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BPH: Jean-Pierre co-host; Theuns Du Buisson; Jon Ovadia; Neal Froneman on Sibanye update; Kevin Wakeford
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by Jean-Pierre Verster as co-host, Theus Du Buisson, Solidarity Research Institute: Economics Researcher on the relationship between SA and Cuba. Jon Ovadia, CEO of OVEX on the FSCA announcing that the group is not regulated to give financial…
Flash Briefing: Ramaphosa 'shocked' by Magashule behaviour; most vaccinated country back in lockdown; Eskom; Sibanye
* ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa is shocked and dismayed by a letter from ANC secretary general Ace Magashule who made an unauthorised attempt to suspend Ramaphosa as party president, says Eyewitness News. * Eskom doesn’t want to buy electricity from the company that won most of a government emergency-power tender…
Magnus Heystek on commodity super-cycle; Counterpoint Value Fund
Revego Africa Energy, which is looking to invest in renewable energy projects, will not be listing on the JSE. Magnus Heystek of Brenthurst Wealth Management was on the BizNews Power Hour to share his wisdom on commodity super-cycle and Counterpoint Value Fund, he said the excitement on emerging markets has…
Straight shooting Sikonathi Mantshantsha says Eskom turnaround under sniper attack
The High Court in Johannesburg has issued an order to seize assets worth R1.4bn of Eskom executives found guilty of corruption. Spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha joined the BizNews Power Hour. He's confident in the leadership of Eskom as they have the best interest of South Africans at heart but says the…
Cemair's Miles van der Molen says Mango's R800m bailout could be used to build a new airline
SAA and Mango have been bailed out with taxpayer money... again. Is this fair competition for others? The CEO of Cemair - Miles Van Der Molen - joined the BizNews Power Hour to share what it's like to be in the midst of this saga. Miles also said he could…
Panda's Nick Hudson on whirlwind global tour, anti-vaxxer rumours and third Covid-19 wave
The ugly truth about Covid-19 and lockdowns video of Nick Hudson almost broke the internet over a month ago when BizNews published it on YouTube. It was subsequently banned after topping half a million views, attracting all sorts of attention, and walks of life. Nick made it on international news…
BPH: Magnus Heystek co-host; CemAir CEO on SAA bailouts; Sikonathi Mantshasha on Eskom; Revego non-listing
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by Magnus Heystek as co-host, CEO of CemAir Miles van der Molen on latest SAA bailouts, Sikonathi Mantshasha on Eskom corruption scandals, Reyburn Hendricks CEO of Revego Africa on its cancelled listing and the BizNews team. Learn more…
Carrie’s Corner: Stellenbosch Wine Route chairperson on 50th anniversary
Carrie Adams chats to Mike Ratcliffe, a co-founder and Managing partner of Vilafonte Wines. However, in this podcast, our wine expert chats to him in his capacity as chairperson of the Stellenbosch Wine Route - which turns 50 this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Flash Briefing: Ace suspended, Zuma could be next - ANC; Sars promises to nail ANC for PAYE tax dodge; new Covid strains
* The ANC is suspending its secretary-general - albeit temporarily - and may also do the same to former president Jacob Zuma in connection with their corruption cases, reports Bloomberg. * South African Revenue Service commissioner Edward Kieswetter has promised zero tolerance against tax-dodgers, telling Parliament on Wednesday that the…
Charles Savage - CEO of Purple Group on retail traders fighting back against Buffet and Munger
Buffett as Chairman and CEO and Munger as Vice Chairman, the two have run holding company Berkshire Hathaway together since 1978. They have been sharing wisdom on investments and stocks recently, with some positive and negative feedback on the socials. One man who loved the duo's speech is Charles Savage…
Chris Yelland, Paul O'Sullivan on court order freezing assets of former Eskom execs and contractors
Chris Yelland joined the BizNews Power Hour team to speak on a court order freezing R1.4bn in assets of former Eskom executives and contractors. He said that the Eskom saga is not going to be put to rest anytime soon, the media will keep reporting on it. Learn more about…
Andrea Taverna-Turisan - CEO of Equites - on industrials winning property race
Andrea Taverna-Turisan is the CEO of Equites Property Fund, he joined the BizNews Power Hour to chat about their financial results, and bucking the property market trend. Andrea said he came to SA as a commercial property broker, but because of being well travelled he has a global perspective of…
BPH: Steven Nathan co-host; Equites Property Fund; Eskom corruption; Berkshire AGM key takeaways
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by Steven Nathan as co-host, CEO of Equites Property Fund Andrea Taverna-Turisan, Chris Yelland and Paul O'Sullivan on Eskom executives corruption saga, Charles Savage boxing for the retail traders vs Buffet and Munger, Kokkie Kooyman on Greg Abel…
Flash Briefing: ANC in tax-dodging scandal; about 20m South Africans have had Covid-19; rhino poaching on increase
* At least three in every 10 South Africans have already had Coronavirus, studies show. * The ANC is possibly guilty of criminal offences in failing to pay over millions in Pay-As-You-Earn tax to the South African Revenue Service, while deducting this money from its employees’ wages, says the opposition…
From hedge fund manager to chairman of Lincoln City - Clive Nates
Clive Nates is a retired South African hedge fund manager now living the dream of being actively involved in English football. Nates said he has always loved the sport from childhood days, he joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the finances behind running a football club and where the…
BPH: Shapiro co-host; Berkshire AGM takeaways; Imps capital raise; powership corruption; Mozam update
In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, Alec Hogg is joined by David Shapiro as co-host, Warren Buffet and Charlie Munger, Clive Nates on Lincoln City's capital raise, Aldworth Mbalati on the energy corruption saga, Stephen Buchanan-Clarke on Mozambique and the BizNews team. Learn more about your ad choices…
Flash Briefing: Covid-19 vaccine blow for SA; cryptocurrencies climb; big week for rand, will Moody's downgrade SA?
* South Africa said a delivery of 1.1 million Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccines has been delayed pending further safety checks, the latest blow to the country’s stop-start inoculation program. * The South African Rand faces a potentially big week with a US employment report and Moody’s country rating review…
Expect the rand to stay stronger, for longer - TreasuryONE currency strategist Andre Cilliers
At the start of the weekend, the rand lost some ground against the US dollar, with better-than-expected GDP numbers from the world's largest economy. TreasuryONE currency strategist Andre Cilliers explains that the US dollar was clawing back some of the past week's losses. He explains why - unlike some other…
Carly Barnes of EasyEquities on JSE/US price action; Naspers, Tongaat and FAANGS.
Carly Barnes - Relationship Manager at EasyEquities - Joined the BizNews Power Hour to chat about the performance of stocks for the past month. Carly said the Purple Group is the second most bought stock in, Sasol being at number one. Sasol released a trading statement recently expecting earnings to…
Kokkie Kooyman on Remgro selling 40m shares of FirstRand
First Rand's share price dropped 4% to R51 a share on Friday. Kokkie Kooyman, a banking analyst at Denker Capital, joined the BizNews Power Hour to share his analysis and said it is not a requirement to announce these changes as it is fairly a small transaction. Learn more about…