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Herman Mashaba on 2024 elections: "We are going to participate in all by-elections"
Herman Mashaba, entrepreneur and leader of ActionSA, joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg to discuss the emergence of the new political party. Mashaba is confident ActionSA will contest nationally in the 2024 elections saying, “We are now going to participate in all by-elections, not only in the six municipalities. We have…
SARB hikes interest rates 0.25% - Kokkie Kooyman analyses Lesetja Kganyago’s decision
Banking analyst Kokkie Kooyman looks forward to the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decision on interest rates. Central bankers globally have lowered interest rates to unprecedented low levels in response to the devastating effects of the pandemic on the economy. The low interest rate environment has…
BPH 18 Nov: Mashaba on tomorrow's crucial coalition meeting - and 2024; Kooyman explains today's rate hike.
An in-depth interview with Herman Mashaba features in this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, as the ActionSA founder explains his approach to a crucial meeting of potential coalition partners to rule the Gauteng metros, and looks ahead to SA's 2024 General Election. Also, Denker Capital's Kokkie Kooyman explains the…
Chris Logan on Tongaat’s monster R4bn rights issue
Opportune Investments founder Chris Logan has a closer look at Tongaat’s massive R4bn proposed rights issue. The embroiled agri-processing business has a market value of around R1bn, which means it will raise equity capital of up to four times its value. Logan discusses the reasons why Tongaat finds itself in…
BPH 17 Nov: Last word in Covid Vaxing: Discovery's 1.2m data proves many points; Tongaat wants R4bn from shareholders
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Discovery Health CEO Ryan Noach unpacks one of the world's biggest data sets which provides practical results on the efficacy of Covid vaccines and how much protection they offer. Also, Opportune Investments founder Chris Logan unpacks why Tongaat needs its shareholders to…
Discovery Health CEO: 25,000 lives can be saved if 70% of SA is vaccinated by 2022
In one of the biggest Covid-19 research surveys in the world, Discovery Health has released data with the focus of understanding what more can be done to enhance and protect the lives of its customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Ryan Noach, CEO of Discovery Health, sits down with BizNews…
Jean Pierre Verster on Christo Wiese’s unpopularity among Shoprite shareholders
Hedge fund guru Jean Pierre Verster has an in-depth look at food retail giant, Shoprite, after South Africa’s largest grocer announced a bumper quarterly update and interesting annual general meeting results. The food retailer, which has brands such as Checkers and uSave under its umbrella, increased sales by close to…
BPH 16 Nov: Maggs and Gordon Muller; Welz on SARS claiming R230m from Agrizzi; Verster on Wiese; Nortje on Transnet
In this episode of the BPH, the first contributions from two new voices you'll be hearing from on Biznews in future - Jeremy Maggs and Martin Welz. Jeremy's famous show Maggs on Media is now part of the BizNews network and here we draw on his interview with media guru…
Luxury is in the detail – Asief Mohamed on Rupert’s Richemont
Aeon Investment Management’s chief investment officer Asief Mohamed comments on Johann Rupert-controlled luxury goods maker Richemont, after the behemoth added around R100bn in market value on Friday. The share price rally, which came off the back of superb half-results, can also be attributed to corporate action in its online sales…
Charles Savage reveals what SA's disruptive, exponential Easy Equities will tackle next (hint - it's up market)
Purple Capital is to its segments of SA's financial markets what Amazon has been to retailing in the USA. A classic tale of disruption, its primary business Easy Equities started as low cost stockbroker seven years ago. Competitors dismissed it as cheap and nasty - nothing to worry overly about…
BPH 15 Nov: Purple Group CEO - Charles Savage on EasyEquities roaring success; Damon Galgut's 2021 Booker Prize victory
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg sat down with Purple Group’s CEO Charles Savage to unpack the success that has been Easy Equities and other business units under the umbrella; and the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction winner - Damon Galgut on his book “The Promise,”…
South African author Damon Galgut on winning prestigious Booker Prize
A South African writer, Damon Galgut has won the 2021 Booker Prize with his novel about a Pretoria family, The Promise. With this win, he follows in the footsteps of well-known South African writers Nadine Gordimer and JM Coetzee. Damon, who was shortlisted for the prize on two previous occasions,…
Dirk Van Vlaanderen of Kagiso Asset Management shares his thoughts on RECM Calibre
Dirk Van Vlaanderen of Kagiso Asset Management shares his thoughts on Piet Viljoen and Jan Van Niekerk's listed investment vehicle - RECM Calibre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Charles Savage on EasyEquities roaring success
EasyEquities and Purple Group CEO Charles Savage spent time with the BizNews team unpacking their highly anticipated results. EasyEquities, the group’s crown jewel, was a standout performance. The brokerage platform now has more than one million registered accounts and is growing strongly, as well as being one of South Africa’s…
Remgro's Pieter Uys as Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa partner with Vodacom
Remgro’s chief investment officer Pieter Uys sits down with the BizNews team to discuss Community Investment Ventures Holdings’ (CIVH) latest proposed transaction with Vodacom. Remgro is the majority shareholder of CIVH, which houses its fibre assets: Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). This is regarded as Remgro’s most exciting unlisted…
Inflationary pressures are ominous for growth stocks - Piet Viljoen
Counterpoint Value Fund manager Piet Viljoen delves into a host of corporate action taking place across the local bourse. The mining mergers and acquisitions mania has continued, with a twist, as Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBK) turned down Impala Platinum’s proposed takeover to pursue a deal with competitor Northam Platinum. The…
BPH 11 Nov: Market insights with Viljoen; Purple’s Charles Savage; Mini-budget analysis; Vodacom/CIVH merger
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg brings some on-the-ground insights on the back of the medium-term budget speech; Piet Viljoen's market insights; Purple Group’s CEO Charles Savage on the group's results plus an update on other business units under the umbrella; and Remgro CIO Pieter Uys…
Moving rhinos from SA to Australia as an insurance policy – a tale of obstacles by Ray Dearlove
Despite millions being spent on rhino protection elsewhere in Africa and in South Africa, the number of rhinos in the Kruger National Park is reported to have dropped no more than 3,000, the lowest number ever. That is a decline of nearly two-thirds over the past decade according to South African National Parks…
BPH 10 Nov: 30th anniversary of previously isolated South Africa's return to international sport; brewer turned hero
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg celebrates the 30th anniversary of previously isolated South Africa's return to international sport; Alec speaks to legendary Ali Bacher, former SA cricket captain and long-time driver of the sport, who is joined by Proteas Clive Eksteen and Adrian Kuiper who…
Steven Nathan on Big Pharma: Aspen and Ascendis
10X founder Steven Nathan shares his pearls of wisdom on interesting developments taking place across local and international markets. Since his departure at 10X at the beginning of the year, Nathan has been on ‘garden leave’, which is a restraint of trade prohibiting him from working in the asset management…