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3,907 Episodes
3400 – 3420

The politics behind Ramaphosa's stimulus'

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We are months away from a national election and according to a poll commissioned by the Institute of Race Relations, ANC support is at a record low with the organisation set to secure just over half of the vote in that election and this while the economy is in recession,…
25 Sep 2018 4PM 7 min

Ascendis posts healthier margins after acquisitions

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Health and wellness group, Ascendis Health released its full-year results on Tuesday boasting a 35% increase in international revenue while the South African operations saw revenue growth of 10%, normalised operating profit has increased by 18% while normalised headline earnings is up 14% - the healthier set of numbers has…
25 Sep 2018 4PM 7 min

Identifying pure rand hedges identifying pure rand hedges

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Rand hedge stocks have long been seen as the panacea for a weakening rand. But are investors actually buying into the thoroughbreds or their poorer cousins? David Nathanson, global equity specialist, at Bellwood Capital discusses how to identify pure rand hedges
21 Sep 2018 7AM 7 min

Government to reallocates R50bn of budget to revive economy

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South Africa's government has announced plans to reignite growth. This includes re-prioritising around 50 billion rand within the existing budget. Lumkile Mondi, Senior Lecturer at the Wits provides his assessment of President Cyril Ramaphosa's plans to stimulate growth.
21 Sep 2018 7AM 7 min

SARB keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%

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The SARB has hit pause on local interest rates - keeping it at 6.5%. This, as the economy slipped into a technical recession and as the bank expects inflation for the year to average at 4.8%. but with investor sentiment towards emerging markets posing significant risk to the local unit,…
20 Sep 2018 7AM 21 min

What is the risk of keeping the repo rates unchanged?

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The South African Reserve Bank has kept rates on hold at 6.5%, it has warned of a myriad of risks. We unpacked the decision with our panel of experts, Annabel Bishop, Chief Economist at Investec, Kevin Lings, Chief Economist at Stanlib and Kwaku Koranteng, Head of Institutional at Absa multi-management…
20 Sep 2018 7AM 12 min

Pan African Resources swings to FY loss

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Pan African Resources has withheld its annual dividend. This as it reported a loss of around 1.5 billion rand, due to lower gold production, higher costs and an impairment of 1.78 billion rand - associated with the closure of Evander mines' underground operations. Cobus Loots, CEO of Pan African Resources…
19 Sep 2018 6AM 5 min

World Bank sees improvements in SA's ease in doing business

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The World Bank released its 2018 report on Doing Business in South Africa, the report compares business regulations for domestic small to medium-sized firms in nine urban areas and four maritime ports with the aim of revealing whether the regulations enhance business activity or constrains it. The report highlights that…
19 Sep 2018 6AM 6 min

Banks conclude State Capture inquiry over Gupta accounts

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Standard Bank, Absa, FNB and Nedbank have concluded their testimonies at the State Capture Inquiry regarding the closure of Gupta-linked bank accounts in 2016. A common thread which emerged from their evidence is that certain members within the ruling party unceremoniously summoned the banks to meetings at ANC headquarters to…
19 Sep 2018 6AM 8 min

CEOs vow to avoid retrenchments as far as possible

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The CEO initiative has committed itself to avoid job cuts as far as possible, Nicky Newton-King is part of the initiative as CEO of the JSE, she joined Business Day TV on the line to discuss their position and what it means for business during this recessionary period.
18 Sep 2018 6AM 6 min

Non-airline business boosts Comair's FY earnings

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Aviation group, Comair released a record set of full-year numbers the company's CEO, Erik Venter joined us to discuss the finer details behind the rumbers.
18 Sep 2018 6AM 7 min

EM instability & US strength in focus

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The US stock market's recorded its longest bull run since World War 2 this August, We were joined by Vikram Mansharamani from Kelan Advisors with his perspective
17 Sep 2018 8AM 6 min

Unions ink 3-yr wage deal with AngloGold

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Unions, Solidarity, Amcu and Uasa have signed a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti, Motsamai Mohlamme, Chief Negotiator for the Gold Producers at the Mineral's Council SA joined us on the line to discuss the impact of the above inflation wage hike on the gold producers.
17 Sep 2018 8AM 6 min

Eskom faces coal supply crisis

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Eskom crisis point has been reached as majority of the power stations are now running below stockpile margins. Khulu Phasiwe, Spokesperson for Eskom joined BusinessDay TV on the line to discuss the extent of the crisis and the impact on the utility.
17 Sep 2018 8AM 7 min

Low mushroom prices and foreign exchange losses weigh on Libstar

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Food producer and supplier Libstar reported its maiden results on Tuesday. Its Commercial and Financial Director, Robin Smith joined Business Day TV on the line for some perspective on the earnings and what it means for the direction of the company going forward.
7 Sep 2018 5AM 7 min

ARM reports 50% jump in FY HEPS to R25.26

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African Rainbow Minerals CEO Mike Schmidt joined Business Day TV in studio for more detail behind their latest results.
7 Sep 2018 5AM 6 min

Spur’s racial incident weighs on FY revenue growth

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Spur has reported annual revenue growth of 3% - pulled back by last year's racial spat. Spur's CEO, Pierre van Tonder joined Business Day TV on the line
6 Sep 2018 4AM 6 min

FirstRand annual earnings receives a boost from FNB

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FirstRand released its full-year results on Thursday reporting a 12% rise in earnings, Alan Pullinger, CEO of FirstRand joins Business Day TV to discuss the detail behind the numbers.
6 Sep 2018 4AM 7 min

Sanlam posts 10% rise in H1 profit

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South Africa and Namibia's weak economies may have dampened growth in Sanlam. Ian Kirk, CEO of Sanlam joined Business Day TV for some perspective on the earnings and what it means for the direction of the company going forward.
6 Sep 2018 4AM 8 min
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