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The Week In Perspective

Stocks headed for a weekly loss on Friday as the prospect of aggressive global rate hikes finally began to rattle investors, while bonds fell and the dollar looked set for its best week in a month. Federal Reserve policymakers are ready to start cutting the central bank's asset holdings from…

8 Apr 2022 7AM 26 min

Renewable energy players welcome new green energy demand

Minerals & Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe recently opened bid window 6 of the government's renewable energy programme. The move, which seeks to procure 2,600MW from independent power producers to help prevent load shedding stage 2, has been welcomed by the industry,Business Day TV spoke to Davin Chown, Board Member of…

7 Apr 2022 1PM 14 min

Dipula Income Fund to simplify its share structure

Dipula Income Fund’s shareholders have voted to collapse its dual share capital structure into a single class of ordinary shares from next month. Business Day TV spoke to CEO Izak Petersen, and discussed the opportunities this move would unlock.

7 Apr 2022 1PM 7 min

Merger and Acquisition activity slows in Q1

Global M&A activity has started easing, with transactions slowing close to 36% in the first quarter to $216.67 billion. Business Day TV discussed whether the same trend is playing out in Africa with the CEO of Deal Leaders international, Andrew Bahlmann.​

7 Apr 2022 1PM 7 min

Animal Spirits

Michael Avery and Chris Holdsworth, chief investment strategist at Investec Wealth and Investment discuss the animal spirits

7 Apr 2022 8AM 25 min

Are investment holding companies falling out of favour?

The investment holding company model is under scrutiny, as a number of companies had to contend with high share price discounts. Firms like RMI and PSG have decided to abandon the structure and unbundle the stakes it owns in firms it had initially invested in, in an attempt to unlock…

6 Apr 2022 12PM 6 min

PGMs Industry Day kicks off amid supply concerns

The fifth edition of the annual PGMs Industry Day kicked off amid concerns that sanctions against Russia will impact global PGM supply. Business Day TV spoke to Phoevos Pouroulis, CEO of Tharisa Minerals who attended the event for his outlook on the market.

6 Apr 2022 12PM 7 min

Where does state of disaster leave employers?

The question on most employers minds after the National State of Disaster was lifted after two long years by the president on Monday evening is what’s next? As the government races to devise new measures for managing the coronavirus pandemic in order to lift the national state of disaster, health…

6 Apr 2022 7AM 25 min

South Africa's property sector disappoints in Q1

South Africa’s listed property industry has taken a knock, with the industry's index registering a 3% decline over the first quarter of 2022. Business Day TV unpacked the reasoning behind the performance with Stanlib's property analyst, Ahmed Motara.

5 Apr 2022 1PM 7 min

Oil rises on the prospect of fresh sanctions

The oil prices has edged upwards with the US and Europe preparing to impose more sanctions on Russia, following an escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Business Day TV discussed this with RMB's commodities trader, Raymond Phillips.

5 Apr 2022 12PM 5 min

Farmers unlikely to feel full benefit of fuel levy cut

Treasury and the Department of Mineral Resources & Energy recently announced a reduction in the general fuel levy but farmers are unlikely to feel the full benefit of the cut, due to certain levy exceptions. Business Day TV spoke to Paul Makube, Senior Agricultural Economist at FNB Agri-Business for more…

5 Apr 2022 12PM 7 min

Corruption rot runs deep

The long journey of over 36 200 whistle-blowers in the fight against corruption in South Africa comes into focus in the 2021 edition of the Corruption Watch (CW) annual report published recently, Pushing for change, as the organisation commemorates 10 years since its establishment in 2012. The past decade reveals…

5 Apr 2022 7AM 19 min

JSE's private placing platform attracts more than R5bn in investments

The JSE's private placing platform is gaining traction, and has managed to attract more than R5 billion in potential investments within three months. Business Day TV caught up with the JSE's head of origination and deals Sam Mokorosi, for more detail.

4 Apr 2022 1PM 7 min

Trade of the week

Join Independent Analyst, Loyiso Mpeta as he shares technical analysis on Hulamin and Growthpoint.

4 Apr 2022 12PM 4 min

SA braces for fuel price increases

Government's emergency intervention in the fuel price means that the upcoming hike will be comparatively muted with regards to petrol. South Africans citizens will be paying 30 cents more for petrol as opposed to nearly R2, but the diesel price will still be rising by that margin. Business Day TV…

4 Apr 2022 12PM 7 min

SMEs BRACE FOR COSTS SURGE

South African businesses face a financial double blow this month as record fuel prices and electricity tariff increases take effect. Yes costs are rising but there is a curious set of events unfolding that could as somewhat contrarian view, offer scope for outside opportunity for local businesses. To talk about…

4 Apr 2022 7AM 27 min

SARS collects R1.564 trillion in 2021/22

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has releases its preliminary revenue outcome for 2021/22, which shows collections of R1.564 trillion. SARS says the figure represents a surplus of R314 billion against the prior year and has added that collections have been buoyant due to a strong economic recovery, boosted by…

1 Apr 2022 11AM 8 min

The Week In Perspective

We’ve just finished one of the wildest quarters in recent memory with commodities enjoying the strongest start since World War 1. And in an effort to stop corruption the government announced plans to introduce a mirror accounting package in all SOE's where anyone can freely view details of every payment…

1 Apr 2022 7AM 26 min

Cryptocurrency regulation in South Africa

Emerging markets were at the forefront of last year’s massive growth in global cryptocurrency adoption and this has raised alarms about regulation within these regions. The IMF has been one of the institutions saying that more work needs to be done on crypto regulation, especially within the developing market. Business…

31 Mar 2022 1PM 6 min

Workforce holds onto its dividend

Workforce has opted to hold on to its dividend for its 2021 year amid global uncertainty brought by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. For the year ended December, the firm posted a near 30% rise in rrevenue while core profit jumped 98%. Business Day TV unpacked the results with…

31 Mar 2022 12PM 6 min