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Moneyweb@Midday

Moneyweb@Midday is back, with veteran journalist Jeremy Maggs the new host of the podcast. Launching on 8 May 2023, Moneyweb brings you a fast-paced live daily news show, covering a wide range of topics, from business and economics to breaking news in politics, tech, sport and more. The show features exclusive interviews with captains of industry, CEOs, political leaders and prominent newsmakers, offering unique insights and in-depth analyses. Tune in on weekdays via the Moneyweb website and mobile app between 12h00 and 12h30.
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1,553 Episodes
860 – 880

Sluggish economy takes a toll on consumer spending patterns

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at concerns over the government's late payment of suppliers. Analysis of consumer loyalty and a look at the daily challenges faced by commuters.
13 Mar 2024 6AM 34 min

[TOP STORY] Homeward bound: Why are almost 30% of SA expats returning?

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‘I think it's people who have succeeded, who have built ties, built opportunities and built up enough capital to come back and actually live a much better quality life than what they left,’ says Bronwyn Williams, futurist at Flux Trends.
12 Mar 2024 10AM 8 min

[TOP STORY] NPO calls on civil society to unite against Joburg water crisis

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‘I think that we’re sitting on infrastructure that is falling apart and unless we literally take this on as an issue we need to focus on, we are going to be experiencing these water cuts for a number of years,’ says Dr Ferrial Adam, executive manager at WaterCAN.
11 Mar 2024 9AM 5 min

IFP: Our 13 point plan will fix SA

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at funding of big infrastructure projects. Analysis of the IFP’s manifesto and a look at solutions to Johannesburg’s water challenges.
11 Mar 2024 6AM 30 min

[TOP STORY] Has the Johannesburg water crisis hit the proverbial iceberg?

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‘The question now is, is there the necessary technical acumen within those institutions to turn the ship around? Everything that I've seen suggests to me that we do not have that technical acumen,’ says water scientist, Professor Anthony Turton.
8 Mar 2024 8AM 13 min

Could a public-private funding model save the army?

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at plans to fix Johannesburg’s water infrastructure. A look at how innovative funding can help the SANDF and political parties in a scramble to meet the IEC’s deadline.
8 Mar 2024 5AM 33 min

[TOP STORY] Slow but steady progress being made with government-business partnership

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‘We're working with government to ensure that that reform is actually not just decisions are taken, but the reform itself is implemented, but it's going to take time to feed through,’ says Martin Kingston, chairperson of the Business for South Africa steering committee.
7 Mar 2024 8AM 6 min

[TOP STORY] Key outcomes of the Africa Energy Indaba

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‘Interesting, yesterday to listen to Jan Malan of British International Investment, they're funding two wind farms in the Northern and Eastern Cape. Now, they're certainly not willing to support new investments in fossil fuels, the likes of coal fired power stations, but interestingly, have heightened their desire to fund transmission…
6 Mar 2024 7AM 6 min

No end in sight for Joburg’s water crisis

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at why Johannesburg’s taps are running dry. Should we be concerned about the state of Eskom following an independent report into its operations? And Zimbabwean leaders face sanctions.
6 Mar 2024 5AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] The quicksand effect of interest on SA government debt

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‘I think that debt-to-GDP continues to rise slower and slower, continues to rise over a period of time, and it just becomes a case of we’re sleep-walking into a potential fiscal crunch,’ says Roy Havemann, principal, financial sector policy and public economics at Krutham.
5 Mar 2024 9AM 7 min

How close was SA to a recession?

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at the latest GDP data. A look at what's happened to the SAPS's HQ and the role of technology in conservation.
5 Mar 2024 5AM 34 min

Streamlined SAA 2.0 no longer a shadow of its former self

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‘I can assure you that South African Airways since its reemergence from business rescue, from May 2021 to current, has been on a remedial programme to sort out all those audit findings that the 2018 financials are about,’ says Professor John Lamola, interim CEO at South African Airways.
4 Mar 2024 7AM 5 min

Election signature rule disadvantages smaller parties

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at concerns around the electoral timetable. Analysis of SAA’s financial status and a look at the importance of a national cancer registry.
4 Mar 2024 5AM 31 min

[TOP STORY] Getting Transnet back on track, what are the priorities for new CEO?

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‘The most encouraging thing is that through ongoing dialogue, she has shown a real approach that seeks to be consultative, but also, she has been very open to working with the private sector in terms of resolving some of the issues at Transnet,’ says Lunga Maloyi, economic policy director at…
29 Feb 2024 8AM 5 min

SAA: permanent leadership needed to fix airline

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A round-up of news updates, including a look at what the top priorities should be for the new Transnet CEO. Analysis of SAA’s finances and a look at how the Department of Health is readying itself for the implementation of the NHI.
29 Feb 2024 5AM 32 min

[TOP STORY] Looming industrial gas crisis, government called upon to make haste

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‘These industries employ 70 000 people, contribute significantly to the manufacturing sector to the extent of about R500 billion a year and there are no feasible or discernible alternatives for energy to run these plants at this particular point in time,’ says Jaco Human of the Industrial Gas Users Association…
28 Feb 2024 7AM 6 min
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