Parliament. It has led to an outcry from civil society and the public, with1,200 written submissions. Following this, it was agreed that the…
What's next for the Rand, SA after ratings downgrades - Forex expert Andy Rissik
South Africa is junk status among international credit ratings agencies. In this interview with BizNews editor Jackie Cameron, Andy Rissik - MD of Sable International's Forex Division - tells how the downgrades took the markets by surprise. He explains how the decisions affect South African consumers and shares his updated…
BizBriefing: SA investment blow, jet setting officials exposed, crypto asset regulation
South Africa has fallen deeper into junk territory after Moody’s Investors Service joined Fitch Ratings in lowering the country’s credit ratings. Former Absa CEO Maria Ramos and her husband, former finance minister Trevor Manuel, have been named among former officials and spouses who are flying around the country at a cost…
Offshore investing from your SA armchair
The dramatic changes opening up the world for your retirement funds are in focus in Jackie Cameron’s Finance Friday this week. Jackie discusses this with expert guests including Magnus Heystek, of Brenthurst Wealth Management, and Gareth Leonard of Netto Invest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside Covid-19: Vaccine race; SA’s PANDA goes global; pandemic damages, scars minds
In this episode of Inside Covid-19, we look at whether pharmaceutical companies can make enough Covid vaccines. We also pick up with actuary Nick Hudson, who shares how SA-grown Panda has transformed into a global organisation, with the experts behind the Great Barrington Declaration on their advisory board. Panda is…
Are Universities and TVET colleges fit for the high unemployment economy of SA?
South Africa has the highest number of unemployed youth with thousands of graduates jobless. It appears the Higher Education system provides free or heavily subsidised education and training that produce skills that employers do not need. In the Covid-19 era, the delivery of content is another challenge, are the institutions…
BizBriefing: Jacob Zuma recusal bid denied, ABSA profits plummet, Cheques obsolete
Jacob Zuma's recusal application is denied, ABSA warns of plummeting profit and SA makes cheques obsolete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Zuma, corruption and state capture: Latest developments at Zondo, what's next for Zuma - The Editor's Desk
In this episode of The Editor's Desk with Jackie Cameron, BizNews political journalist Bernice Maune provides a detailed update on Zuma's application to have Zondo recused from the commission has been dismissed. Right after hearing the outcome of the recusal application, Zuma and his lawyers staged a walk-out. This is…
Inside Investing - RA breakthrough; overlooked 4Sight; why Anchor Capital leaving; IRR raining on Cyril's parade. Ep 10
In episode ten of the Inside Investing podcast, a breakthrough for SA savers as the Reserve Bank abolishes the 30% cap on the foreign component of retirement annuities; we hear from the CEO of overlooked JSE-listed small cap 4Sight Holdings; also from Anchor Group founder Peter Armitage, who explains the…
BizBriefing: Santam hospitality insurance blow; excon lifts for ETFs; CR speaks to Biden; Tesla soars
* In a massive victory for the thousands of smaller hospitality and tourism businesses forced to shutdown in the Covid-19 lockdowns, the Western Cape High Court judgment has ordered insurance giant Santam to pay a hotel group’s claims in full plus legal costs * President Cyril Ramaphosa has had a call with US…
Watershed case for tourism & hospitality as court rules against Santam
In a precedent-setting judgement heard earlier this week, the Western Cape High Court ruled in favour of Ma-Afrika Hotels and Stellenbosch Kitchen against insurance beast Santam. It's a victory worth celebrating, but Insurance Claims Africa CEO Ryan Woolley warns that the fight isn't over yet. Learn more about your ad…
HIV-prevention injection provides new hope for SA women, and the fiscus – Wits Prof Sinead Delany-Moretlwe
Women in South Africa bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV pandemic. According to UNAids figures, of the more than 7.7 million adults living with HIV in South Africa, 62.7% are women and new HIV infections among young women aged 15-24 were more than double than those among young men…
SA investor-unfriendly, with dark clouds of expropriation hovering over investment conference
'It's this weird paradox trying to attract investment, while promising investors that their investment won't be safe.' Head of Strategic Initiatives at the IRR Hermann Pretorius speaks to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about the latest annual investment conference, hosted by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Pretorius outlines why South Africa is 'not…