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David Shapiro 'cautious' of SA bank shares after Covid; Adrian Saville
FirstRand reported a 38% drop in normalised profit for the year earlier this month. Hundreds of South Africans have been drowning in unpaid bills thanks to a harsh lockdown which caused many to lose their jobs or take pay cuts. As a result, the group increased provisions to cover bad debts relating…
Inside Covid-19: Unbearable pain - hunger, poverty, food parcel corruption; hunting for a cure. Ep 85
In this episode, the driving force behind a charity that is feeding 100,000 desperately hungry people in deep rural areas puts the human face on the devastation Covid-19 lockdown has caused. Johannesburg-based Marilyn Bassin of the NGO Boikanyo – The Dion Herson Foundation, tells how a chain of about 35 NGOs is getting…
Eskom lies exposed; R200bn of govt's relief fund unused; Wierzycka; Harmony Gold
In today’s news headlines: - Lies from Eskom over stage 4 loadshedding limits; - R200bn of government’s relief package may go unused; - Magda Wierzycka accuses IRR of threat; and - Harmony Gold suffers R800m headline loss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Discovery's Precious Nduli - What driving habits tell us about the economy
It's been very interesting to track economic indicators of an economy that is hopefully going to recover faster than the gloomy expectations that people have had. One of these indicators could well be how much we are driving. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Magnus Heystek: retirement annuities are decimating your savings #BestofBizNews
Magnus Heystek runs a successful and burgeoning investment boutique Brenthurst Wealth Management – which just won the Boutique Wealth Manager of the Year Award at the Intellidex Annual Wealth Manager Awards, the ‘Oscars of the investment world’. In this excerpt from the BizNews Finance Friday webinar, editor Jackie Cameron discusses…
Inside Covid-19: Could exposure to cold virus explain low SA death rate? Vaccines, child deaths. Ep 84
In this episode, we hear about what driving patterns tell us about the impact of Covid-19 on the South African economy. Discovery Insure’s Head of Technical Marketing and Vitality Drive engagement, Precious Nduli, speaks to BizNews founder Alec Hogg about the effects of the national lockdown on behaviour, and how…
Another interest rate cut on the cards; Bidvest profit drop; AngloGold Ashanti
In today’s news headlines: - Possible interest rate cut on Thursday; - Bidvest posts 23% drop in headline profit; and - AngloGold Ashanti sells the last of its SA mines to Harmony Gold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Amazon, Tesla and Kroger: Sean Peche finds the value in global growth stocks
In BizNews founder Alec Hogg's weekly podcast Rational Radio, analyst Sean Peche shares his views on top-performing global growth stocks, including Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Professor Shabir Madhi: AstraZeneca vaccine trials and Covid-19 death rate, lockdown.
In this interesting interview, Vaccinology Professor Shabir Madhi talks with BizNews Editor Jackie Cameron about a myriad of fascinating topics. The Professor shares his thoughts on the recent halt in the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trials and what that means for other vaccine trials, South Africa's relatively low Covid-19 death rate…
'We want out of SA' - 36% in Western Cape want independence, says poll
The Cape Independence Advocacy Group is a political pressure group that is hoping to help separate the Western Cape from the rest of South Africa. In this intriguing excerpt from the Rational Radio webinar, BizNews founder Alec Hogg chats to co-founder Phil Craig about the viability of this breakaway. Learn…
Inside Covid-19: About 37,000 dead, R46m for every life saved in SA. Ep 83. LISTEN!
Just over a quarter of South African adults are believed to have been infected with Covid-19, says Discovery Health CEO Ryan Noach, in a hard-hitting interview with BizNews founder Alec Hogg. In Cape Town's Khayelitsha, about 50% are believed to have contracted the disease. Noach advocates the safe opening of…
Sanlam celebrates 40% growth; miners up in arms over Eskom; FirstRand; Bizos
In today's news headlines: - Sanlam celebrates new business growth of 40%; - Eskom puts strain on mining investment plans; - FirstRand suffers 38% drop in normalised profit; and - George Bizos passed away at 92 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Growthpoint vacancies knocked by Covid-19; Momentum profit slump; Ecsponent; Zondo
In today’s news headlines: - Growthpoint publishes bleak results for the year to end-June; - Momentum suffers 58% fall in headline profit; - Ecsponent announces second probe into dubious transactions; and - Zondo Commission delves deeper into Eskom-Gupta tender. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inside Covid-19: tracing app and your privacy; what's next for vaccine in SA, and the pandemic - Prof Madhi Ep 82
In this episode, we talk to a data and privacy law specialist Emma Sadleir on the skepticism surrounding Covid-19 contact tracing apps and Professor Shabir Madhi, one of South Africa’s pre-eminent experts on vaccines. Professor of Vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, he has published more than 350 studies…
David Shapiro on Softbank's bull squeeze in US tech stock market
It was recently revealed that Japanese-based SoftBank was behind the "Nasdaq whale" - buying billions of dollars in technology company stock options in the past month. According to the Wall Street Journal, SoftBank bought $4bn in options on stocks such as Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Tesla - driving up…
Inside Covid-19: Tracing app; scientists knew Covid-19 was coming - but didn't prepare. Ep 81
In this episode (81) we talk to Professor Christophe Fraser, of the University of Oxford, the man who advised the South African and British governments on the Covid-19 contact tracing app. And we speak to Stellenbosch university’s Professor Wolfgang Preiser, a virology expert of global standing on diseases that jump…
SA GDP plunges by 51%; Aspen sells European branch; confusion over Myeni's interest in Eskom
In today's news headlines: - South Africa's second quarter GDP plunged by 51%; - Aspen will sell European Thrombosis business to Mylan; and - Former Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi gives evidence at Zondo Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Alec Hogg Show: Meet Nick Hudson of PANDA - actuary, philosopher, disrupter. Ep 2.
South Africa possesses many extraordinary people few of us ever hear about until they get pushed into the spotlight by unusual circumstances. Like the Covid-19 pandemic which was grabbed as an opportunity by politicians to stir up fears enabling them to wield unfettered power. In episode two of the Alec…
Covid Alert SA: Tracing app has the potential to save many lives
Gaurang Tanna is the head of policy co-ordination and integrated planning at the Department of Health and the ideal person to put together the app that South Africa has launched, for contact tracing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bleak outlook for SA GDP; Capitec set for 70% earnings loss; Ex-Eskom CEO in hot seat; Edgars
In today’s news headlines: - A bleak second-quarter GDP figure to be announced today; - Eskom has suspended the managers of two power stations; - Capitec warns shareholders to brace for earnings loss of at least 70%; - Ex-Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona in the hot seat at the state capture…