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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.
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5,365 Episodes
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Parly committee calls for long-term fix to soften the blow of fuel price hikes.

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy has called on the government to undertake a "comprehensive review" of South Africa's fuel pricing regime. This comes after the National Treasury stepped in to provide relief to South African motorists ahead of this week's fuel price adjustment by extending a cut…
2 Jun 2022 5AM 7 min

SA's first Black hot air balloon pilot shakes up once-exclusive sport.

She spends her days floating around - literally. She is the first black South African woman to receive a hot air balloon license and she's super excited about it. She fell in love with hot air ballooning when she started working as a marketing assistant in a hot air balloon…
2 Jun 2022 5AM 14 min

UIF invites employers to appeal COVID-19 TERS payment, application outcomes.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is calling on employers, who are dissatisfied with their COVID-19 TERS application or payment process, to lodge a dispute or appeal with the fund in order for cases to be reviewed by a dispute committee. According to UIF Assistant Director: Provincial Operations in the Western…
2 Jun 2022 5AM 19 min

Proposed new rules threaten to kill .CO.ZA - and the regulator just doubled down.

South Africa’s regulator for the .za namespace, the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), has doubled down on controversial new rules for the country’s Internet domains. ZADNA published draft regulations on 22 April, proposing sweeping changes to South Africa’s country code top-level domain (ccTLD) — .ZA.
2 Jun 2022 5AM 14 min

COMAIR suspends flights until funding secured.

Comair, operator of IAG SA-owned British Airways trips in South Africa, grounded all flights after running out of funds and is awaiting further investment. The carrier, which also runs the domestic low-cost airline Kulula, halted all ticket sales with immediate effect, according to a statement late Tuesday evening. The company’s…
1 Jun 2022 5AM 13 min

SA to eat half as much meat: Proposal as Climate Change Bill is debated.

An animal welfare organisation has proposed SA should reduce its animal protein consumption and production by 50% by 2040. This is in line with the proposed Climate Change Bill which was open for public comment until Friday last week . The draft legislation is aimed at changes proposed by the…
1 Jun 2022 5AM 8 min

Legally Speaking- What are employer obligations regarding mental health in the workplace.

Understanding your company's obligations regarding employees' mental health is crucial to providing a safe and healthy workplace in the midst of changing regulations and other unexpected situations. Over the past couple of years, employees have experienced unprecedented change resulting from pandemic uncertainty. While many of the changes affecting employees' personal…
1 Jun 2022 4AM 14 min

Now PWC resigns as Oceana's external auditor.

The troubles at JSE-listed fishing group Oceana continue, with yet another resignation. This time it’s the group’s external auditor PwC, which resigned from the role on Friday. Oceana confirmed PwC’s resignation in a Sens on Monday. “Shareholders are now advised that late afternoon, Friday May 27, 2022 PwC resigned as…
1 Jun 2022 4AM 8 min

Supply chain pressures now worse than during Covid-19 peak – PwC.

Supply chain pressures on the local economy are now worse than at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2008 global financial crisis, says auditing and professional services giant PwC. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Covid-19 lockdown in China, the floods in KwaZulu-Natal and load shedding are making things…
31 May 2022 4AM 9 min

Unemployment ticks down in Q1 of 2022 - STATS SA data.

There were 11.7 million unemployed people in South Africa during the first quarter of the year despite an overall decline in the joblessness rates. Stats SA said that the rate decreased by 0.8 percentage points from 35.3% in the fourth quarter of last year to 34.5% in the first few…
31 May 2022 4AM 7 min

ALLAN GRAY FEATURE: Navigating the impact of world events on your investments.

In just two years, major world events have introduced heightened risk and volatility to financial markets. From a health pandemic and ensuing market distress, to a geopolitical threat turned full scale war in Ukraine, investors have had to navigate market downturns and related drawdowns. If you are left wondering how…
31 May 2022 4AM 13 min

Gauteng has a new app for potholes – how it works.

The Gauteng provincial government has launched its new PotholeFixGP App which allows road users to report poor road conditions and other road maintenance issues that require attention. The app, which is currently only available on the Google Play Store, is set to be rolled out on the Huawei and Apple…
31 May 2022 4AM 12 min

Scrapping fuel levy not sustainable, says analyst Bonke Dumisa.

With the price of petrol expected to jump to nearly R25 a litre this week an analyst has warned that scrapping the fuel levy is not a sustainable solution to the rising fuel costs. The latest data from the Central Energy Fund points to an increase of between R2.27 cents…
30 May 2022 6AM 12 min

Ombud concerned about high rejection rate of homeowners’ insurance claims.

The way homeowners’ insurance policies are sold and the high percentage of claim rejections under these policies is of increasing concern to the Ombud for Financial Services Providers (Fais Ombud). Acting Fais Ombud Advocate Nonku Tshombe is particularly concerned about the high rejection rate of claims related to acts of…
30 May 2022 6AM 11 min
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