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SARB keeps rates unchanged at 6.75%

Upcoming risk events have prompted the SARB to keep rates on hold at 6.75%. Economist Thabi Leoka, Dawie Roodt from the Efficient Group and Azar Jammine, Chief Economist at Econometrix joined Alishia to dissect that decision.

18 Jan 2018 12PM 9 min

SA retails sales see biggest jump since 2012

SA retail has cashed in on the largest monthly increase in retail sales since the middle of 2012. Alisha Seckam caught up with Daniel Isaacs, analyst at 36one for more analysis of the data point and the sustainability of this trend.

17 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

OUTA slams Cape Town’s drought levy

City of Cape Town is looking at charging its residents a drought levy which would be based on property value instead of water consumption. Julius Kleynhans, Portfolio Manager for Water at OUTA joins us for more insight around the issue.

17 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

SA Nov mining production up 6.5%

Good news on the mining front, the country's November mining output has beaten economists expectations with a surprise increase of 6.5% year-on-year. Peter Major, Director of Mining at Cadiz Corporate Solutions joins us for his outlook.

16 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

New bank to launch in SA

Bank Zero has been granted a provisional licence after an evaluation by the Reserve Bank. Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan joins to discuss this app driven bank in more detail.

16 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

SA political uncertainty to persist in 2018 - Fitch

ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa is seen as the party's saving grace. But ratings agency, Fitch highlights that political & policy uncertainty will likely persist under his rule. The body however sees the country growing at 1.6% this year. Jan Frederichs from Fitch joins Alishia for more.

15 Jan 2018 12PM 7 min

World Bank sees policy uncertainty continuing in 2018

Policy uncertainty issues will remain a major challenge for South Africa's economic growth this year with the World Bank forecasting just 1.1%. This is one of the lowest growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Gerard Kambou, Senior Economist at the World Bank Development Economics Prospects Group talks us through their Global…

12 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

Absa's Economist Miyelani Maluke talks PMI shock drop

In a month where the global PMI reached a 7 year high in December last year, South Africa's manufacturing sector showed a surprising decline. After four months of gains, the ABSA PMI declined in December. There was a broad-based decline across all the major sub-indices. The index, which gauges manufacturing…

12 Jan 2018 1PM 7 min

Oil prices hover at near 3 year highs

We drill into some of the developments taking that oil price higher with Dolapo Oni, VP and Head of Energy Research at Ecobank

11 Jan 2018 11AM 8 min

Artificial Intelligence changing the world of business as we know it

A panel of experts joins us to give us some insight into why 2017 was such a good year for Artificial Intelligence and how it continues to transform the business arena.

11 Jan 2018 11AM 11 min

Crypotcurrency predications for 2018

Shireen Ramjoo, CEO of Liquid Crypto-Money explains why 2018 could be the year of the cryptocurrency, after the growing popularity seen in 2017.

10 Jan 2018 11AM 7 min

Is Eskom headed for a death spiral?

Piet van Staden, former Former Chairman of the Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa discusses the financial viability of South Africa's power utility, Eskom.

10 Jan 2018 11AM 7 min

Steinhoff plummets on ECB bond sale

Steinhoff woes continue on ECB bond sale. Anglo American Platinum is taking steps to curb unrest at the firms most profitable mine by making changes to how its Mapela Trust is run. The outlook for new vehicle sales is brightening despite the industry ending last month on a weak note,…

9 Jan 2018 11AM 3 min

South Africa's mineral resources potential is in the top 25 percent globally

South Africa's mineral resources potential is in the top 25 percent globally and the long-term nature of mine development means the industry heavily relies on certainty and a conducive policy environment. The Chamber of minds has put the "what if" out there... what if South Africa could get to grips…

14 Dec 2017 12PM 7 min

Finance and politics inextricably intertwined in South Africa

After Futuregrowth's decision - late last year - not to lend to some of SA's largest SOEs without having deeper sight of, and comfort around, their governance, decision-making and independence - the company's CIO: Andrew Canter said: "I'm an asset management guy. I really have no place getting involved in…

14 Dec 2017 12PM 7 min

Retails trends 2017

We look at the key retail trends of 2017 on the back of retail sales rising 3.2% YoY in October. Dion Chang from Flux Trends and Derek Engelbrecht from EY joins us for that conversation.

13 Dec 2017 11AM 8 min

More people out of work in Q3 while Manufacturing ticks up in October

We chat to Investec's Annabel Bishop about whether manufacturing output ticking higher in October is anything to get excited about.. And what it spells for the country's jobs picture moving forward.

12 Dec 2017 11AM 6 min

Graft allegations against Multichoice concerning- BLSA

Business Leadership SA's Busi Mavuso tells us why the body is so gravely concerned about corruption allegations levelled against one of its members Multichoice.

7 Dec 2017 11AM 7 min

Reviving the energy sector for economic growth

Deputy Energy Minister, Thembi Majola discusses plans for South Africa's future energy mix, and how this could boost economic growth.

7 Dec 2017 11AM 7 min

Steinhoff postpones results, Jooste resigns, shares plunge

Jean Pierre Verster from Fairtree Capital AND the JSE's Director of issuer regulation John Burke give us some insight into the developments at Steinhoff.

6 Dec 2017 11AM 8 min