'Bubbles created by gatvol South Africans create opportunities' - Piet Viljoen on SA economy

It’s been quite a week for the South African spirit with news of Zuma’s arrest - something which many did not believe they would live to see. On the other hand, interviews with Magnus Heystek and Russell Lamberti on yesterday’s BizNews Power Hour may have left our listeners feeling particularly disheartened at the prospects of South Africa - which some are already calling a failed state. Counterpoint Value Fund manager Piet Viljoen joined the BizNews Power Hour as our regular co-host on Thursdays, during which he managed to - very rationally - point out that opportunities still exist for South African who are, understandably, gatvol. Viljoen, while ‘not wearing rose-tinted glasses’, says that the bubbles that these South Africans are creating for themselves - due to an incapable government - also creates opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices