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Every week the team led by Alec Hogg sit down with the people who actually move markets and shape policy: CEOs, investors, economists, constitutional lawyers and the politicians brave enough to take a straight question. We cover the JSE, global markets, corporate governance, the rule of law and the political economy that ties it all together.

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7,438 Episodes
2620 – 2640

FFM podcast ep16: Big swings; Shaftesbury; yes platinum, no gold; ABSA

The choppy nature of markets is playing itself out in the Fantasy Fund Manager game, with this week seeing a 23% difference between the best-performing stock Shaftesbury (7.14%) and worst-performing Impala Platinum (-15.24%). In this week's podcast, BizNews' Stuart Lowman was joined by Corion Capital's David Bacher and Ann Sebastian,…
17 Aug 2023 11AM 15 min

BN@10: GG Alcock - SA has become a nation of capitalists, not socialist revolutionaries, ANC is out of touch

In one of the most powerful interactions of the BizNews@10 conference, ’Kasinomics expert GG Alcock unpacks South Africa’s informal economy, booming entrepreneurship and out-of-touch government policies. He says this illustrates the massive disconnect between the ANC’s socialist beliefs and the capitalist reality evident everywhere in the country’s townships. It’s a…
17 Aug 2023 5AM 14 min

Evil monsters are hunting our children - Ian Cameron…

The civil rights campaigner is calling for a ban on bail for the perpetrators of violence against children - after Action Society attended five “harrowing” cases last week involving the rapes and murders of children - and “in the last 24 hours, we’ve got five violent cases of which two out…
15 Aug 2023 10AM 12 min

BN@10: Jan Oberholzer delivers a masterclass on how to get Eskom - and the SA economy - back on track

In the second part of his contribution to the BizNews@10 event, former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer answered questions from delegates, focusing on the electricity utility's future, emphasising the necessity for organisational transformation. He advocated for a diversified approach, including a coalition with private sector energy suppliers. Oberholzer believes older power…
15 Aug 2023 8AM 21 min

Women outperform men in investing: Here's Why and How more women can take the leap

Women face more challenges than men in wealth creation, particularly in South Africa, where the gender pay gap ranges between 23 and 35%, exceeding the global average of 20%. Alongside women taking breaks from the workforce for childcare, this results in lower lifetime earnings and significantly less wealth upon retirement…
15 Aug 2023 5AM 24 min

Gayton McKenzie on the DA and ANC’s “Vegas” wedding plans

The Patriotic Alliance (PA) Leader says “we know they have a deal…everything has been agreed, they are just working out the lobola…” He warns, “Both of them are gonna pay dearly because it will be the end of the DA - and it will be the near-end of the ANC."…
14 Aug 2023 9AM 27 min

No Ubuntu for the Dead…Mayhem in SA’s State Mortuaries

Missing bodies, missing body parts, bodies piling up, bodies being handled by unqualified personnel, bribes to view bodies…These are just come of the ways in which the rights of deceased people and their families have been violated in South Africa’s State mortuaries. BizNews speaks to Professor David Mc Cuoid-Mason, a lecturer…
14 Aug 2023 8AM 16 min

How Google-backed HealthDart is Bringing Tech-enabled Efficiency to South Africa’s Ailing Health Care System - Njabulo Skhosana

The pandemic has accelerated the shift towards digital healthcare. However, digital healthcare is still in its infancy in South Africa, with fewer than 100,000 patients using digital services. There is huge potential for expansion, and one of the companies aspiring to revolutionise healthcare in South Africa through technology-driven solutions is…
14 Aug 2023 7AM 18 min

BN@10: Eskomite no more, Jan Oberholzer shines a light on the future of load-shedding

Four weeks after Alec Hogg’s fascinating interview with then Eskom consultant and former COO Jan Oberholzer, the electrical engineer returned to the same venue to provide an update at the 10th BizNews birthday celebration. Having only recently departed Eskom, well ahead of the expiry of his contract, Oberholzer explained the…
11 Aug 2023 9AM 22 min

Providing access to music education for underprivileged children through recorders

The recorder was a popular instrument 400 years ago inspiring renowned composers like Monteverdi, Vivaldi, and Bach to write concertos for these small whistle-like instruments. Over time, it has become synonymous with primary and elementary schools worldwide. In South Africa, it is something that is also taken for granted in…
11 Aug 2023 8AM 14 min

FFM podcast ep15: Pre-market pow-wows; the long game; Quilter; Thungela

Quilter and Thungela Resources jumped more than 10 percent this week (at the recording time) to shake up the Fantasy Fund Manager standings. But the big moves highlight that a week is a short investment time. In this podcast, BizNews' Stuart Lowman was joined by Corion Capital's David Bacher and…
10 Aug 2023 12PM 16 min
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