BPH: Global view on tech stocks; Woollam blows Tongaat whistle - again; uMngeni Mayor Pappas; Zondo's amnesic fraudster

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In this episode of the BizNews Power Hour, "Doctor of Uncertainty" Dr Richard Smith offers his insights into volatile US tech stocks; we meet the surprise of November's Local elections, 30 year old uMngeni mayor Chris Pappas; Tongaat whistleblower Dave Woollam explains why he's horrified at recent developments at the company - including the shadowy attempt by a Zimbabwean tobacco family to acquire the business on the cheap; and we find out about one of Michael Appel's favourite Zondo witnesses - the brazen huckster who ran the SA operations of multinational Swissport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Jan 2022 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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