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Daily English South Africa Business · Investing
4,345 Episodes
752 – 772

View from the market

Wayne McCurrie, portfolio manager, FNB Wealth and Investments & Martin Smith, portfolio manager at Anchor Capital
18 Nov 2020 11AM 9 min

Roundtable: 50 large companies commit to paying their SME suppliers in 30 days

In an effort to ensure small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in South Africa survive the economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 50 large companies have formally committed to paying their SME suppliers in 30 days. The initiative, called #PayIn30, is spearheaded by Business for South Africa…
17 Nov 2020 12PM 21 min

Roundtable: A world class African city death spiral

Ratepayers in the City of Joburg are gatvol. Rates for electricity and water seem to have doubled almost overnight. Debt receivable in arrears is ballooning, while services are sinking faster the hopes of any short-term solution. Poor leadership and a lack of accountability are the culprits behind yet another year…
16 Nov 2020 11AM 26 min

View from the Market

Nick Kunze, portfolio manager at Sanlam Private Wealth & Karl Gevers, portfolio manager at Benguela Fund Managers
16 Nov 2020 11AM 11 min

View from the market and economy

Warwick Lucas, CIO of Galileo Asset Management & Prof Raymond Parsons, from School of Business and Governance at North West University
13 Nov 2020 10AM 16 min

The Brandfather

Jeremy Sampson, MD of Brand Finance Africa
12 Nov 2020 12PM 11 min

Competition in the digital economy – Lessons from down under

Australian news publishers – collectively if they choose – will be able to negotiate with Facebook and Google to receive payment for their content under draft legislation that was published recently. It’s an important development that may colour the local debate about how traditional media should respond to the power…
12 Nov 2020 11AM 24 min

What can we do to fix SA’s unemployment crisis?

South Africa’s unemployment rate increased by 7.5 percentage points to 30.8% in the third quarter of 2020 compared with the second quarter, according to data from Statistics South Africa – but the numbers don’t tell the whole story. While the number of employed people increased by 543,000, compared to the…
12 Nov 2020 11AM 9 min

Growthpoint announces R4bn Bookbuild to repair balance sheet

Growthpoint Properties announced the successful closure of its sizeable R4.3bn equity raise. The private placement was 2.74 times oversubscribed. The company initially sought to raise R4bn which it increased in response to the strong demand for new Growthpoint shares. Despite the lower share price about which nothing is predictable Michael…
12 Nov 2020 11AM 11 min
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