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Capitec CEO tells of banking benefits, damage sustained from SA rioting
Gerrie Fourie is the chief executive of Capitec Bank. The CEO joined BizNews founder Alec Hogg to discuss the acceleration of Capitec's loyalty program. "What we're doing is bringing out a benefits program. We've created a separate savings account which we call Live Better - all the money that you…
Flash Briefing: New contenders emerge in cabinet reshuffle; Zuma refuses virtual hearing; Eskom
News headlines: *New names have emerged as candidates for the cabinet as President Cyril Ramaphosa continues consultations to shore up his executive. *Eskom said it’s seeking to appoint advisors on how to restructure itself into three separate units, a reorganisation that was proposed to let it better deal with an…
"SA lacks a proactive monetary policy to help the economy get back on its feet" - Steven Nathan
10X founder Steven Nathan shares his pearls of wisdom on a number of topical issues in the financial markets with a global house price being experienced in a number of jurisdictions around the world. He elaborates on why this may be the case and reasons for South African property prices…
BizNews Power Hour - 2 Aug 2021. Nathan co-host; EFF vs ANC on EWC; tax battle with Willem Petzer; warming the homeless
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Steven Nathan; the ANC and EFF do battle over expropriation of land without compensation, the IRR's Terence Corrigan joins the debate; Willem Petzer, the leader of Taxpayers’ Union of South Africa looks to defeat taxpayer abuse…
Flash Briefing: EFF torpedoes EWC; Eskom reveals 'green' plan; SA factory sentiment plunges
News headlines: *The ANC’s aim to amend section 25 of the constitution to allow for land expropriation without compensation may have been torpedoed by the EFF over a disagreement on who would ultimately own any commandeered assets. *Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter laid out a…
EFF vs ANC with land expropriation without compensation: Who will prevail? IRR's Terence Corrigan
Institute of Race Relations Terence Corrigan sits down with BizNews founder Alec Hogg to unpack all things expropriation without compensation as the EFF has backtracked in its support to amend Section 25 of the constitution allowing for land expropriation without compensation. The ANC need the EFF's support in order to…
Willem Petzer: Getting SA to fight back against taxpayer abuse
Willem Petzer is an activist who has put together the Taxpayers’ Union of South Africa. The organisation aims to fight back against the abuse of taxpayer money. With the recent events that took place in KZN and Gauteng, Petzer tells BizNews founder Alec Hogg that myriad new members joined during…
Charl Botha gesels met Henk Kotze van Prescient Batebestuur oor vaste rentedraende effekte
In hierdie potgooi het ek met met Henk Kotze - bestuurder van die Prescient Income Provider Fund - oor vaste rentedraende effekte gesels. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BizNews Power Hour - 29 July. Piet Viljoen co-host; Chinese dragons with Peche; AltVest launches; Transnet troubles
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Piet Viljoen; the AltVest directors Warren Wheatley, Rob Hersov and Koshiek Karan; Ranmore's Sean Peche on Chinese dragons and Russian bears; Transet troubles with Francois Nortje and the BizNews Power Hour Team. Learn more about your…
Sean Peche rings the alarm bells in China - yet again!
Ranmore Fund Management founder Sean Peche gave fair warning on the risks inherent in investing in Chinese companies on the BizNews Power Hour a few weeks ago. Since then, many of the most powerful businesses in China have been subject to ongoing scrutiny from the regulatory authorities, as the Chinese…
Transnet should be split into private companies - Port of Gauteng's Francois Nortje
Francois Nortje, director of Distribution Junxion at Port of Gauteng, joined Alec Hogg to discuss the recent cyber attack on Transnet. Nortje says he is not surprised because Transnet is a soft target for organised crime. His advice is to break the organisation up into smaller private companies because employees…
Flash Briefing: Mboweni vows to avert debt crisis; Ransomware linked to Transnet cyberattack; SANDF deployed to Moz
News headlines: *South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni affirmed his commitment to reining in debt amid concerns that the coronavirus pandemic and a week of deadly riots will further erode the state’s already shaky finances. *South Africa’s port and rail company appears to have been targeted with a strain of…
'Owning Naspers shares comes with existential risk' - Piet Viljoen
Counterpoint’s Piet Viljoen joined the BizNews Power Hour to weight in on the fate of Naspers and Prosus, given that their primary driver - internet giant Tencent - has been one of the worst affected tech companies hit by the muster of the Chinese regulators clamp down on Big Tech…
Altvest: Rethinking the way people invest
Joining the BizNews Power Hour are the directors of Altvest, an exciting company that aims to transform the way people invest in companies. Warren Wheatley, Koshiek Karan and Rob Hersov spoke to Alec Hogg about the project, with Wheatley noting that the idea comes from a desire to make incredible…
An early morning drive to provide warmth to the homeless - David Gemmell
First Help, the largest towing company in the Southern Hemisphere, has an annual Blanket Drive which takes place in the winter. The drive aims to hand out blankets to the homeless in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Author David Gemmel - he wrote the book 'Joost, Man in the Mirror' about rugby's…
BizNews Power Hour - 28 July. Magnus Heystek co-host; Ivermectin's Covid role; Open Letter 2.0 to Cyril Ramaphosa
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by co-host Magnus Heystek; Professor Colleen Aldous on why Ivermectin is an important part of the Covid story but not a silver bullet, Niemoller's second Open Letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa and the BizNews Power Hour Team. Learn…
'Academics are essentially on the payroll of the Big Pharma brigade' - PANDA's Nick Hudson
PANDA - Pandemics ~ Data & Analysis - has been under ever-increasing scrutiny since it boldly spoke out against senseless lockdown regulations in 2020. Notwithstanding severe criticism and dismissal, PANDA and the organisation’s co-founder, Nick Hudson, have forged ahead to challenge the official Covid-19 narrative. BizNews founder Alec Hogg caught…
Niemöller: A new contribution by author of brutally honest Open Letter to Ramaphosa
The Open Letter to Ramaphosa penned last week by a BizNews community member captured the zeitgeist, having been read by more than a quarter million people within a few days. The video had over 75,000 downloads in the first 24 hours. On the assumption that you can never get too…
Flash Briefing: US govt to donate 5.7mn vaccines to SA; riots relief package to cost R38,9bn; universal booster shot
News headlines: *SA-born biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is backing a Covid-19 vaccine candidate that he sees as having potential as a universal booster of other pandemic shots. *The US government will begin shipping a donation of 5.66-million Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines to SA on Wednesday, with the first consignment expected to…
What is the Chinese government trying to do? - Magnus Heystek
Magnus Heystek is the founder of Brenthurst Wealth Management. Last week, Heystek joined BizNews for a highly informative webinar about investing in SA. With the country going through violent protests and rioting, many were concerned about the financial status in South Africa. This week, Heystek gives further insights into what…