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Business Watch

Business Watch is a daily feature on East Coast Radio - on-air at 06:40 every weekday. It covers local business-related events. The feature is hosted by economist and award-winning radio producer, WR Van Der Merwe. To have your industry or business featured, send an e-mail to Businesswatch@ecr.co.za
Weekly English South Africa Business · Business News
309 Episodes
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Serco's new curtain sider truck body is a massive success

A tautliner is a generic name for a curtain-sided body that is used to carry a variety of different types of goods, which can be loaded or unloaded through the opening of the side curtain. A key priority for these builds was to use a high wear coated birch ply…
10 Mar 2022 1 min

R5 goes a very long way at Shoprite

Over 10-million South African adults and almost 3-million children experience hunger each week in South Africa. Some 2.5 million adults and 600 000 children experience hunger almost every day. These are the hard realities of challenging economic times, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, that has made it a daily struggle…
8 Mar 2022 1 min

Sibaya Community Trust improves Protea Secondary School

With a learner population of over 500 students coming from areas such as Bayview Flats, Khobha and Manyaleni informal settlements, Lamontville and Umlazi, the 57-year-old aging ablution facilities at Protea Secondary School in Havenside, Chatsworth, was in dire need of an upgrade, this included the learners and teachers’ toilets. Vivian…
2 Mar 2022 1 min

KZN company launches pioneer farming project in Eastern Cape.

Proudly KZN founded and run Discount Supermarket group: Boxer Superstores recently launched a pioneer Agri Project in the Eastern Cape which will see 300 farmers taught core business skills to allow them Access to Market. Group Executive; Stakeholder Engagement and Sustainability – Ntombi Dludla commented on the project in Business…
1 Mar 2022 1 min

What is Bracket creep? Tax expert explains

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivered his maiden Budget Speech and one of the main changes that can affect your pocket is the change in tax brackets. WR Van Der Merwe spoke to Mike Teuchert - National Head of Taxation Services at Mazars to find out how it works Photo by…
25 Feb 2022 4 min

This is how Ukraine/Russia conflict will impact SA (Full Interview)

The world is now becoming aware of just how serious the Russian invasion into Ukraine is. Interfax Ukraine reported rocket attacks on military facilities throughout Ukraine and that Russian troops had landed in the southern port cities of Odessa and Mariupol. It also reported staff and passengers evacuating Kyiv's Boryspil…
24 Feb 2022 8 min

Massive Stakes Increases & Durban July Has New Sponsor! (Full Interview)

A race with a rich and proud history of being contested by generations of champions of the turf over 125 years, and internationally acknowledged as Africa’s Greatest Horseracing Event, the Durban July will be sponsored by South Africa’s leading betting operator Hollywoodbets, with effect from the 2022 renewal on Saturday…
21 Feb 2022 4 min
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