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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.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
5,395 Episodes
3000 – 3020

Zondo Report underscores need to enforce director accountability more rapidly.

In its final report, the Zondo Commission repeatedly comments that directors of the various captured state entities have not been properly held accountable for the massive damage they have caused to the organisations they were supposed to serve, and thus indirectly to the country as a whole. The Institute of…
13 Jul 2022 5AM 9 min

Regulator gives thumbs up to Mr Price’s purchase of Studio 88.

South Africa’s Competition Commission has recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve Mr Price’s deal to acquire Studio 88 without conditions. In April, retailer Mr Price announced that it has entered into a transaction agreement to acquire 70% of Blue Falcon, which owns the Studio 88 group of businesses, from RMB…
13 Jul 2022 5AM 8 min

Twitter lawyers say Elon Musk’s deal termination is invalid.

Twitter Inc.’s lawyers called Elon Musk’s termination of his $44 billion buyout agreement “invalid and wrongful” in a letter to the billionaire’s attorneys, a preliminary step by the social network in the looming legal battle over the deal. Twitter lawyer William Savitt, of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, wrote to…
12 Jul 2022 4AM 7 min

ALLAN GRAY: Are you ready for the modernised tax filing season?

The income tax return filing season is officially open and with it, the South African Revenue Service is rolling out some changes to simplify the eFiling process and shorten the filing period. How do these changes impact you? Carla Rossouw, head of Tax at Allan Gray, joins Kaya Bizz to…
12 Jul 2022 4AM 14 min

How is electricity priced in South Africa?

A large part of South Africa’s electricity prices is consists of government levies and costs that are out of Eskom’s control. That is according to independent regulatory and tariff consultant Deon Conradie, who told Sunday newspaper Rapport that the electricity tariff is used much like petrol prices in the country…
12 Jul 2022 4AM 14 min

BUSA warns SA ripe for repeat of 2021 unrest.

Top business and government officials have warned that South Africa is set to face a repeat of the July 2021 riots as very little has been done to address the issues facing the country over the last year. Speaking to BusinessDay, Business Unity South Africa chief executive Cas Coovadia says…
11 Jul 2022 5AM 9 min

WEALTH CREATION: What investors can do in these difficult markets.

In the words of Peter Lynch two years after the March 2020 Covid crash - “More money has been lost in crises trying to predict what is going to happen than actually in them”. As with all things unknown and uncertain, it is human nature to speculate how things will…
11 Jul 2022 5AM 16 min

SABC and MultiChoice set to face off over lucrative sports.

The SABC has lodged a Competition Commission complaint against MultiChoice’s sports broadcasting division, SuperSport. “The SABC can confirm that the Corporation has lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission,” SABC communications head Ndindi Cola said in an emailed statement. “At this stage the matter is handled in that platform and…
11 Jul 2022 5AM 16 min

Fuel saving hacks- experts warns against popping pills in tanks.

Fuel and motor experts have called the bluff on so-called fuel-saving tablets and other related products promising to dramatically reduce fuel consumption and help consumers save money at the pump. With fuel prices soaring to all-time highs and motorists buckling under financial pressure to get by with the cost of…
11 Jul 2022 5AM 10 min

One year since July unrest - How far have we come?

It's been a year since the deadly riots that set fire to parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, but none of the alleged instigators have been convicted for fanning the flames. ` Many questions remain unanswered about the harrowing events President Cyril Ramaphosa labelled as a ''failed insurrection'' in July last…
7 Jul 2022 4AM 19 min

PIVOT POINT: Lehohla hails significance of launch of the Economic Modelling Academy.

Dr Pali Lehohla joins us to talk about the objectives of his latest project, the Economic Modelling Academy (EMA), a programme aimed at addressing a lack of extensive planning in implementing government policy. The Economic Modelling Academy has a profound acronym, Ema. In the Sesotho languages Ema carries paradoxical meanings…
7 Jul 2022 4AM 16 min

Consol buyer bets big on South Africa with R1.5 billion facility expansion.

Ardagh Glass Packaging (AGP) Africa – formerly Consol Glass – has announced a R1.5 billion expansion of its Nigel production facility in the south-east of Johannesburg. The investment more than doubles the facility’s capacity to provide sustainable glass packaging and meet projected demand growth and incorporates a new furnace and…
7 Jul 2022 4AM 9 min

S.African rand hits new 20-month low as investors embrace dollar.

With South Africans learning to live with the current cycle of stage 6 load shedding, many believe the ongoing power cuts to be the antagonist behind the weak rand. However, treasury experts say the power outages are only a small contributor to a far greater picture. Reuters reported that the…
7 Jul 2022 4AM 9 min
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