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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
3,909 Episodes
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SAHPRA recalls two batches of Benylin Paediatric Syrup.

GUEST Deon Poovan, SAHPRA Senior Manager: Inspectorate and Regulatory Compliance. Two batches of Benylin cough syrup have been recalled after high levels of diethylene glycol were discovered in the medicine. According to the SA Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA), diethylene glycol is a toxic compound that can be fatal if…
15 Apr 1PM 17 min

Uber for teens launched in South Africa

GUEST - Kagiso Khaole, GM, Uber Sub-Saharan Africa. Uber has launched a new solution for South Africa in the form of Uber for teens. The solution is available today locally, and should be accessible to all account holders in order to create a paired profile for those aged 13 to…
11 Apr 4PM 11 min

Ellies heads for liquidation – Where did it go wrong?

GUEST - Zwelakhe Mnguni – Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder at Benguela Global Fund Managers Ellies is going into liquidation with no reasonable prospect of the company being rescued. In January, Ellies announced it was going into voluntary business rescue proceedings in terms of 129(1) of the Companies Act. This…
11 Apr 4PM 18 min

Blacklist warning for property owners in Joburg

GUEST – Tebogo Moraka, Group Chief Financial Officer for the City of Johannesburg The City of Joburg has issued a warning to all defaulting residential property owners and businesses that it will soon start blacklisting them to recover debts owed. The city said that it is facing a growing municipal…
11 Apr 4PM 10 min

INSIDE YOUR POCKET– Is buying new listings profitable?

GUEST – Simon Brown – Founder of JustOneLap WeBuyCars will debut on the JSE on Thursday following Transaction Capital’s decision to unbundle the business and list it separately. There is, understandably, a lot of retail investor interest in this listing, not only because of the car retailer’s high profile –…
11 Apr 4PM 15 min

WeBuyCars officially lists on the JSE

Guest - Faan van der Walt, CEO of WeBuyCars. WeBuyCars listed on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on Thursday (11 April) under the share code “WBC.” Established in 2001, WeBuyCars, as the name suggests, is a buyer and seller of pre-owned vehicles, which was previously a…
11 Apr 4PM 8 min

Employers in South Africa are looking to fill these positions

GUEST – Paul Byrne’s - Head of Insights and Customer Success at Pnet. Hiring activity has seen a year-on-year decline, but there are still jobs that are in high demand. According to Pnet’s latest Job Market Trends Report, hiring activity increased from January to February 2024. That said, hiring activity…
10 Apr 4PM 17 min

Choosing to serve at boardroom frontiers

If serving on a board is your goal, then this conversation is for you! Dondo Mogajane, CEO of the Moti Group and Chairperson of the Government Employees Pension Fund joins us to unpack how you can best position yourself for a board position.
10 Apr 4PM 20 min

The top 5 suburbs rich South Africans want to live in

GUEST - Hayley Ivins-Downes, Head of Digital at Lightstone Property Lightstone’s latest property newsletter revealed South Africa’s top five suburbs for homes priced over R1 million, ranked based on sales numbers and total purchase price for 2023. According to Lightstone’s latest data, the real estate market in South Africa witnessed…
10 Apr 4PM 9 min

KPMG speaks on R16.5 million bursary fraud case.

GUEST - Ignatius Sehoole - CEO of KPMG South Africa KPMG South Africa said on Friday that its identification and investigation of potential bursary fraud at the auditing and professional services firm was an integral part of the arrest of a former employee, Fidelis Moema. KPMG Chief Executive, Ignatius Sehoole…
10 Apr 4PM 6 min

KPMG - lifestyle audits as an anti-corruption tool

GUEST - Steven Powell, head of ENSafrica's forensics practice SA continues to experience high levels of corruption, as illustrated by its two-place year-on-year decline to a rank of 72nd out of 180 in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) published by Transparency International. Given the corruption risks present in SA,…
10 Apr 4PM 14 min

ACSA is looking to grow connectivity to the continent and other international regions.

GUEST - Mpho Rambau Acting Group Manager Traffic Development at Airports Company South Africa Global geopolitical developments and South Africa’s sluggish economy will likely play a major role in reshaping Airport Company South Africa’s (ACSA) traffic development strategy over the next decade, as the domestic market is expected to continue…
9 Apr 4PM 22 min

Zimbabwe's new gold-backed currency, the ZiG starts trading.

GUEST – Dr. Prosper Chitambara, Independent Economist The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday introduced a new currency to be known as the ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold. RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured and set at a market-determined exchange rate. It replaces the…
9 Apr 4PM 14 min

OPINION – Diffculty in accessing influencer credibity in SA

GUEST – Dashni Vilakazi, MD of The MediaShop JHB Influencers have emerged as pivotal players, bridging the gap between brands and the country's diverse consumer base. With the digital terrain more fragmented than ever, the pressing question for marketers is: How do you measure the true impact of influencer partnerships,…
8 Apr 4PM 7 min

What happens to all the top executives who get retrenched?

GUEST - Wendy Spalding, managing director at Tuesday Consulting On the one hand we’re constantly hearing about the talent and skills shortage in South Africa; on the other, a number of high performers and top-executives are being retrenched or exiting the very careers where they have been developed and fast-tracked,…
8 Apr 4PM 11 min

Best mobile network in South Africa in 2024

Guest - Mybroadband editor, Jan Vermuelen MyBroadband Insights has published the Q1 2024 Mobile Network Quality Report, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa. The report is based on 285,839 speed tests performed by 7,197 mobile data users across South Africa between 1 January 2024…
8 Apr 4PM 20 min

FlySaFair to ditch on board cash purchase

GUEST - Maryke Pienaar, a marketing manager at FlySafair Leading low-cost airline FlySafair has issued a cautionary note to its customers that it will stop taking cash for all on board purchases as of 17 April 2024. The airline says this is not only to increase speed and efficiency of…
8 Apr 4PM 9 min

Chocolate prices continue to rise – But why?

GUEST - Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist, FNB Commercial The latest news on the cocoa market is that prices surged to a record high of US$9,733/ ton late in March 2024 and recently topped US10,051/ ton as inclement weather decimates yields in major production areas. Consequently, the price of chocolate…
8 Apr 4PM 11 min
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