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Rational Radio

Rational Radio is the weekly business news show hosted by BizNews editor Alec Hogg. It runs for around an hour and features leading commentators from the investment and financial world, including regular guest David Shapiro.
Weekly English South Africa Business News · Investing
421 Episodes
152 – 172

Oilgate: Glencore caves on steps of the court as cost to SA exceeds R4.5bn

Stefanie Fick, the chief legal officer at OUTA, has been keeping a close eye on the allegedly illegal sale of South Africa's strategic oil reserves - the cost of which is now over R4.5bn. On Rational Radio this week she unpacked the story, including the last minute caving by sale…
27 Jun 2019 10 min

James Edward: How to get your SA inheritance if you're living abroad

On Rational Radio this week Sable's SA head of forex James Edward James unpacks the process for those living abroad who inherit from SA trusts and deceased estates. Edward has 35 years of banking experience, 15 of these intimately involved in international trade finance, including eight years as head of…
27 Jun 2019 6 min

Bloemfontein teen racer Stuart White setting his sights on Formula 1

In motorsport circles in South Africa, Stuart White has been called the Bloemfontein Bullet, White Lightning, even Baby Vettel or Stuwie. White is a 17 year old teenager from Bloemfontein who has been taken on by Sauber Motorsport earlier this year where so many great drivers like Kimi Raikkonen and…
27 Jun 2019 7 min

Grow investments in a slow economy: Think like a wealth ecologist - Dawn Ridler

Johannesburg-based money expert Dawn Ridler swapped a scientific career studying the environment for strategising around personal finances. In this interview, Dawn shares what a wealth ecologist is and how you can harness some ecology ideas to grow your savings and investments in a struggling economy. - Jackie Cameron
26 Jun 2019 10 min

CFO shares the Naspers playbook: Another Tencent on the horizon?

The incredible story of Naspers is testimony to fact that success follows laser-like focus based on the right long-term vision. In this insightful interview with Naspers CFO Basil Sgourdos, the group has followed a similar playbook for decades: travel widely, expose yourself to global trends, take disciplined bets in promising…
24 Jun 2019 27 min

The Editor’s Desk: SA’s Multichoice winners & exotic game losers

Sometimes a winner looks like a loser and a winning bet looks like a losing proposition. In SA, Multichoice has been out of favour as viewers switch to streaming, while exotic game has been seen as a modern gold mine for the savvy millionaire. But looks can be deceiving. In…
23 Jun 2019 13 min

Billions you've allocated are still not enough to save Eskom, Mr President

Energy experts have welcomed the cash boost to address the debt mill stone for Eskom, but they say President Cyril Ramaphosa has not gone far enough and that he has not given enough detail. Opposition parties have accused the President of throwing money at Eskom, which had outdated organisational structures…
23 Jun 2019 12 min

FNB property economist predicts house prices will keep falling

FNB house price analysis suggests that owners of luxury properties in Cape Town are in for more disappointment, with prices likely to continue falling on the Atlantic Seaboard. Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, property economist at FNB, says a downward adjustment in property prices is likely to continue. Biznews's Jackie Cameron spoke to…
23 Jun 2019 8 min

SONA 2018: Cyril Ramaphosa starts with keeping on the lights

South Africans sometimes forget how far we’ve come since the days of Zuma and friends. And it’s none more apparent than through the annual State of the Nation address. Before it was almost a slogging contest of how far we’d come, what we’d done, as the ANC, which over the past…
21 Jun 2019 1 hr 14 min

Dave Woollam: A Tongaat whistleblower breaks cover

Former banking executive and now private investor Dave Woollam lives in the heart of KZN where the collapse of the province's once iconic corporation Tongaat Hulett has caused huge ructions. After picking up concerns among family and friends more than a year ago, chartered accountant Woollam started investigating by looking…
20 Jun 2019 8 min
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