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Daily English South Africa Investing · Business News
7,445 Episodes
5340 – 5360

Meet Chantal Revell, Khoi-San princess who paved way for independent politicians

All South Africans walk in the footsteps of the Khoi and San (Khoi-San) people who were the original inhabitants at the tip of the African continent. It is therefore fitting that one of their descendants, Chantal Revell, played an instrumental role in the recent decision of the Constitutional Court to…
3 Jul 2020 12PM 14 min

Allan Gray shake-up; SAA; SA current account surplus; Astron Energy Cape Town deaths

In today's news headlines: * SAA has been a significant drain on state coffers, requiring billions of rands of bail-outs, but the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) says shutting South African Airways will cause severe hardship. African countries have lost almost $55bn in travel and tourism revenues in three months due to…
2 Jul 2020 1PM 2 min

Tobacco insider: Manufacturer profit gorging on taxpayers, smokers via SA's cigarette ban

For SA's cigarette manufacturers, Covid-19 has been like all their Christmases arriving together. Industry insider and self-confessed smuggler Azeem Carim explains how the SA government's lockdown-enforced ban on cigarette sales has generated a massive payday at taxpayers' expense. It's engineered through "ghost exports" - cigarette makers supposedly producing for sale…
1 Jul 2020 10AM 17 min

Sun International CEO Anthony Leeming on corporate predator circling SA hotel group

Sun International’s Latin American partner is aiming to acquire a controlling stake of the company, which is battling Covid-19 containment measures as are all hospitality companies. In this podcast, BizNews founder Alec Hogg explores the unsolicited R1.5bn bid by Nueva Inversiones Pacifico Sur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
1 Jul 2020 5AM 7 min

Hotel owner on business insurance rip-off: SA insurers run as Covid-19 comes calling

Hotel owners and others in the hospitality industry have been paying for business interruption as part of their business insurance policy premiums. But, insurers are refusing to pay for the extreme revenue losses incurred as governments have ordered businesses to close their doors to halt the spread of Covid-19. Insurance…
30 Jun 2020 3AM 12 min
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