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Business Day Spotlight

Behind the biggest business stories of the week - taking you inside key events, the movements at the top and their effects at the bottom.

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Weekly English South Africa Business News · News
717 Episodes
660 – 680

SA is suffering from low consumer confidence levels

In our first edition of Business Day Spotlight for 2020, we are exploring the mood and pressures currently being faced by consumers in SA. Our host Mudiwa ‘MobbJustice’ Gavaza is joined by Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, senior economist at FNB to discuss the results of their Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) done in…
17 Jan 2020 20 min

It's a wrap - SA's economic outlook bleak at the end of 2019

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, we take a look in the rear-view mirror at the year gone by in SA’s economy together with an outlook for the year ahead. Our host Mudiwa “MobbJustice” Gavaza is joined by Ndumiso Hadebe, an economist and director for Pax Africana Holdings for…
13 Dec 2019 19 min

Phillip Morris is admittedly disrupting its own business model

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the tobacco industry’s effort to shift consumers to healthier and less risky products outside of traditional cigarettes. Our host Mudiwa “MobbJustice” Gavaza is joined by Neetesh Ramjee, director of external affairs at tobacco company Philip Morris SA. In this…
10 Dec 2019 19 min

Service providers could face prosecution if they do not drop data prices

Mobile operators have been behaving uncompetitively by charging too much for internet connectivity and could face prosecution if they do not drop prices, the Competition Commission said on Monday.  The commission's final data services market inquiry report has found that current prices exclude many poor and disadvantaged people from participating…
3 Dec 2019 7 min

Preparing your online business for Black Friday

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is around online retailers, the physical networks that need to be in place to fulfil orders and the work being done behind the scenes by web-hosting companies to keep websites running. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza, is joined in studio by Sunday…
28 Nov 2019 28 min

National powder keg: SAA and Eskom continue to struggle

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on state owned enterprises in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Carol Paton, writer at large for the Business Day and Natasha Marrian, deputy editor of the Financial Mail. The discussion begins with SAA. Paton gives an update…
21 Nov 2019 20 min

FNB to shut down cryptocurrency linked accounts in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is FNB’s move to close down accounts for cryptocurrency exchanges and related parties. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Richard de Sousa, Senior Partner at AltCoinTrader, a local cyrptocurrency exchange. The discussion begins with De Sousa giving an update of…
20 Nov 2019 14 min

ThinkWifi and Google plan to connect 11-million people to the web

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on internet connectivity in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Janine Rebelo, CEO of ThinkWiFi, an internet service provider. The discussion begins with Rebelo giving some background around their project with Google to connect more South Africans to…
15 Nov 2019 24 min

4IR & labour standoff in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on creating employment opportunities for South Africans in the face of digital disruption. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Fanie Botha, COO of FIRtech Holdings, Joe Kokela, General Secretary of Sasbo – The Finance Union and Matthew Parks, Parliamentary…
7 Nov 2019 36 min

Is SA’s digital information safe?

How safe is your data? How safe is SA’s digital information? With the City of Johannesburg and banking sector both having coming under ransom attacks and possible hacking, cyber threats and security have come under the spotlight. In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on protecting data…
28 Oct 2019 26 min

Behind Cisco's R140m invest into 4IR education in SA

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on corporate investment in education for the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Clayton Naidoo, General Manager for Sub Saharan Africa at Cisco, one of the world’s largest technology companies which manufactures and sells networking…
25 Oct 2019 25 min

The benefit of digital literacy in the digital economy

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on software development in SA. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Nick Durrant, founder and CEO of Bluegrass Digital, a local outfit that has created mobile apps and websites for organisations like the Western Cape Government, Adidas and Allan…
23 Oct 2019 28 min

A digital take to the local property market 

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on a digital take of the local mortgage and bond market for those looking to buy property. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Andrew Price, a founder and director of MortgageMe, a locally developed digital bond aggregation platform, matching…
16 Oct 2019 25 min

Adapt IT’s financial results in focus

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focused on JSE listed technology firm Adapt IT which released its financial results for the year to end June 2019 on Monday. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined on the line by CEO Sbu Shabalala and acting CFO Tiffany Dunsdon. The discussion…
15 Oct 2019 11 min

Protecting your investment in SA's uncertain economy

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the SA economy, where to invest and how to protect your wealth in such uncertain times. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Andrew Duvenage, managing director of NFB Private Wealth Management. The discussion also explores where to invest,…
14 Oct 2019 31 min

PE set to become the first cashless city in Africa

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on creating the first cashless city in Africa using blockchain technology. Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined Sonny Fisher, CEO of Forus Foundation to discuss fintech’s role in pushing the SA economy forward. The Forus Foundation is a Nelson Mandela…
9 Oct 2019 29 min

The SA banking industry is balanced on a knife edge

Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Kaizer Moyane, NEDLAC Convener for Business Unity SA (Busa), together with Business Day political writer Luyolo Mkentane who has been following developments around the strike. In this discussion Mkentane gives some history around the case and who the different are. Busa wanted to…
2 Oct 2019 35 min

“Who owns your data?”

In this edition of Business Day Spotlight, our focus is on the question of: “Who owns your data?” Our host Mudiwa Gavaza is joined by Nalen Naidoo, divisional executive for retail solutions at Liberty, one of the country’s largest financial services and insurance companies. In this discussion data protection, privacy…
27 Sep 2019 33 min
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