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"We see a lot of greed in the market", says GM of Luno Africa, SA's leading crypto platform
Last week was certainly a wild one for cryptocurrencies, with Bitcoin proving to be very volatile. The popular cryptocurrency plummeted around 20%. Luno Africa's General Manager, Marius Reitz, joined the BizNews Power Hour to discuss the decline in Bitcoin's price. "Even after such a drop, it's hard to believe that…
Tim Noakes on modifications to the LCHF diet, how to lose weight, fresh insights on Covid-19 immunity
Tim Noakes is South Africa's best-known sports scientist. He survived a gruelling legal battle over four years to defend his belief that a low carbohydrate, high fat diet is better for your health than a high carbohydrate, low fat diet. Noakes chats to Jackie Cameron of BizNews about his new…
Flash Briefing: SA engineers tell Cubans 'we don't need you'; Eskom fraud; Steinhoff Poland IPO; Bitcoin
* South African prosecutors said they are seeking the extradition of a British national who’s been implicated in a fraudulent deal with Eskom. * Steinhoff's Pepco says it will list its shares in Warsaw rather than London, in what could become Poland’s biggest IPO this year. * In other Steinhoff…
Darren Levy - CEO of Vida E Caffè - on pivoting through Covid-19; is there hope for coffee shops in the new norm?
Vida e caffè is the largest coffee retail chain in South Africa. The Group has sites throughout South Africa in standalone locations on high street and Malls as well as within Shell convenience stores and forecourts, in selected African countries and in Corporates. In this clip the CEO - Darren…
Johann Kriegler - ex Constitutional Court of South Africa Judge - on why Judge Hlophe is not untouchable
Johann Christiaan Kriegler is a retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and an Advocate of the Johannesburg bar. Judge Kriegler shared his wisdom with the BizNews Power Hour, sharing his views on Judge Hlophe and the urgent need for his suspension by the Judicial Service Commission. Learn…
Eddie Cross - a Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South and founder of MDC - on Zimbabwe's economy
Edward Graham "Eddie" Cross, is Member of Parliament for Bulawayo South and a Zimbabwean economist. Eddie joined the BizNews Power Hour with to speak on the state of the Zimbabwean economy, is it becoming better? Eddie weighed in on PPC and Tongaat Hulett respectively, he said Tongaat deserves a competition…
Taking on the struggle to save Liliesleaf, an anti-apartheid heritage site - Nic Wolpe
Located in Rivonia, Liliesleaf farm was bought as a safe house for anti-apartheid activists in the 1960s. It served as the secret headquarters of not only the ANC, but the SACP and Umkhonto we Sizwe too. Nelson Mandela, posing as a domestic worker, used it as a hideout. Now almost…
Carrie's Corner: Karen Short, the woman who revolutionised South African catering
In this episode, the doyenne of the South African wine industry Carrie Adams speaks to Adrian Short, the CEO of By Word of Mouth. The catering company was started by Short's wife, Karen, in 1993 and continues to shine as one of the finest catering (and catering related) companies in…
Flash Briefing: Huge’s Adapt IT bid gets ugly; African Covid-19 vaccines; Nedbank to support renewable energy
* South Africa plans to begin issuing Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine to the general public next month. * A takeover bid by Huge Group to acquire rival Adapt IT has become ugly, with the Huge group ordered to removed videos from the public domain in which it attacks the…
Novus: Can new shareholders inject growth into underperforming printing company? CEO insights
JSE-listed printing, publishing and packaging group Novus looks set for a shake up after boutique asset manager A2 Investment Partners snapped up the entire stake of almost a fifth of the company that was owned by Media24 investments. The Novus share price has taken a hammering over five years, with…
Kevin Lings - Chief Economist at Stanlib - on CPI of 3.2% in March, lower than expectations of 3.3%
In this clip the Chief Economist at Stanlib - Kevin Lings - joined the BizNews Power Hour team to discuss CPI of 3.2% in March, lower than expectations of 3.3%. He shared his view on how can CIP be the primary proxy for inflation when inflation is visibly much greater…
Protea Capital Management CEO Jean-Pierre Verster on Pick 'n Pay's results and the end of Brasher's tenure
Jean-Pierre Verster joined the BizNews Power Hour team to discuss Pick 'n Pay's results, the end of Brasher's tenure and which is the best food retailer on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Verster roots for Woolworths as the best retailer currently on the JSE - even after a bad cycle of…
Flash Briefing: SA rich are getting poorer; gas powerships will be costly; Zim to promote trophy hunting
South Africa’s headline consumer price inflation has not risen as quickly as analysts have forecast. rose to 3.2% year-on-year in March from 2.9% in February, data from Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday. South Africa is home to over twice as many millionaires (HNWIs) as any other African country. Despite…
Kokkie Kooyman - Banking analyst at Denker Capital - on the departure of Daniel Mminele from ABSA
Absa announced on Tuesday that CEO Daniel Mminele is leaving over non-alignment on matters of strategy and culture transformation with top executives after just 16 months at the helm. Banking analyst Kokkie Kooyman said to the BizNews Power Hour team, Mminele's departure could be linked to ABSA money market saga…
Meet Zak Calisto, humble SA tech entrepreneur many have never heard of - #Karoooo, #Cartrack
Meet Zak Calisto, the Shares of Karooooo, the new holding company for vehicle recovery and fleet management group Cartrack, rose as it began trading on the JSE earlier this week. Nearly all Cartrack shareholders have opted to remain invested in the new holding company. Which first listed on the Nasdaq…
Piet Mouton - CEO of PSG Group - On the company's results; prospects of the investee businesses
Piet Mouton - COE of PSG Group - joined the BizNews Power Hour team to unpack the company's results, prospects of the investee businesses and new tax implications with respect to investment holding company's unbundling its assets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Corruption in SA: Is it really worse than in UK, Europe? Expert insights
In South Africa, we call it cadre deployment and state capture. In Britain, it’s called chumocracy - which is the practice of politicians farming out jobs and contracts for pals. Listen to this fascinating conversation with corruption expert Professor Liz Dávid-Barrett of the University of Sussex. She shares her insights,…
Former English footballer star Emile Heskey ready to deploy $5bn in Africa investments
It was a trip to South Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup that ignited a passion for Africa in Emile Heskey. The former Premier League footballer has teamed up with Zimbabwean born entrepreneur, Davison Simango, to launch the Alkebulan Group. The company is planning to invest in sectors that…
Imperial CEO reveals secret sauce to scaling up in deepest Africa - Mohammed Akoojee
There's big money to be made in Africa for those who crack the codes to running business in the many, risky and often complex countries. Listen to this podcast to hear fascinating insights on making money in Nigeria, Mozambique and other countries where many South African corporate bosses fear to…
Flash Briefing: Thousands of new CT jobs at Amazon HQ; Absa CEO Mminele sudden departure; SA cryptocurrency ETF?
* Amazon has announced that will establish its South African headquarters in the City of Cape Town, a project that has the potential to create up 19 000 jobs. * ABSA CEO Daniel Mminele has been axed, with Absa Group Chairman, Wendy Lucas-Bull saying that a separation deal had been…