Business Day Spotlight

What you need to know when investing in Africa 

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we are looking at the health and prospects of the African economy beyond SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined in studio by Neville Mandimika, an economist and fixed income strategist at Rand Merchant Bank who gives his insights on what it…

19 Feb 2020 28 min

Economic news of the week: SONA 2020

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we look at some key business and economic takeaways from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state of the nation (SONA) delivered in Parliament on Thursday. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined in studio by Annabel Bishop, chief economist at Investec and Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana, head…

14 Feb 2020 25 min

SONA PREVIEW: Eskom looms large 

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, we take time explore possible issues that may be relevant to the business community when President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the year’s state of the nation (SONA) address this week. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined in studio by Annabel Bishop, chief economist…

12 Feb 2020 26 min

Economic news of the week: Mining Indaba keeps an eye on power supply 

In this edition of the Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on developments in one of SA’s most important industrial sectors – mining – as this year’s edition of the Mining Indaba concluded on Thursday. Our host Mudiwa ‘MobbJustice’ Gavaza is joined in studio by Jason van der Poel, partner…

7 Feb 2020 33 min

Facebook partners with SAPS to bring SA Amber Alerts

In this Special Report, we take time to look at work being done to aid in finding missing children in SA at a time when cases are on the rise. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza joins Emily Vacher, Facebook’s Director of Trust and Safety at the company’s offices in Johannesburg to…

5 Feb 2020 14 min

Economic news of the week: SAA & the corona-virus

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we round up the week’s top economics news from state owned enterprise being bailed out yet again to the possible effect of the corona-virus on SA’s economy. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Jee-A van der Linde, an economist with NKC African…

31 Jan 2020 26 min

ANC unity looms larger than global summits for Ramaphosa

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we round up the week’s top business and economics news from international summits to the ruling party’s meeting over the weekend and interest rate cuts. Our host Mudiwa ‘MobbJustice’ Gavaza is joined by François Conradie, a senior political economist with NKC African Economics…

24 Jan 2020 18 min

Naked AI-based insurer expands coverage

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we look how how a new player in the insurance industry is attempting to reduce the cost and waiting times for insurance in SA through technology. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza joins Ernest North, co-founder at Naked, the artificial intelligence based insurance platform at…

22 Jan 2020 28 min

SA is suffering from low consumer confidence levels

In our first edition of Business Day Spotlight for 2020, we are exploring the mood and pressures currently being faced by consumers in SA. Our host Mudiwa ‘MobbJustice’ Gavaza is joined by Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, senior economist at FNB to discuss the results of their Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) done in…

17 Jan 2020 20 min

It's a wrap - SA's economic outlook bleak at the end of 2019

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we take a look in the rear-view mirror at the year gone by in SA’s economy together with an outlook for the year ahead. Our host Mudiwa “MobbJustice” Gavaza is joined by Ndumiso Hadebe, an economist and director for Pax Africana Holdings for…

13 Dec 2019 19 min

Phillip Morris is admittedly disrupting its own business model

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the tobacco industry’s effort to shift consumers to healthier and less risky products outside of traditional cigarettes. Our host Mudiwa “MobbJustice” Gavaza is joined by Neetesh Ramjee, director of external affairs at tobacco company Philip Morris SA. In this…

10 Dec 2019 19 min

Service providers could face prosecution if they do not drop data prices

Mobile operators have been behaving uncompetitively by charging too much for internet connectivity and could face prosecution if they do not drop prices, the Competition Commission said on Monday.  The commission's final data services market inquiry report has found that current prices exclude many poor and disadvantaged people from participating…

3 Dec 2019 7 min

Preparing your online business for Black Friday

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is around online retailers, the physical networks that need to be in place to fulfil orders and the work being done behind the scenes by web-hosting companies to keep websites running. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza, is joined in studio by Sunday…

28 Nov 2019 28 min

National powder keg: SAA and Eskom continue to struggle

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on state owned enterprises in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Carol Paton, writer at large for the Business Day and Natasha Marrian, deputy editor of the Financial Mail. The discussion begins with SAA. Paton gives an update…

21 Nov 2019 20 min

FNB to shut down cryptocurrency linked accounts in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is FNB’s move to close down accounts for cryptocurrency exchanges and related parties. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Richard de Sousa, Senior Partner at AltCoinTrader, a local cyrptocurrency exchange. The discussion begins with De Sousa giving an update of…

20 Nov 2019 14 min

ThinkWifi and Google plan to connect 11-million people to the web

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on internet connectivity in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Janine Rebelo, CEO of ThinkWiFi, an internet service provider. The discussion begins with Rebelo giving some background around their project with Google to connect more South Africans to…

15 Nov 2019 24 min

4IR & labour standoff in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on creating employment opportunities for South Africans in the face of digital disruption. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Fanie Botha, COO of FIRtech Holdings, Joe Kokela, General Secretary of Sasbo – The Finance Union and Matthew Parks, Parliamentary…

7 Nov 2019 36 min

Is SA’s digital information safe?

How safe is your data? How safe is SA’s digital information? With the City of Johannesburg and banking sector both having coming under ransom attacks and possible hacking, cyber threats and security have come under the spotlight. In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on protecting data…

28 Oct 2019 26 min

Behind Cisco's R140m invest into 4IR education in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on corporate investment in education for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Clayton Naidoo, General Manager for Sub Saharan Africa at Cisco, one of the world’s largest technology companies which manufactures and sells networking…

25 Oct 2019 25 min

The benefit of digital literacy in the digital economy

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on software development in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Nick Durrant, founder and CEO of Bluegrass Digital, a local outfit that has created mobile apps and websites for organisations like the Western Cape Government, Adidas and Allan…

23 Oct 2019 28 min