Wits Radio Academy Business Buzz

Business Buzz

Business Buzz is a weekly business show aimed at educating and enlightening young adults on financial literacy, with regular updates and interviews on business and entrepreneurship topics. The topics are tailored to resonate with young adults providing simplified answers to complex questions of the business world.

The show is presented by Mudiwa “Mobb Justice” Gavaza and produced by Glory Mabuza, Slindele Msibi and Ntando Ximba. Simbarashe “Simba” Honde is the executive producer, with Kutlwano “Gwinch” Serame as the Technical Producer.

Furthermore, Business Buzz is proudly produced under The Wits Radio Academy, for VOW FM and also syndicated to 5 other community and campus radio stations across the country. It is also podcast on www.wits.journalism.co.za/business
Weekly English South Africa Business · Business News Narrated by Glory Mabuza, Simbarashe Honde and Kutlwano Gwinch Serame
110 Episodes
48 – 68

Business Buzz - Building Communities for Small Businesses

On the latest business news, we talk about the effect of the coronavirus on global markets and its impact on the SA economy, an update on state owned enterprises like SAA which recently went into business rescue, together with predictions about what factors will likely shape the upcoming national budget…
6 Feb 2020 49 min

Business Buzz - Money Saving Tips for Festive Season

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives us more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we have Bright Khumalo, an analyst and portfolio manager at Vestact Asset Management who talks to us about his money-saving philosophies and 10c challenge. Later on, we…
15 Nov 2019 50 min

Business Buzz - SA Investment Conference

We talk to Lebo Phasha on The Business Wrap who gives us more insight on the latest business and economic news. The Head of Business Intelligence at the Investment Agency (Gauteng), Muzi Mathema and Ndumiso Hadebe, an Economist and Director of Pax Africana Holdings (Pty) Ltd talk to us more…
8 Nov 2019 50 min

Business Buzz - Brand New Heavy - Kedibone and Kekeletso Tsiloane

On the latest business news, we talk about the SA Midterm Budget, unemployment rate, and the upcoming Black Friday. Lebo Phasha gives us more insight on The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we have a Brand New Heavy feature where we profile a young person in SA below 35…
1 Nov 2019 52 min

Business Buzz - Property Stokvels

On the latest business news, we talk about the SA inflation rate, Google and Moody’s rating agency return. Lebo Phasha gives us more insight into The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we talk to Priscilla, a Bsc Property Studies graduate, co-founder of the Youth in Property Association and the…
25 Oct 2019 50 min

Business Buzz - The politics of Credit Rating Agencies

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives us more insight into the latest business and economic news. Siphamandla Mkhwananzi, a Senior FNB Economist talks to us about the nature and role of these rating agencies. Later on, in the show, Dr. Misheck Mutize, a Finance and…
18 Oct 2019 50 min

Business Buzz - Wealth Tax

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives us more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we talk about wealth tax and its impacts on the economy. We talk to Isaac Matshego, an economist from Nedbank and Dr. Basani Baloyi and Oxfam Fellow,…
11 Oct 2019 49 min

Business Buzz - Brand New Heavy - Khanyisile Madonko

On the latest business news, we talk about the inflation rate, the bank strike and the government’s plans to raise the Eurobond. Lebo Phasha gives us more insight into The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we have a Brand New Heavy feature where we profile a young person in…
27 Sep 2019 49 min

Business Buzz - The State of the African Economy and free Trade Zones

Regional economic integration is in focus for this edition of the Business Buzz. Our financial expert Zanele Kunene from BDO SA gives us a round of the week’s top business news and in the Buffalo Index, we look at what your R100 can do for you in the African dashiki…
20 Sep 2019 43 min

Business Buzz - Procter & Gamble

We talk to Ken Swettenham on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we chat to Zibuyele Rala an HR Associate Manager at P&G and Jeanne du Plessis, the Corporate Affairs & Citizenship Leader at P&G. They talk to us about…
27 Aug 2019 53 min

Business Buzz - Wits Entrepreneurship Week

On the latest business news, we talk about the president’s stimulus plan, Huawei and Global recession, Lebo Phasha gives us more insight on The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we talk to Selekanye Seribe, a social scientist and entrepreneur about her business idea and Wits Entrepreneurship week. We also…
27 Aug 2019 56 min

Business Buzz - Brand New Heavy - Musa Maluleke

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we have a Brand New Heavy feature where we profile a young person in SA below 35 years who is doing the things in their industry. This April…
20 Aug 2019 49 min

Business Buzz - Pre-Election Economics

We talk to Ken Swettenham on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, we talk about the upcoming elections on the 8th of May. We talk to Paul Berkowitz an economist, researcher & consultant and also Mr Dawie Roodt who is…
20 Aug 2019 51 min

Business Buzz - Mobile Data Prices

On the latest business news, we talk about SA’s elections, US-China Trade War and Business of Game of Thrones. Lebo Phasha gives us more insights on the news on The Business Wrap. Later on in the main topic, we talk about mobile data prices and regulations with Heather Robertson, the…
20 Aug 2019 47 min

Business Buzz - Housing and Insurance

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. Later on in the main topic, we talk to Donald Mpholo who is a Regional Town planner and Ken Swettenham who is a Finance Analyst and finally Peter Nkhuna, a senior Assistant…
20 Aug 2019 52 min

Business Buzz - Consumer Protection

On the latest business news, we talk about the fuel price hike, Eskom and the JSE first quarter results, Zanele Kunene gives us more insight on The Business Wrap. On the main topic, we discuss bad customer experiences and how to navigate and ensure that your consumer rights are protected. We…
20 Aug 2019 49 min

Business Buzz - Foreign owned businesses and the SA Economy

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives us more insight on the latest business news. On the main topic, Barnard Richmont, a car dealer from Nigeria who runs a car dealership business in Johannesburg where there was a spate of Xenophobic attacks and the looting of…
16 Aug 2019 56 min

Business Buzz - Graduate Recruitment Programmes

We talk to Zanele Kunene on The Business Wrap who gives more insight on the latest business news. Later on, we talk to Shesnee Naidoo, a Graduate Manager at Werkmans Attorneys and Shiluva Mabunda from the Wits Graduate Recruitment Programme about job opportunities and preparing to get a job.
19 Apr 2019 50 min

Business Buzz - Pitching for Business

There are many funding initiatives in South Africa aimed at funding emerging entrepreneurs. But, how do entrepreneurs best prepare themselves to meet and pitch to potential investors? In this week’s episode of Business Buzz, we chat with Clen Cook, an executive at The Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, where…
12 Apr 2019 52 min

Business Buzz - Consumer Rights

At some point in our lives, we have wanted to return stuff back to where we bought them, or bought electronic appliances or gadgets, which do not work for an example. Do you know what rights you have as a consumer? To help us better understand how as consumers the…
5 Apr 2019 49 min
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