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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
3760 – 3780

It’s My House

One of the crucial steps in buying a new home is to have the title deed transferred into your name, thereby proving that you are now the legal owner of the property.
5 Oct 2021 1PM 24 min

NUMSA Wants 8%Wage Increase

Numsa says its workers in steel and engineering companies are fed up and they want a meaningful increase from employers. The metalworker’s union held its national strike day today. Workers are demanding an eight-percent wage increase.
5 Oct 2021 12PM 8 min

The Value Of Psychometric Assessments In The Workplace

Psychometric assessments were first used by the US Army during World War I in an attempt to predict which soldiers would suffer from post-traumatic stress (called “shell shock” at the time). Today, the psychometric testing industry is estimated to be worth more than $500 million with annual growth estimated at…
4 Oct 2021 1PM 9 min

SASRIA Receive R3.9 billion From Treasury

The South African Special Risk Insurance Association (Sasria) and National Treasury announced that the state-owned insurer has received R3.9 billion to assist it in meeting its obligations until the end of the current financial year, including assisting businesses rocked by looting in July's unrest.
4 Oct 2021 1PM 15 min

Wealth Creation: Capetown Stock Exchange Open For Trading

The latest South African stock exchange opens Thursday pledging to lure firms from across the continent with listing costs that are a third of that charged by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. TWK Agri will be the first company to trade on the Cape Town Stock Exchange, which was previously called…
4 Oct 2021 12PM 5 min

Etihad Airways Will Return To South Africa In November

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will return to South Africa in late-November, a year after it closed its Johannesburg offices and announced the suspension of flights between the two countries. Travel connections between the Middle East and South Africa are slowly reopening in the wake of fierce coronavirus-induced restrictions.
4 Oct 2021 12PM 8 min

Users Worldwide Reporting Crashes/The Pandora Papers,

Facebook, Instagram, and messenging services WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger have all gone down, with users worldwide reporting the crashes. The online services all share an infrastructure and are owned by Facebook, which is owned by American billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. Dozens of world leaders and hundreds of public officials used offshore…
4 Oct 2021 12PM 14 min

Recall Of Appletizer Products

The recall of Appletiser products has been confirmed by South Africa's National Consumer Commission (NCC), with details of voluntary withdrawal – omitted by Coca-Cola – revealed. Six batches of Appletiser products manufactured by Coca-Cola South Africa are being recalled over contamination concerns. This affects more than 37,000 cases of Appletiser…
30 Sep 2021 1PM 13 min

Truck Driver Shortage A Growing Risk To Supply Chains

The transportation of goods and products is integral to the functioning of South Africa’s economy. As demonstrated during July’s unrest, any pause in the movement of essential goods from suppliers could lead to calamitous shortages of vital supplies and food, affecting all South Africans. But where this unrest brought the…
30 Sep 2021 1PM 17 min

Inside Your Pocket

Capitec Bank on Thursday (30 September), published its financial results for the six months ended August 2021, showing continued recovery amid expanded digital offerings and strong customer growth. Operating profit before tax increased by 837% to R5.042 million, from R538 million in the prior period.
30 Sep 2021 1PM 10 min

Pivot Point: Unpacking SA's Education Challenges

Fundi team have drafted a White Paper about solving for South Africa’s tertiary education challenges, which remains a “daunting ask for the collective ecosystem. While access to education is often touted as “the solution” to the significant challenges facing South Africa’s youth in particular, succeeding in one’s studies and going…
30 Sep 2021 12PM 12 min

Business And Government Leaders Need To Talk

Bilateral talks between business and government leaders are needed soon so that hard and key decisions can be made to get an economic recovery underway, following the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the country, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) chief executive Cas Coovadia said yesterday.
30 Sep 2021 12PM 7 min

SABRIC's Annual Crime Stats For 2020

SABRIC, the South African Banking Risk Information Centre, on behalf of the banking industry has released its annual crime stats for 2020. COVID-19, in conjunction with the implementation of regulations of the Disaster Management Act had a notable influence on financial crime trends in 2020. It triggered changes in human…
29 Sep 2021 1PM 6 min

Ekasinomics: Planting The Seeds Of Success

Green-fingered aunt-and-niece team Dinah Kgeledi and Lesego Seloane are carving their way in an industry dominated by men: landscaping. And they say the Covid-19 pandemic has shown them to be resilient and able to “pivot a lot” – “our homeowner clients are so appreciative of their gardens, particularly because many…
29 Sep 2021 1PM 18 min

Universities That Guarantee Employment

As the world recovers from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the importance of graduating with the skills and qualities required by modern employers has arguably never been greater, says higher education analytics group, QS Quacquarelli Symonds.
29 Sep 2021 1PM 9 min

Inside Your Business

Petri Redelinghuys is founder of Herenya Capital Advisors. In discussion with Gugu on Investing & building a solid bitcoin business and crypto portfolio.
29 Sep 2021 12PM 14 min

Take Home Pay: Salaries To Lower-Paid Employees Sharply Decline

South Africa’s nominal take-home pay increased by 8.1% year-on-year in August 2021, according to the BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). In real terms, the increase was a more muted 3.2% – the fastest real increase since July 2020. The average nominal take-home pay as calculated via the BankservAfrica system was…
29 Sep 2021 12PM 9 min
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