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Daily English South Africa Business · Investing
4,345 Episodes
1172 – 1192

Exxaro results

Despite serious headwinds, both on the Covid-19 and coal fronts, Exxaro Resources turned in a stellar first half performance pushing up export sales by 39% and backing that up with higher off-take from Eskom. The end result was that thermal coal sales rose 10.7% to 22.8 million tons, which flowed…
13 Aug 2020 1PM 11 min

View from the market

Caroline Cremen, portfolio manager at Adviceworx & Charl Bester, Wealth & Portfolio manager at Kruger International
13 Aug 2020 1PM 17 min

Roundtable discussion: Brands beyond Covid-19

A lot of people – even those in branding – struggle with answering the question: So what’s a brand, anyway? The term “brand” first emerged more than half a century ago as a way for cattle ranchers to identify their animals. In the late 1880s, packaged goods like Coca-Cola started…
12 Aug 2020 1PM 55 min

Wealth Feature A dark five years of value destruction

The JSE has been and continues to be very challenging for money managers and shareholders. Over the past five years to July 21, nine companies listed on the JSE have lost nearly a trillion rand (R974.9bn) in combined market value, according to Corion Capital. This represents 39% of the total…
12 Aug 2020 12PM 6 min

View from the market

Wayne McCurrie, portfolio manager, FNB Wealth and Investments & Steven Schultz, CEO of Momentum Securities
12 Aug 2020 12PM 17 min

Recession, Reform, Recovery – Book Launch

When the public health crisis eventually subsides, the old structural socio-economic problems will of course still be there, but they will be felt more acutely in the aftermath of the coronavirus hurricane. What should South Africa be doing to prepare for the ‘new normal’ after Covid-19? That is the overarching…
11 Aug 2020 1PM 29 min

View from the market

Rob Towell, portfolio manager at Sasfin Securities & Maarten Ackerman, chief economist and advisory partner, Citadel
11 Aug 2020 12PM 15 min

View from the economy

Raymond Parsons, from School of Business and Governance at North West University
7 Aug 2020 12PM 9 min

View from the C-Suite – Empowering female Execs

Michael Avery’s guest this week is one of the leading voices for the sustainable advancement of women in the corporate and entrepreneurial space in South Africa today. She was the first chairperson of the South African Women Entrepreneurs Network Ltd., an initiative of the Department of Trade & Industry to…
7 Aug 2020 12PM 15 min

MTN results

MTN reported a 120,5% jump in first-half headline earnings per share (HEPS), within guidance and didn’t declare an interim dividend. HEPS were positively impacted by 0 cents relating to the Nigeria fine interest; hyperinflation (excluding impairments) of 10 cents and reversal of the time value loss recognised on the Iran…
6 Aug 2020 12PM 15 min

Sustainability feature: Investec sets new benchmark for climate risk disclosure

Investec became the first SA bank to release a separate climate risk disclosure report aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). It provides shareholders with a clear breakdown of the bank’s fossil fuel exposures and, crucially, correctly categorises natural gas as a fossil fuel…
6 Aug 2020 12PM 5 min

Digital economy feature: Tech CEO calls for diversity and inclusion upgrade

Karen Nadasen, South African CEO of Naspers' PayU, and recently appointed Chairperson of the Ecommerce Forum South Africa (EFSA), is fulfilling her promise of a committed shift towards women in technology, and women in her community. She heads up diversity and inclusion for PayU across the continent and is an…
6 Aug 2020 12PM 6 min
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