Flash Briefing: Gold still gaining; Big Tech backlash; Eskom needs more cash; Sasol, Naspers

Loading player...
The gold price is on its longest winning streak in almost a year and a half, rising for the eighth consecutive trading session on Friday.
The global backlash against Big Tech intensified over the weekend when G20 Finance Ministers said they have agreed to new rules to tax companies like Facebook and Google.
On the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Japan, South Africa’s National Treasury director general Dondo Mogajane admitted that the country needs to inject even more than the already promised R69bn into Eskom.
Rand hedge stocks Sasol, which rose 3.5% and Naspers, up 2.5%, were among the JSE’s best performers on Friday, benefitting from the recent weakening in the currency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
9 Jun 2019 2PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

BN Daybreak Fri 16 Jan: Trump’s Nobel “Medal”; Farmers boo Steenhuisen; ASML jumps

In this episode of BizNews Daybreak, Alec Hogg covers the intersection of high-stakes global politics and critical local challenges: Trump’s Nobel Moment: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presents her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump at the White House, calling him the “heir to Washington”. US-Taiwan Trade Deal:…
15 Jan 11PM 18 min

BN Daybreak Thurs 15 Jan: Abedian on SA Silence about “21st Century Nazis”; Mining Indaba's back story; Sasol Surges

In this morning's briefing, Alec Hogg unpacks a volatile geopolitical landscape where conflicting reports emerge from Iran—Donald Trump claims de-escalation while internal memos suggest mass casualties. We speak to Iranian-born and bred entrepreneur and former UCT Economics Prof Iraj Abedian, who delivers a scathing critique of the South African government's…
14 Jan 11PM 17 min