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Flash Briefing: SA crypto traders flee; Greensill Capital insolvent; GDP
South African cryptocurrency traders are leaving the country, frustrated by regulators. Greensill Capital has fallen into insolvency, causing massive losses for investors and depositors. SA GDP is better than expected and companies release results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Providing an online market-place for emerging farmers – Zamokhule Thwala, Agricool CEO
Learning from personal experience just how hard it is for a small-scale farmer to secure funding to start and grow a business in SA, Kwazulu-Natal based Zamokhuhle Thwala set up Agricool, an online market place that links smallholder farmers and buyers to markets. Thwala has just been awarded the joint…
Tax-free savings - the only 'free lunch' in the world of investing
Candice Paine, of PR Financial Services, explains the benefits of tax-free investments. 'The longer you save, the bigger the tax saving', says Paine. An individual can contribute a yearly amount of R36,000 - up to a lifetime maximum of R500,000. 'As the money grows, all the returns on that investment…
Sibanye CEO says gold merger will be in 'the national interest' - Mining expert Peter Major explains
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman was recently in the news headlines, calling on SA's gold miners to consolidate in order to create what Froneman describes as 'a world-champion gold business or risk being bought by foreign investors'. Veteran mining expert and fund manager Peter Major joined the BizNews Power Hour to…
You can imagine a man like Markus Jooste will use up every delay tactic available, says Hoffman
Paul Hoffman SC, director of Accountability Now, joined the BizNews Power Hour to weigh in on charges brought against Markus Jooste. The ex-Steinhoff CEO has been charged with fraud in Germany. Hoffman details how the extradition process would work, to see Jooste face his charges in Germany. Learn more about…
BPH: Jooste extradition; Sibanye M&A; CEO of Discovery Life; Tax free savings accounts
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, host Jackie Cameron is joined by the Director of Accountability Now Paul Hoffman, Mining guru Pete Major, CEO of Discovery Life Riaan Van Reenan, Independent financial advisor Candice Paine and the BizNews team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flash Briefing: Sibanye: New value in gold; Summers warns against US inflation
Sibanye says it is finding new value in gold. Further afield, Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers sounds a warning against inflation. SA companies release mixed results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Carrie’s Corner: Gerard Holden of Holden Manz - from investment banker to award-winning wine farmer
Gerard Holden joins Carrie Adams in her wine corner. Together with his partner, Migo, the couple searched for something with ‘amazing, beautiful landscapes’ and settled in Franschhoek. Together they founded Holden Manz, an award-winning winery. He tells Carrie about the decade-long journey of the gorgeous winery and the battles the…
'In the end, we’ve got comfort that the right things will happen' - FNB CEO on land grabs
Jacques Celliers, CEO of First National Bank, spoke to Jackie Cameron of BizNews about FNB's performance after releasing results. Normalised profits were down, but return on equity was up 30%. Celliers also gives insights into FNB's outlook on the looming land expropriation bill and what that could mean for property…
If I were in Jooste's shoes, I'd fly to Germany - life in their prisons would be far easier than in SA, says O'Sullivan
Paul O'Sullivan, the corruption-busting entrepreneur and founder of Forensics for Justice, joined the BizNews Power Hour to weigh in on Markus Jooste, the former Steinhoff CEO who has been charged with fraud in Germany. O'Sullivan will be speaking about State Capture at the annual BizNews Investment Conference, on 17 March…
Carrie's Corner: Remembering 'Spatz' Sperling - Delheim's Nora Thiel
Wine Expert Carrie Adams chats with Nora Thiel, daughter of the legendary Michael Hans 'Spatz' Sperling, about her pioneering father and his amazing story in the SA wine industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BPH: O'Sullivan on Jooste; Trellidor CEO; Ken Forrester wines; Drive Time
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, host Jackie Cameron is joined by Forensics for Justice founder Paul O'Sullivan on Markus Jooste, Trellidor CEO Terry Dennison, wine guru Ken Forrester and the BizNews team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside Covid-19: Deep insights on pandemic, with Discovery Life CEO Riaan van Reenen, J&J CEO Alex Gorsky
South Africa was the first country to roll out the Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Earlier this week, President Cyril Ramaphosa said 80,000 J&J vaccines have arrived as the mass vaccination programme gets underway. The single-dose vaccine has shown to be effective in preventing moderate and severe disease from South Africa's…
Flash Briefing: SA misses vaccination target; Ninety One dumps Tongaat Hulett; EOH; Nedbank
South Africa's government expects up to 7 million Covid-19 vaccines before June, but it is falling short of its current vaccination target. EOH has cancelled its AGM and asset manager Ninety One has sold its stake in Tongaat Hulett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
BPH: Hostile takeovers; currency markets; FNB CEO; Ivermectin
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, host Jackie Cameron is joined by the CEO of the Huge Group James Herbst, Sable International director Andrew Rissik, CEO of First National Bank Jacques Celliers, Professor Eli Schwartz on Ivermectin and the BizNews team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Flash Briefing: Jooste charged in Germany; FirstRand dividend; Covid-19
Markus Jooste has been charged with accounting violations in Germany. FirstRand has declared the first dividend since the SARB lifted its suspension on payouts and scientists are using SA Covid-19 strain data to improve vaccine efficacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
'There is proof of stage 4 cancer patients being healed' - Labat Africa CEO Brian Van Rooyen
Known for his involvement in South African rugby, the CEO of Labat Africa, Brian Van Rooyen is moving into the ever-growing cannabis industry. He told BizNews Power Hour anchor Jackie Cameron about plans to launch CBD-infused energy drinks. Speaking about the debated medicinal effects of cannabis, Van Rooyen told BizNews…
Emerging tech stocks - which ones are "frothy"? 'Look at stocks that are up 100s of percent', says Richard Smith
CEO of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, Dr Richard Smith, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss emerging tech stocks. Investment guru Ray Dalio has warned that some stocks are in ‘extreme bubbles – particularly emerging technology companies’. Dr Smith says 'I think Dalio is talking about smaller…
BPH: Tech bubble; SA hospitality industry; Cannabis; Hyprop CEO
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, host Jackie Cameron is joined by the Chairman of the Foundation of Cycles Dr Robert Smith, Ocean Basket CEO Grace Harding, independent analyst Chris Gilmour; CEO of Labat Africa Brian Van Rooyen, CEO of Hyprop Investments Morne Wilken and the BizNews team…
Flash Briefing: ARM earnings at record high; civil servants push increases; SA Covid-19 strain in NY
South African civil servants want increases of more than double the inflation rate while Kuben Naidoo says policy paralysis put SA in its longest slump since WWII. African Rainbow Minerals hits an earnings record. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices