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Kaya Biz

At the helm of Gauteng’s biggest business radio show, Kaya Biz, is Gugulethu who will be leading the conversation on what is next for the Afropolitan business landscape. The show presents local and international business news, entrepreneurship, corporate and investment banking. Since its inception in May 2006 Kaya Biz has grown from a half-an-hour daily finance update to an hour show bringing compelling business news and market reviews to listeners.
Daily English South Africa Business News · Investing
5,365 Episodes
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The Top 5 Property Trends Set to Shape 2026 — What Investors Need to Know

South Africa’s residential property market has pulled off an unexpected turnaround. After sluggish sales and affordability pressures in 2024, the sector entered 2025 with cautious optimism and ended the year on a high, buoyed by long-awaited interest rate cuts and a resilient economy. Now, with the prime lending rate down…
9 Dec 3PM 10 min

ALLAN GRAY – How to invest more without feeling the pinch.

GUEST – Belinda Carbutt, Group Savings specialist at Allan Gray As many employees start planning for the year ahead, it is a good time to think about how to make your money work harder, especially if you are expecting a salary increase at year-end. Leveraging learnings from behavioural science can…
9 Dec 3PM 11 min

SARS’ R304 Billion Compliance Crackdown: What It Means for Taxpayers.

GUEST - Jashwin Baijoo, Partner and Head of Strategic Engagement & Compliance at Tax Consulting SA South Africa’s tax net just tightened and tightened hard. SARS has revealed a staggering 16.7% surge in “compliance collection”, hauling in R304 billion by going after taxpayers who fell foul of its increasingly sophisticated…
9 Dec 3PM 14 min

National Gambling Board wants regulation of gambling advertising.

GUEST – Lungile Dukwana - National Gambling Board acting CEO The National Gambling Board (NGB) of South Africa has issued a firm directive to all provincial licensing authorities (PLAs) to intensify the regulation and immediate removal of all non-compliant gambling advertisements. The NGB is concerned about a rise in adverts…
8 Dec 3PM 10 min

State of the Luxury Market in Africa

GUEST – Michael Zahariev, Co-founder of Luxity As South Africa steps into the festive season, one sector is quietly rewriting the rules of spending: luxury. But this year, the story isn’t about splurging for the sake of it’s about buying smarter, choosing better, and treating luxury as both lifestyle and…
8 Dec 3PM 12 min

SA New Vehicle Sales Hit Decade High as Affordability Drives Demand.

GUEST – Ayesha Hatea, Director of Research and Consulting at TransUnion South Africa’s automotive market is in full throttle and for the first time in 11 years, new-vehicle sales have roared to a decade-high. According to TransUnion’s latest Mobility Insights Report, Q3 2025 saw 111,697 new passenger vehicles sold, up…
8 Dec 3PM 10 min

SPAR’s 2025 Results: Resilience Amid Rising Costs and Restructuring.

Reeza Isaacs, CFO – The SPAR Group SPAR has delivered a mixed set of full-year results showing resilience in a tough retail environment, but also revealing the financial pressures still weighing on the business. For the 52 weeks to 26 September 2025, the supermarket group grew headline earnings per share…
8 Dec 3PM 13 min

How Walmart Can Achieve What Makro and Game Could Not?

Guest: The Finance Ghost – Retail Analyst Why are South Africans queueing for hours to walk into a store that, on paper, looks a lot like Game did ten years ago? And more importantly what does Walmart know that Makro and Game couldn’t crack? We unpack the frenzy behind Walmart’s…
4 Dec 4PM 16 min

Woolworths’ New Bag Colour - A Masterclass in Crisis Management?

Guest: Jeremy Sampson – Executive Chairman, Brand Finance Africa What happens when a grocery bag becomes the star of a national scandal? After businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala told Parliament he used a black Woolworths shopping bag to deliver R300 000 to former police minister Bheki Cele, the internet erupted with…
4 Dec 4PM 21 min

Channel Bundling Unpacked: Why DStv Says Discovery, CNN and 10 Others May Go Dark.

Guest: Nqobile Ndlovu – Cash N Sport Research Director According media updates, DStv subscribers were hit with a shock notification this week: 12 major Warner Bros Discovery channels including Discovery Channel, CNN International, Cartoon Network and Food Network could disappear on 31 December. Behind the push alert lies a much…
4 Dec 4PM 25 min

Treasury’s Proposed Online Gambling Tax: Industry Implications and Legal Challenges

South Africa’s gambling industry is facing a potential shake-up as Treasury proposes a new national tax on online gambling revenue. The sector is significant and growing rapidly, with R1.5 trillion wagered in the 2024/25 financial year and gross gambling revenue reaching R74.5 billion, marking a 25.6% increase from the previous…
3 Dec 2PM 12 min

EKASINOMICS: Shesha Tuk Tuks and South Africa’s Entrepreneurial Drive

At a time when South Africa continues to face high unemployment and economic challenges, Shesha Taxi Services has emerged as an unexpected force for community impact and entrepreneurship. Operating across Rosebank, Sandton, and Pretoria, the Tuk Tuk network has created over 200 jobs, enabled more than R10 million in driver…
3 Dec 2PM 6 min

Treasury unlocks R2.2bn to repay Ithala depositors

GUEST - Khaya Sithole, Independent Analyst For nearly a year, over 275,000 South Africans, many of them in KwaZulu-Natal have been locked out of their savings after Ithala SOC hit financial trouble and faced court-ordered provisional liquidation. Now, relief is finally on the way. The National Treasury has confirmed that…
3 Dec 2PM 19 min

State rail monopoly ends with largest private freight rail investment.

GUEST – James Holley, CEO of Traxtion For over a century, South Africa’s rail network has been controlled by a single state operator but that era is finally coming to an end. In one of the largest private freight rail investments in South Africa’s history, Traxtion is gearing up to…
3 Dec 2PM 11 min

Why SA is Taking Global Shipping Giants to Court: The Price-Fixing Case Explained

GUEST – Makgale Mohlala, Divisional Manager: Cartels, Competition Commission South Africa’s Competition Commission has launched a major case against some of the world’s biggest shipping companies, including Maersk and MSC, accusing them of colluding to increase prices on key international routes for over a decade. Why does this matter? Because…
3 Dec 2PM 14 min
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