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BPH: The case FOR (Gore) and AGAINST (Sakeliga) mandatory vaccination; Heystek invests in Bitcoin; Major's 2022 stocks
Powerful arguments both for and against mandatory vaccinations featured in this episode of the BizNews Power Hour. In one corner is Discovery CEO Adrian Gore who argues that with SA now into the Fourth Wave of the pandemic, saving lives should be the national priority and as vaccines do this,…
Sakeliga's Le Roux, Lamberti present the case AGAINST mandatory Covid-19 vaccines - "a slippery slope"
A forthright discussion on mandatory vaccines with the Sakeliga duo of CEO Piet le Roux and chief economist Russell Lamberti explaining why forcing jabs is wrong. Their argument is premised on the basis that a mandate is disproportionate to the risk and unjustified on the grounds that very few people…
Adrian Gore: The case FOR mandatory vaccinations - SA doesn't have the luxury of time
Discovery's co-founder and CEO Adrian Gore explains why his group - which relies heavily on incentivising its clients to behave in a certain manner - is at the opposiute end of the spectrum on vaccine mandates. For Gore, it's all about time - with SA now into a Fourth Wave…
Stanlib’s Kevin Lings on South Africa’s unemployment disaster
Stanlib’s chief economist Kevin Lings unpacks the latest unemployment data, which reveals a decimated South African economy. In the third quarter of 2021, 660,000 jobs were lost in the formal sector. This takes the total to 2.1 million jobs lost since the start of the pandemic. The unemployment rate rose…
Kokkie Kooyman banking stock pick for 2022: Capitec
Banking analyst Kokkie Kooyman talks about his chosen stock pick in the financial services sector for 2022, naming Capitec. Capitec has been one of the best South Africa business stories since the start of the millennium and is now the country’s third-largest bank by market capitalisation. Under the stewardship of…
BPH: Adrian Gore case for mandated vaccines; Kevin Lings on unemployment; Kooyman's banking pick; Impala landing RBH.
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Discovery CEO Adrian Gore lays out the case for making Covid-19 vaccines mandatory, arguing that forcing South Africans to be jabbed will save up to 40 000 lives during the Omicron-driven Fourth Wave; Stanlib chief economist Kevin Lings unpacks SA's shocking unemployment…
Impala Platinum's Royal wedding - Abax Investment’s Anthony Sedgwick
Abax Investment’s co-founder Anthony Sedgwick sheds light on Impala Platinum’s bid to take over mid-tier miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlats) in a deal that values the precious metals producer at R43bn. Abax, along with several other large asset managers, has sold just under 25% of the business to Impala for…
David Shapiro on Omicron’s market-moving mania
South Africa’s favourite market commentator David Shapiro sheds light on the chaos in markets following the outbreak of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron. Discovered by South African scientists, this variant is supposedly more transmissible despite those infected only having mild symptoms. The mania sent equity markets into freefall and was…
Can your company force you to have a Covid vaccine? Legal advisor Elsabé Klinck unpacks the law
Elsabé Klinck, a former legal advisor to the SA Medical Association, picks up on a thorny issue for freedom-loving South Africans – the proposed (by business groupings) introduction of mandatory Covid-19 vaccination. The one-time senior lecturer in the Department of Constitutional Law at Free State University (and co-author of Employment…
BPH: Jakkie Cilliers talks about coalition governing - and 2024; Elsabé Klinck on Mandatory vaccines; Shapiro and PRASA
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour the author, thought leader and political analyst Jakkie Cilliers of the ISS updates the prescient forecasts in his 2017 book Fate of the Nation - and looks ahead to the 2024 National Elections; the SA Medical Association's former legal advisor Elsabé Klinck…
Jakkie Cilliers revisits his classic book Fate of the Nation, coalition politics and SA's 2024 National Election
Scenario planner Dr Jakkie Cilliers, who heads the Institute for Security Studies, a leading African thinktank, revisits his superb 2017 treatise and finds the projections are holding up well. In this interview with BizNews.com's Alec Hogg he discusses the age of coalition politics ushered in by SA's recent Local Elections;…
"We are now at the point where most of SA’s railway network is likely to be written off " - David Williams on PRASA
Former deputy editor of the Financial Mail, David Williams, wrote a fascinating report for the Brenthurst Foundation in which he unpacked the mess at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA). In the report – 'Why there are so many trucks on the road and so few trains on…
Charl Botha gesêls met Etienne Roux van Truffle Batebestuur oor Bidcorp
In hierdie potgooi gesêls ek met Etienne Roux van Truffle Batebestuur oor Bidcorp, die internationale JSE-genoteerde voedeldienste maatskappy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Piet Viljoen on undervalued JSE gems Lewis and Sabvest
Counterpoint’s Piet Viljoen talks all local and international topical investment-related matters, with the value fund manager giving insight into some of his most-loved investments. Furniture retailer the Lewis Group and investment holding company Sabvest are discussed; both in the news for all the right reasons. Lewis released a solid set…
BPH: Fundi Sithebe, SA horse racing's new boss; Piet Viljoen looks for more twigs; Maggs on Accenture's acquisition
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour we meet the polished new head of South African horseracing Fundi Sithebe, the new broom sweeping away the antagonism of bankrupt Phumelela's past; Piet Viljoen takes a look at the latest financial results and reflects on some "twigs" in his investment bundle;…
Regulation 28: South African savers are being shafted – Magnus Heystek
The hard-hitting Magnus Heystek pulled no punches on his return from Mauritius, where he says economic growth is booming led by a surge in infrastructure and development. South Africa’s economy paints a different picture, one that’s been at a standstill for the better part of a decade. As a result…
BPH: Magnus Heystek lets rip on the Reg 28; Melanie Veness wants retribution for PMB; Dark Media with Jeremy Maggs
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, independent financial advisor Magnus Heystek lets rip on the destructive Regulation 28 agreement between SA asset managers and Treasury, which forces South Africans to invest 70% of their retirement funds into local institutions. The law has cost SA retirees dearly as the…
Melanie Veness: Riots created huge trust deficit in PMB. Act against perpetrators or forget job-creating investment.
KZN's capital Pietermaritzburg was turned into a war zone during July's riots - with local businesses (and citizens) abandoned by SA's deliberately absent security forces. Melanie Veness, CEO of the PMB Business Chamber, spoke out powerfully at the time, condemning the behaviour of the local SAPS and confined-to-barracks Defence Force…
Paul Hoffman raises questions about suspension of Prasa CEO - strange motives afoot
In an interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg, Paul Hoffman of Accountability Now takes a lawyer's look at the clear attempt to throw the kitchen sink at Matthews after he started uncovering malfeasance. According to Hoffman, using Matthews’s dual-citizenship as the reason for his suspension is dubious, questioning the true…
Omnia's turnaround tale - CEO Seelan Gobalsamy
The man credited with turning around the once JSE darling sits down to discuss the company's prospects following the release of upbeat financial results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices