SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb

The horrific cost of education Segment 01

It's no longer the tuition fees alone, but technology such as laptops, iPads, extra lessons, tutoring – Discovery Life’s Gareth Friedlander.

8 Feb 2018 2PM 8 min

Investec, Mediclinic and Richemont gainers Segment 02

Tiger Brands, Sasol and Angloplats lose ground – Bright Khumalo from Vestact on Thursday’s market news.

8 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

Manufacturing production up y/y in December Segment 03

‘If we have consistent, sound industrial policy…and investors know where they stand…we get reciprocal growth and investment by the private sector,’ points out Manufacturing Circle director Philippa Rodseth.

8 Feb 2018 2PM 5 min

SA business’s response to continuing political uncertainty Segment 01

‘The speed at which we deal with this leadership transition is going to determine how we come out of this’ – BLSA COO Busi Mavuso.

7 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

SA lags in debt collection Segment 02

This country is among the ten worst of 50 countries surveyed in terms of delinquent payment, reports Maxime Lemer from the Euler Hermes Group.

7 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min

Property stocks: ‘green, green, it’s green they say’ Segment 03

‘Naspers under a lot of pressure…looking very attractive’ – David Shapiro on Wednesday’s market moves.

7 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

Business confidence highest in 2.5 years Segment 01

Sona: ‘We won't see an immediate effect in terms of economic growth,’ says Sacci economist Richard Downing.

6 Feb 2018 2PM 2 min

PSA rails against PIC loan to Eskom Segment 02

Until the Eskom board demonstrates good corporate governance, insists PSA deputy general secretary Tahir Maepa, ‘they must leave our money alone’.

6 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min

2018 Mining Indaba: Chamber of Mines vocal Segment 03

Investors hold back, but there’s good news as well, observes Moneyweb journalist Patrick Cairns.

6 Feb 2018 2PM 2 min

Amplats out with very good results Segment 04

But on a strongly red day ‘we are just kind of licking our wounds’ – David Shapiro on Tuesday’s markets.

6 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min

Employing a bond originator Segment 05

Why run around with home loan applications when someone will do it for you, with advice, free of charge? – BetterBond CEO Rudi Botha.

6 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

Political uncertainty continues to plague SA economy Segment 01

Ramaphosa’s power to change things is limited as he is not the country’s president, says economist Thabi Leoka.

5 Feb 2018 2PM 6 min

PIC extends R5 billion loan to Eskom – for now Segment 02

‘This one is the first of many to come,’ declares Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe.

5 Feb 2018 2PM 2 min

How SA could benefit at 2018 Mining Indaba Segment 03

‘Investors have run scared from South Africa and potential new entrants into the marketplace have disappeared…because the rules of the game are so unclear’, says Chris Stevens, head of mining at Werksmans Attorneys.

5 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

Capitec rating receives thumbs-up from S&P Global Segment 01

‘There was nothing in the [Viceroy] report that would lead us to review the rating,’ affirms Matthew Pirnie from the ratings agency.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min

Capitec rating receives thumbs-up from S&P Global Segment 01

‘There was nothing in the [Viceroy] report that would lead us to review the rating,’ affirms Matthew Pirnie from the ratings agency.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min

MultiChoice axes ANN7 – and the fallout Segment 02

Casualties happen when businesses get caught up in things unacceptable to society, says OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

MultiChoice axes ANN7 – and the fallout Segment 02

Casualties happen when businesses get caught up in things unacceptable to society, says OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 4 min

Now there’s an assault on property stocks Segment 03

Vehicle sales figures bring Bidvest and Barloworld down – David Shapiro on Thursday’s market moves.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 7 min

January Absa PMI up slightly Segment 03

Despite current business optimism, ‘the key challenges really lie ahead from a policy perspective,’ cautions Absa economist Miyelani Maluleke.

1 Feb 2018 2PM 3 min