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Rand Tanks As Ramaphosa Faces Impeachment

Andre Cilliers - Director And Currency Risk Strategist At Treasuryone talks about The South African Rand Buckled On Thursday (1 December) following findings from parliament’s section 89 panel that there is prima facie evidence that president Cyril Ramaphosa violated sections of the country’s Constitution. The rand tanked 3% from R16.90…

1 Dec 2022 1PM 9 min

Sasol’s half-year headline profit to rise by 20+%

Makwe Mailela - Chief investment officer and founder at Makwe Fund Managers talks about Chemicals and energy group Sasol said on Thursday its first-half headline profit would rise by more than 20% year on year, boosted higher international oil prices and weaker rand. But its SA operations were blighted by…

1 Dec 2022 1PM 9 min

#16DaysOfActivism: Understanding financial abuse and how to get out of it

Janine Horn, financial adviser at Momentum talks about Gender-based violence is an unfortunate reality for too many women in South Africa. We often think that it only includes physical, mental, and emotional abuse. That is simply not the case. Financial abuse is incredibly prevalent in South Africa and exists in…

30 Nov 2022 1PM 11 min

EKASINOMICS: Maneli Pets, a local pet food operation with a global footprint.

Nhlanhla Dlamini – Founder of Maneli Pets talks about Maneli Pets, founded by Nhalnhla Dlamini, is a South African business that makes pet food and treats and now supplies to 270 Checkers stores nationwide. But it wasn't always that way. Just two years ago, things looked very dire indeed for…

30 Nov 2022 1PM 17 min

LEGALLY SPEAKING: Protect Yourself When Freelancing - Legal Issues to Consider

Osborne Molatudi – Employment Law Specialist and MD of Molatudi Attorneys talks about While federal and state labor laws guarantee some protections and rights to a more traditional workforce (like protection from labor abuse, workplace harassment, and discrimination), freelancers are generally not covered by most of these regulations. And while…

30 Nov 2022 1PM 21 min

INSIDE YOUR BUSINESS: YOCO Capital disburses R1 billion in financing.

Adam Duxbury, Chief of Staff for Yoco talks about Yoco recently celebrated R1.3 billion in financing disbursed to over 12 000 customers  to pay staff salaries, ease cash flow, buy stock, upskill themselves and staff, and expand their businesses. With the nationwide issue of load shedding, merchants can apply for…

30 Nov 2022 1PM 13 min

Six-month ban imposed on export of copper scrap as South Africa

Evert Swanepoel, Chairperson of the Copper Development Association Africa talks about The South African government has imposed a six-month ban on the export of copper and copper-alloy scrap, as well as most ferrous scrap as part of the first phase of a three-phase intervention designed to combat the rampant theft…

30 Nov 2022 1PM 12 min

SA listed companies still lack gender parity at board level

Colleen Larsen, CEO of Business Engage talks about Women’s participation on boards of South Africa’s listed companies has increased over the last five years, even steadily, with females now making up one third of non-executive directors. However women remain largely underrepresented at executive level, with men still making up over…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 17 min

Unemployment stats: Good news as more than 200 000 jobs gained in SA

Risenga Maluleke - Stats SA statistician-general talks about Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) on Tuesday for the third quarter of 2022 with a strong and positive outlook. Between the second and third quarter of 2022, 204 000 jobs were gained…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 8 min

ALLAN GRAY FEATURE: Who’s right – personal finance experts or economists?

Earl van Zyl - head of Retail Product Development at Allan Gray talks about Should you start saving for retirement as soon as you start working? Or should you invest in yourself first and focus on retirement planning once your earning potential improves? On the one hand, personal finance experts…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 12 min

ITS MY HOUSE: Cost efficient ways to invest in resourceful security services

George Fitzroy, managing director of security services at Servest talks about the recent release of the quarter two crime statistics 2022/2023, an 18.5% increase has been noted in crimes under sub category aggravated robbery, which saw an rise in the majority of robbery at residential and non-residential premises cases reported to the…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 17 min

Vukile delivers another strong set of half-year results with positive trading

Laurence Rapp, CEO of Vukile Property Fund talks about Vukile Property Fund (JSE: VKE), the specialist retail REIT invested in South Africa and Spain, has reported funds from operations (FFO) of 80.8 cents per share and declared an interim dividend of 47.32 cents per share for the six months ended…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 8 min

African Bank adds over 500,000 new accounts

Kennedy Bungane - African Bank CEO Talks about Banking group African Bank has published its full-year results for the 12 months ending September 2022, reporting a jump in profitability as it continues to expand its transactional base and eyes a big move into the business banking space. The African Bank…

29 Nov 2022 1PM 10 min

WEALTH CREATION: How To Buy Life Insurance If You Are A Self Employed Worker

Eunice Sibiya -Independent Financial Educator. Freelancing is becoming a viable career for many Americans, but there’s a sacrifice when it comes to self-employment and insurance for freelancers: there are typically no benefits. When you freelance, you work for yourself, which has some advantages, but it typically means that you are providing your own benefits as well…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 15 min

CAREER'S CORNER: What It Takes To Become A Successful Business Consultant

Kamen Govender - Management Consulting professional with 20-years of experience. Considering that November is entrepreneurs month, 25 years ago, Isaac Shongwe and Derek Thomas started Letsema Consulting, a consulting business that sought to help South African business and the public sector compete on a global scale. Consulting the on state capture commission,…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 17 min

FNB customers spent R3 billion on Black Friday

Ashley Saffy, Head of Business Development at FNB Card. Banking group FNB says that its customers spent a record R3 billion on Black Friday 2022 – with most shoppers heading out to physical stores to grab deals. The bank said that this is the highest Black Friday spending it has…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 8 min

Avis owner expects R4.5 billion valuation when it lists on JSE

Ramasela Ganda - Zeda CEO. Barloworld Ltd.’s car-rental business, which will be carved out and listed in Johannesburg next month, will have a valuation of about 4.5 billion rand ($260 million), the unit’s chief executive officer said. Barloworld has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to advise the diversified South African…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 12 min

Why wait till Grade 8?

Dr Marlena Kruger, digital wellness coach and founder of the Technolife Wise Foundation. The Technolife Wise Foundation recently launched the “Active Digital Wellness” initiative in collaboration with the Roosevelt High School in Johannesburg.  The goal of the programme is to encourage parents to say yes to wait till Grade 8 or…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 6 min

Overcoming threat to employability | How to ensure future employability

Dr Hendrik Botha, Head of Institution at Boston City Campus. Seismic shifts in the ubiquitous digitised workplace are seeing reverberations across sectors, translating into new jobs being created daily while others become obsolete. In this ever changing environment it becomes vital to strategically choose a career with sufficient scope for…

28 Nov 2022 1PM 14 min

Digital Innovation for SA Businesses

Pascalle Albrecht - National Head of Commercial Card Issuing and Card Acquiring Strategy About the spokesperson: I have been with Nedbank for 6 years, and have been in the Commercial Card business since I joined in various different roles. However, my current role covers both the Commercial card and Card…

24 Nov 2022 1PM 7 min