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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
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SARU rights issue explained

GUEST - Steven Mervis - Head of Strategy at MSCSPORTS As Head of Strategy at MSCSPORTS, Steven Mervis is uniquely positioned to provide deep insights on the current SARU and Ackerley Sports Group (ASG) private equity deal, which has sparked debate across South Africa. Steven believes that even though there…
21 Oct 2PM 9 min

CAREER’S CORNER: SAICA data confirms workplace misconduct at all time high

GUEST – Natashia Soopal - Senior Executive: Ethics Standards and Public Sector at SAICA As corporate South Africa and the rest of the world celebrated Global Ethics Day on (Wednesday, 16 October), the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has warned that workplace misconduct is worse than ever, with…
21 Oct 2PM 14 min

Online betting market explodes to twice the size of casinos.

GUEST – Nkoatse Mashamaite, Chief Compliance Officer at the National Gambling Board The growth of online betting in South Africa has been astronomical since the Covid-19 pandemic. In that year, revenue (more technically, gross gambling revenue) at traditional casinos nearly halved to R10 billion (from R19 billion). It has steadily…
21 Oct 2PM 19 min

SA’s Grocery Retailers: Key Mid-Year Performance Insights 

GUEST – Andrea Slabber, Insights Lead at Trade Intelligence In this conversation we have a comparative analysis of South Africa’s six major grocery retail companies – Shoprite Holdings, The SPAR Group, Pick n Pay Stores, Woolworths Holdings, Clicks Group, and Dis-Chem Pharmacies, covering the reporting period of the first half…
21 Oct 1PM 10 min

Fibre crackdown looms for South African complexes and estates 

GUEST – Jan Vermeulen - Editor at Mybroadband South Africa’s Competition Commission is urging residents unhappy with exclusive Internet service provider (ISP) arrangements at their complexes and estates to come forward as it calls for more competition in the space. This comes after the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) raised…
21 Oct 1PM 9 min

Competition Commission says 'all tools' should be considered to deal with Temu,Shein

GUEST – James Hodge, chief economist and acting deputy commissioner at the Competition Commissioner Competition Commissioner has said that multiple government policy interventions should be considered to create fairness in the ecommerce industry in response to questions about the rapid rise of Temu and Shein in the country.
21 Oct 1PM 12 min

PIVOT POINT- In conversation with auditor-general of South Africa, Tsakani Maluleke

Ms. Tsakani Maluleke has more than 20 years of experience in both the private and public sectors, spanning diverse areas including Auditing, Consulting, Corporate Advisory, Development Finance, Investment Management and Skills Development. Since 2014 she has served as the Deputy Auditor General and CEO of the Office of the Auditor-General…
17 Oct 7AM 28 min

Accountants face new era of ethical challenges

GUEST – Portia Mkhabela, Head of Southern Africa, at ACCA New research reveals that top three areas for ethical challenges are leadership, culture and sustainability - and that ethical dilemmas are becoming more complex Professional accountants, long trusted as custodians of financial integrity, are facing a new era of ethical…
17 Oct 7AM 14 min

South Africa Now Offers a Remote Work Visa for Foreigners

GUEST – Keri Culver, Senior Immigration Consultant at Xpatweb The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) on 28 March 2024 Gazetted a set of Immigration Regulations which allowed foreigners to come work and stay in South Africa on a Remote Work Visa. Following a press briefing by Minister Aaron Motsoaledi of…
16 Oct 1PM 10 min

Swypa Delivery: An online service aiming to grow township businesses

GUEST – Boitumelo Monageng, Founder and CEO of Swypa Delivery Founded in Tembisa during the height of COVID-19, Swypa Delivery offers logistics solutions that assist with the delivery of food, liquor, groceries, parcels and medicine, and offer business support. It is also the only delivery service of its kind that…
16 Oct 1PM 12 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS - How SA's tourism white paper aims to transform the industry

GUEST – Patricia de Lille – Minister of Tourism The tourism minister, Patricia de Lille, has welcomed the finalisation of the White Paper on the Development and Promotion of Tourism in South Africa. The tourism department published the White Paper in Government Gazette 51354 for implementation on 4 October 2024.The…
16 Oct 1PM 14 min

Nersa to hear Eskom’s bid to change pricing design

GUEST – Adil Nchabeleng – Energy Expert Eskom has proposed a sweeping overhaul of its electricity pricing design, saying the current model is outdated and no longer fit for purpose in a changing landscape marked by a wave of solar panel installations. The proposal, submitted to the National Energy Regulator…
16 Oct 1PM 21 min

Google helped provide an estimated R118 billion of economic activity in South Africa.

GUEST – Abongile Mashele, Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google SA Google Search, Google Play, Android, YouTube, Google Cloud and Google Advertising helped provide an estimated R118 billion of economic activity for businesses, nonprofits, publishers, creators and developers across South Africa in 2023. The report estimates that…
15 Oct 1PM 15 min
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