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3,907 Episodes
2092 – 2112

Lockdown eats into Spur's profits

Lockdown restrictions weighed on Spur's interim performance. The restaurant franchise owner has reported a 73% plunge in profit, as curfews, social distancing and the ban on alcohol sales reduced trading. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam spoke to CEO Val Nichas for more detail.
2 Mar 2021 1AM 6 min

What does Level 1 mean for business?

As the lockdown in South Africa from the second wave is eased again and businesses start to re-open fully, ensuring the health and safety of employees and members of the public will be of paramount importance. But firms are grappling with big questions about what this return is going to…
2 Mar 2021 1AM 22 min

Demand for covid-19 related work gives Bidvest a boost

Demand for Covid-19 related work has given Bidvest a boost with revenue during the group's first-half rising 3.4%. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam spoke to Mpumi Madisa, CEO of Bidvest for more detail.
1 Mar 2021 1AM 9 min

RCL Foods gets sugar kick

RCL Foods has reported a 14% rise in interim headline earnings. The firm says an improved performance by its sugar unit helped offset a poor showing by its chicken business. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam spoke to CEO Miles Dally for more insight.
1 Mar 2021 1AM 6 min

Hyprop takes a R244 million Covid-19 hit

The pandemic has weighed on Hyprop. The owner of Rosebank Mall and Canal Walk Shopping Centre has reported a 45% plunge in interim distributable income. That’s partly due to rental discounts and lower parking income during the period. Business Day TV caught up with the group's CEO Morné Wilken to…
1 Mar 2021 1AM 4 min

Bonds, budgets and bubbles

Are we in a stock market bubble? And if we are, what should investors do about it? Historically, it's always been hard to know how far a bull market can go. And value has proven to be a very weak read on which to lean, because value can go up…
26 Feb 2021 1AM 25 min

Budget Review – Wrestling the hippo

Government and ANC ideology are a perpetual constraint on business. Take mining for example, the flywheel of this economy. Electricity is the number one issue. The Mining Charter, transport and exploration are second-order issues. Instead of acting, we score more own goals. Against this backdrop, this felt like a no-nonsense…
25 Feb 2021 1AM 26 min

Why Discovery believes it’s well positioned for future growth

Discovery has been hard hit by market volatility with swings in the rand undermining the group’s hedging strategy and contributing to a 10% slide in interim profit. Despite this, the company says it’s well positioned for future growth. Business Day TV unpacked the results in greater detail with CEO Adrian…
25 Feb 2021 1AM 8 min

How SA could recover from a pandemic induced recession

For the South African economy to recover, immediate issues like the government wage bill, tax collection and managing debt have to be addressed. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni made the remarks in his Budget 2021 presentation. But a Nedbank CIB report says it may take the economy a few years to…
25 Feb 2021 1AM 7 min

Increased market activity gives JSE a boost

Increased market activity in 2020 gave the JSE's annual performance a boost. The bourse posted record revenue of R2.5 billion and 15% growth in headline earnings per share. Business Day TV spoke to CEO Leila Fourie for more detail on the performance.
25 Feb 2021 1AM 6 min

Dissecting Mboweni's spending plans 2021

Finance minister Tito Mboweni has delivered the national budget and Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam caught up Treasury's Deputy Director-General Ismail Momoniat to discuss government's spending plans.
24 Feb 2021 1AM 7 min

Imperial Logistics prepares to exit its EU operations

In an attempt to further implement its ‘Gateway to Africa’ strategy, Imperial Logistics plans to dumps its international business. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam discussed the strategy shift with Imperial Logistics’ CEO, Mohammed Akoojee.
23 Feb 2021 1AM 5 min

Why higher iron-ore prices are working in Kumba's favour

Higher iron ore prices and favourable currency effects has Kumba Iron Ore in a free cashflow position of over close to R21 billion - up 21% and that's despite production declines during its annual period. Shareholders will reap of the benefits. A final cash dividend of over R41 per share…
23 Feb 2021 1AM 8 min

Harmony posts profit surge, reinstates dividend

Higher gold prices and an increase in production has landed Harmony Gold in a sweet spot. The miner has reported a more than threefold rise in interim profit and reinstated its dividend. The last time the firm made a pay-out to shareholders was in 2017. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam…
23 Feb 2021 1AM 5 min

How Super Group remained resilient in the face of Covid-19

Super Group has shrugged off the impact of Covid-19 reporting a 5.8% jump in half-year revenue to R20bn and a 4.7% rise in headline earnings per share. This was mainly due to a strong showing from its Supply Chain Europe unit as well as at its dealerships in the UK…
22 Feb 2021 1AM 4 min

The Battle of Ideas

Writing in his seminal work, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, in 1936, John Maynard Keynes, observed that: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little…
22 Feb 2021 1AM 23 min

Beginning of a turnaround for Sasol?

Sasol's turnaround strategy is starting to bear fruit. Tight cost controls helped the chemicals group reduce debt and has allowed it to abandon a planned rights issue. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam spoke to Fleetwood Grobler, CEO of Sasol for more.
22 Feb 2021 1AM 8 min

Amplats eyes output surge, pins hopes on mechanisation

Anglo American Platinum aims to grow output of by a fifth in the next nine years by modernising and mechanising its mines. Business Day TV's Alishia Seckam spoke to Amplats’ CEO Natascha Viljoen about the strategy, as well as the firm’s latest results.
22 Feb 2021 1AM 7 min
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