In today's news headlines: - South Africa's second quarter GDP plunged by 51%; - Aspen will sell European Thrombosis business to Mylan; and - Former Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi gives evidence at Zondo Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
South Africa possesses many extraordinary people few of us ever hear about until they get pushed into the spotlight by unusual circumstances. Like the Covid-19 pandemic which was grabbed as an opportunity by politicians to stir up fears enabling them to wield unfettered power. In episode two of the Alec…
Gaurang Tanna is the head of policy co-ordination and integrated planning at the Department of Health and the ideal person to put together the app that South Africa has launched, for contact tracing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today’s news headlines: - A bleak second-quarter GDP figure to be announced today; - Eskom has suspended the managers of two power stations; - Capitec warns shareholders to brace for earnings loss of at least 70%; - Ex-Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona in the hot seat at the state capture…
BizNews founder Alec Hogg speaks to Mark Barnes and Sean Emery - founders of the newly established Kisby Fund who have distilled the intention of the fund into putting money to work into the M of SMEs. While the fund has generated much excitement, Emery and Barnes explain the red…
Dinesh Govender, CEO of Discovery Vitality, talks to BizNews editor Jackie Cameron about "the world's largest incentives programme" - and how it has been adjusted to continue rewarding its members. Meanwhile, Discovery Vitality members have been using their rewards to help people in need. - Jarryd Neves Learn more about your…
In today's news headlines: * The plan to fix Eskom is working. So says Deputy President David Mabuza as South Africa has been hit hard by extended power outages - partly the result of Eskom management ineptitude. * Forensics for justice founder Paul O’Sullivan has stopped a R184m fraud in…
BizNews founder Alec Hogg speaks to Volker Schütte about what Schütte had to say at the virtual Hulamin AGM regarding the company's staggering loss of approximately R2,5bn over the last 10 years. Schütte has been been in the aluminium industry in South Africa, Shanghai, Singapore, Panama and Germany since 1985…
In the inaugural episode of the Alec Hogg Show, the Biznews founder engages with Paul O'Sullivan, nemesis of the corrupt. In this half hour, O'Sullivan opens up about his Irish childhood that sounds a lot like that in Frank McCourt's classic Angela's Ashes to the reason why he has channelled…
In episode 80 of Inside Covid-19, Alec Hogg talks to musician Danny K about the way he is leveraging celebrity status to play a positive role in fighting the pandemic; and we take a close look at how the world is changing tertiary education, perhaps for good, with massive changes…
In today's news headlines: * Comair will require up to R1.2bn of funding and will have to cut a fifth of its workforce to restart operations; * The business rescue plan for Phumelela has been approved and its implementation will herald a new dawn for horseracing in South Africa; *…
In this excerpt from the Rational Radio webinar, BizNews founder Alec Hogg chats to Patrick Duff about the future of Phumelela and horse racing in South Africa. Ahead of the creditors of Phumelela voting this week between two offers: one by Mary Oppenheimer and Daughters (MOD) and the other by…
US debt has reached its highest level compared to the size of the economy since World War II and is projected to exceed it next year, the result of a giant fiscal response to the coronavirus pandemic, says BizNews partner Wall Street Journal. The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that…
Dr Geraldine Timothy is a public health medicines specialist at Discovery. In this interview with BizNews, she picks up on who should wear a mask, and that includes children, plus: how to use face masks so they actually work. Also in this interview, she picks up on dud Covid-19 tests…
Market commentator David Shapiro joins BizNews founder Alec Hogg for a discussion on what’s moving the markets in South Africa. In this excerpt from the Rational Radio webinar, the two stock market experts discuss Hulamin’s decline in market cap, the Nasdaq’s outperformance of the S&P 500 and gold. Also covered…
In this episode, BizNews founder Alec Hogg interviews Guarang Tanna, the national health department expert behind the launch of mobile app Covid Alert SA, which is aimed at tracing people who have come into contact with individuals who have tested positive for Covid-19. BizNews partners at the Wall Street Journal…
In today’s news headlines: - UIF commissioner suspended following probe; - American CEO of Massmart buys over R8m in shares; - Tesla’s traditional bond price reaches just over 104 cents; and - Eskom warns that power cuts will worsen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today's episode of Inside Covid-19, BizNews founder Alec Hogg has a fascinating conversation with a leading South African medical specialist on infectious diseases, Professor Lucille Blumberg of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, on how South Africa is fighting the coronavirus pandemic and other deadly diseases. We also hear…
In today’s news headlines: - Old Mutual reports R5.6bn loss; - Tesla plans to sell as much as $5bn of shares; - State owned companies request monetary bailouts; and - Ecsponent board to launch forensic investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In today’s news headlines: - Sun International plans to retrench 2,300 employees in SA; - Herman Mashaba launches new political party, Action South Africa; - RCL Foods suffers a R959m loss; and - ICA battles large insurers in court Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
31 Aug 2020 12PM
3 min
4320 – 4340
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