Rational Radio 16 March: Coronavirus fever hits SA; plus Estate Duty ripoff

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A focus on Coronavirus in this week's episode of Rational Radio as market commentator David Shapiro shares his thoughts on the latest developments and we also chat to Old Mutual exec Andrew McPherson who has tested positive for COVID-19 and our regular correspondents, previously China-based teachers Andy and Gary Cronje, who returned home to SA last weekend. Also in this week's episode, chartered accountant John Frith's long but eventually successful struggle against systemic overcharging of Estate Duty by executors based on a mistaken calculation by the country's tax guru. Also in the show, an interview with Mitch Adams, co-founder of five year old SA fintech startup Ozow, which applies risk management to massively reduce online payment settlement time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Mar 2020 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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