Business Day Spotlight

SA tech company Black Beard rebrands to Basalt

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on start-up Black Beard which recently rebranded to Basalt. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Wayne Zwiers, Basalt CEO and founder. Founded in 2017, Basalt has added a number of corporate clients to its roster, including:…

26 Aug 2019 25 min

The EU isn't playing fair with the local poultry industry

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the SA poultry industry and how it has fared in recent years in the face of cheap foreign imported chicken. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Francois Baird, founder of FairPlay, an organisation which aims…

21 Aug 2019 25 min

Tax payers brace themselves for NHI

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the SA economy, continued pressure on consumers and the National Heath Insurance (NHI) bill. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Mike Schüssler, Chief Economist at Economists.co.za to discuss the results of the BankservAfrica economic transactions…

15 Aug 2019 32 min

Investors migrate to safe havens among trade war concerns

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on cryptocurrency. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined in studio by Richard de Sousa, senior partner at AltCoinTrader - a cryptocurrency exchange that offers buying or selling digital coins for SA Rand. AltCoinTrader, has recently added gold and silver to…

13 Aug 2019 23 min

SOEs hemorrhage state funds and impact investor confidence

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we continue our focus on the political economy Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Daniel Silke, an Independent political economy analyst, author and Speaker specialising in South African and international politics. Silke is also Director of the Political Future…

30 Jul 2019 22 min

Politicians are putting the SA economy at risk

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, the focus is on the political economy. With a number of high profile public cases in the country dominating headlines like former President Zuma's testimony at the State Capture Inquiry, revelations at the PIC Inquiry and the High Court ruling against the Public…

25 Jul 2019 27 min

SA needs an interest rate reprieve

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, the focus is on SA’s monetary policy as the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) is set to make an interest rate decision on Thursday 18 July 2019. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Tumisho Grater, Economic Strategist at Novare. In…

18 Jul 2019 25 min

G20 Summit bodes well for SA

With the G20 Summit having just concluded, what does this mean for the SA economy going forward? In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we focus on the meeting of the 20 largest global economies in Osaka Japan at the end of June and what benefit SA is deriving from…

3 Jul 2019 29 min

The revival of the Zim dollar could see history repeat itself

In a surprise turn of events, the Zimbabwe government, last week announced the end of its multi-currency regime after 10 years. In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we focus on what this move means for the southern African state and possible effects on the region. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza…

2 Jul 2019 27 min

Libra is not a cryptocurrency

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, the focus is on Facebook’s newly announced blockchain-based digital currency and what it could mean for the world’s financial system. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined in studio by Richard de Sousa, Senior Partner at AltCoinTrader - a cryptocurrency exchange that offers buying…

21 Jun 2019 26 min

Government, Eskom & Sasol are on the hook for "Deadly Air"

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we focus on the ongoing environmental legal saga, aptly dubbed the "Deadly Air” case. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Bobby Peek, Executive Director at groundWork - a non-profit environmental justice service and developmental organization. Environmental activists have launched…

13 Jun 2019 28 min

Policy uncertainty, and a plummeting GDP cause economic upset 

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we explore the current state of the SA economy as the latest Stats SA data shows the country’s GDP plummeted by 3.2% for the first quarter of 2019. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by Prof Adrian Saville, economics lecturer…

6 Jun 2019 26 min

"It's a bully tactic" says Chinese Ambassador

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we explore how the US-China trade war could potentially affect the global and SA economies. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by China’s Ambassador to South Africa to discuss the Chinese government’s position on the ongoing trade negotiations.

31 May 2019 23 min

Huawei vows it will not crack under pressure

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we focus on US-China trade war tensions and the impact they have had on Chinese telecoms giant Huawei. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Huawei vice-president of corporate communications Glenn Schloss, who holds that the company is ready to deal with Washington's…

22 May 2019 16 min

Consumers are fed up with Telcos

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we focus on a new telecoms report as the debate around mobile data prices continues in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by BrandsEye CEO Nic Ray to talk about their SA Telcos Sentiment Index report, how it came about and the…

2 May 2019 30 min

Unpacking South Africa's decline

South Africa has a well developed and functioning economy resembling that of a first world country but the society seems to have stagnated in a third world state for decades says Claude Baissac, CEO of Eunomix - a research and advisory firm that assesses countries on a number of metrics to determine their economic…

25 Apr 2019 39 min

South African consumers are going through the most.

South African consumers are going through the most. In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we discuss pressures felt by the country’s citizens through the lens of Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Retail Sales figures released earlier this week. The discussion highlights the fact that there is no one issue…

18 Apr 2019 31 min

The DA didn’t win the 2016 election, as much as the ANC lost it ​

As South Africa draws near to its sixth national general election, scientists are hinting that political players seeking favour at the ballot in May should be paying attention to the data and demographics. In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we discuss the upcoming general election, how demographic data may…

11 Apr 2019 32 min

Behind the SARS wage agreement

Representatives from SARS and PSA discuss the agreement that was reached between the organisation and trade unions yesterday, following several days of industrial action. We take a look behind the scenes of the negotiation, to find out what unions and the employer had to concede in order to reach a…

3 Apr 2019 30 min

An inside look into inflation decisions

Nedbank chief economist Dennis Dykes predicts that a weak economy and lower inflation will convince the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) to keep interest rates on hold in its upcoming announcement. Join Business Day reporter Mudiwa Gavaza in studio this week, as he gets an inside look into what…

27 Mar 2019 19 min